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| US bombings underscore Washington's addiction to war: Geopolitical analyst |
| 2016-01-15 |
| [Iran Press TV] A new study that shows the US has dropped over 23,000 bombs on six Muslim-majority countries in 2015 underscores Washington's extent of hypocrisy and its "addiction to war," an American geopolitical analyst says. "It is in many ways quite indicative of the very nature of how the US projects its power all over the world, in particular in Muslim countries and even more in particular in the Middle East," said Eric Draitser, the founder of Stopimperialism.com. The Council of Foreign Relations (CRF), a New York-based think tank, has estimated that 23,144 bombs were dropped last year by the US on Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistain, Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... and Somalia. About 77 percent of the US "The Council of Foreign Relations report only confirms what we already know to be true; that the US is addicted to war, that the US is the quintessential hypocritical imperial state," Draitser said during an interview with Press TV on Thursday. CFR's report indicates that US bombardments in Iraq and Syria failed to weaken Daesh [Islamic State] faceless myrmidons or decrease the number of their members. Pentagon officials claim that at least 25,000 ISIL fighters have been killed since US The report also indicates that despite the bombings in Afghanistan, the Talibs took control of more ground in the country. The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 as part of Washington's so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but after more than 14 years, the foreign troops have still not been able to establish security in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 stopimperialism.com eh? Sounds as if he's pro genocide as long as it's people of color killing each other. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-01-15 14:38 |
| #4 Objective, unbiased report - seems legit! |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-01-15 13:52 |
| #3 So the headline is "Democratic President Drops 23,000 Bombs on Muslim World"? |
| Posted by: Matt 2016-01-15 10:02 |
| #2 War, there's always been war. Peace is that brief period of time when everyone is just reloading. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-01-15 08:23 |
| #1 Where does Iran Press TV keep dredging up these folks addicted to stoopid? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-01-15 07:34 |