The Forever War Is So Normalized That Opposing It Is “Isolationism” — Caitlin Johnstone

Another brilliant one by CJ.

”It all comes down to sovereignty. An anti-interventionist believes that a country has the right to defend itself, but it doesn’t have the right to conquer, capture, infiltrate or overthrow other nations whether covertly or overtly. At the “end” of colonialism we all agreed we were done with that, except that the nationless manipulators have found far trickier ways to seize a country’s will and resources without actually planting a flag there. We need to get clearer on these distinctions and get louder about defending them as the only sane, coherent way to run foreign policy.”

After getting curb stomped on the debate stage by Tulsi Gabbard, the campaign for Tim “Who the fuck is Tim Ryan?” Ryan posted a statement decrying the Hawaii congresswoman’s desire to end a pointless 18-year military occupation as “isolationism”.“While making a point as to why America can’t cede its international leadership and retreat from around…

via The Forever War Is So Normalized That Opposing It Is “Isolationism” — Caitlin Johnstone

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