Today's Exclusive News from MintPress: Thursday, September 13
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Nikki Haley Confirms US Will Now Attack Syria for “Any Attack” on Idlib
The Trump administration now seems poised to launch an attack on the Syrian government in response to any type of military operation in Idlib, the Syrian province teeming with al-Qaeda affiliated extremists.
by Whitney Webb
17 Ruinous and Fruitless Years After 9/11, US Looks to Face-Saving Peace Talks with Taliban Before Exiting Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, locals will soon mark 17 years of destruction and death across their country, where invading Western forces have accomplished little save for the utter shredding of a country’s social fabric, the erection of a tottering, unstable government, and a swollen price tag for a war that now costs $45 billion per year and is the longest war in U.S. history.
by Elliott Gabriel
Conflating Anti-Zionism with Anti-Semitism a Dangerous and Useful Ploy for Zionists
“Having grown up in Jerusalem I can recall how each year on particular days, including the Israeli Day of Independence, there would be processions at the Ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods where the Israeli flag would be burned.”
by Miko Peled
War is the enemy.
Thanks!
It is. Have you heard of the upcoming March on the Pentagon?
I haven't and can't march anyway, but I firmly believe that technological innovation offers far more hope of changing the paradigm than waving placards and being beaten by thugs.
Mao said that real power comes from the barrel of a gun. He's been obsolete for a while now. What he probably should have said is that technology that enables individuals to effect their security against oppression is real power - but he was intent on oppression, and guns were the bleeding edge of security tech at the time.
Not anymore. Extant power is not so much emitted from guns, as banks. Not bullets but credits keep us in thrall. The concatenation of crypto, 3D printing, AI, mesh networks, and much, much more is making corporations, banks, and wars obsolete.
I don't want to beat up the thugs. I want to make them powerless, forever.
War is the enemy, and it's obsolete.
Thank you!
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