Throughout Western history progressive voices have supported the Empires wars. The ruling elite seem to have no problem getting members of the so called 'liberal left' on their side, in fact, this seems to be part of their strategy to get their wars going.George Monbiot of the Guardian, was recently singing on the Syrian war, and yet, years ago he wrote an article about the School of America's torture manual and the cruelty inflicted on Central America, so he can't be that naive about what dirty tricks Washington's can get up to. Kevin Vincent.One unexpected revelation, that John McCain’s death has shown us, is that we completely misjudged some notable players on the national stage. Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and even Audrey Denney in Northern California have praised
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George Monbiot of the Guardian, was recently singing on the Syrian war, and yet, years ago he wrote an article about the School of America's torture manual and the cruelty inflicted on Central America, so he can't be that naive about what dirty tricks Washington's can get up to. Kevin Vincent.
One unexpected revelation, that John McCain’s death has shown us, is that we completely misjudged some notable players on the national stage. Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and even Audrey Denney in Northern California have praised the serial warmonger as some kind of national treasure. Real progressives, on the ground, expect those people to fight against John McCain’s imperial agenda of mass murder for mass profits.
So, what can we expect from the most “Progressive” Democratic Party options alive today? They have endorsed McCain without qualifying in any way the immoral criminality of his lifelong agenda of war and more war. No recollection of his Beach Boys parody, “Bomb bomb Iran.” Certainly no talk of his meeting with Al Qaeda and other Jihadist elements in both Libya and Syria! His selling Jihad as “freedom” on US television. Nothing about his supporting the ranting, raving neo-Nazis in Ukraine, nor the violent illegal coup there, which McCain was a part of.
Israeli onslaughts against the Gaza Strip, most recently the savage bombardment of July-August 2014 which killed nearly 2,000 Palestinians, including more than 500 children. At an August 2014 town hall meeting, Sanders notoriously demanded that audience members “shut up” when they questioned his support for Israel’s criminal actions.”