On Thursday, September 24th, Mike Hastie held a banner with an activist friend marking the first year anniversary of the U.S.bombing of Syria.
Over 300,000 people have been killed in Syria. Cause and effect are Missing In America (MIA), as Americans constantly wonder why terrorism is committed against U.S. corporate interests. There is a mass exodus of refugees leaving Iraq and Syria for Europe, and most Americans are blaming it on the Islamic State. If you bomb countries to hell year after year, you give rise to extremism.
The disconnect is beyond the intellect. As activists, we are affected by U.S. terrorism around the world like a harpoon to the heart. It has been a thousand cuts to the soul. Horror quotes by politicians are important to me, because it gets me out of bed in the morning. It absolutely drives me to bear witness for those who cannot speak, or will not speak, as it does for countless antiwar activists I know around the U.S. This is what George W. Bush once said: " The casualties of Iraq will be seen as a comma in history."
Makes you wonder why the Pope said: " God Bless America."