Amen - thanks for saying this. Fwiw - Vijay Prashad describes the US peace movement as juvenile....Just heard/saw an Medea Benjamin interview on the Zero Hour (RJ Eskow) and this exemplifies his point....Knew participated with Code Pink and Veterans for Peace and so many credible groups since 2002 (+/-); it's as if they became lobotomized with/from Trump Derangement Syndrome....which going back to your earlier posts referring to the Democratic Party, I want nothing to do with them.
I was once somewhat protected by Democrats. I was an outspoken critic of Israel and supporter of Palestinians in college, and in the 80s I was active in opposing aid to the contras.
It didn't hurt matters any that my family knew Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez and his family. At the time, they were so politically untouchable that Reagan could campaign for the Republican while Henry B. threw backyard BBQ's and Mexican food spreads with plenty of Lone Star Beer, and proceeded to get re-elected with something like 80% of the vote.
Just a couple of years later I joined the Navy because I needed a job. Right out of boot camp, after some interviews, I was told I couldn't select my own rating anymore because I failed some security clearance or other. I knew they had to give me SOME idea why because I had actually read and understood the UCMJ, and demanded to know why.
Just a couple of days later, I was called into a Lieutenant's office, and she was pissed. Said I now qualified for any rating that required a Top Secret clearance because some higher-up found out I had political connections with influential(and her lip curled) Democrats. I laughed in her face.
I hadn't contacted anyone. My dad said he'd never contacted anyone and he was the one who knew these people. It was just enough to know I knew Henry B., and the Pentagon did not like to provoke the old bear. Somebody in Navy Intelligence probably checked my CIA file, or FBI or whoever.
Now, AOC, or Sandy Cortez as she used to call herself, responds to a heckler demanding to know whether she will publicly oppose the Biden Administration's rush to the brink of nuclear war with "You're rude!" And SHE's considered progressive?
Henry B. Gonzalez is spinning in his grave. There's no way he would be a Democrat now. There's nothing worthwhile left in that party. They're total frauds and faithful servants of the oligarchy.
For this soft war, I thank him. When this started, I said goodbye to my wife in Ukraine as I doubted I would be able to hear from her for weeks or months. Instead, they were able to reach Poland in a week, and stay in contact along the way. She can still talk with her neighbors in Ukraine most of the time, nearly a year in - though I don't know how long that will last.
There are still tens of millions of refugees, and it will already be a horrific body count when it's over and may be known, no thanks to Mr. "Diplomacy First" Biden.
Amen - thanks for saying this. Fwiw - Vijay Prashad describes the US peace movement as juvenile....Just heard/saw an Medea Benjamin interview on the Zero Hour (RJ Eskow) and this exemplifies his point....Knew participated with Code Pink and Veterans for Peace and so many credible groups since 2002 (+/-); it's as if they became lobotomized with/from Trump Derangement Syndrome....which going back to your earlier posts referring to the Democratic Party, I want nothing to do with them.
I was once somewhat protected by Democrats. I was an outspoken critic of Israel and supporter of Palestinians in college, and in the 80s I was active in opposing aid to the contras.
It didn't hurt matters any that my family knew Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez and his family. At the time, they were so politically untouchable that Reagan could campaign for the Republican while Henry B. threw backyard BBQ's and Mexican food spreads with plenty of Lone Star Beer, and proceeded to get re-elected with something like 80% of the vote.
Just a couple of years later I joined the Navy because I needed a job. Right out of boot camp, after some interviews, I was told I couldn't select my own rating anymore because I failed some security clearance or other. I knew they had to give me SOME idea why because I had actually read and understood the UCMJ, and demanded to know why.
Just a couple of days later, I was called into a Lieutenant's office, and she was pissed. Said I now qualified for any rating that required a Top Secret clearance because some higher-up found out I had political connections with influential(and her lip curled) Democrats. I laughed in her face.
I hadn't contacted anyone. My dad said he'd never contacted anyone and he was the one who knew these people. It was just enough to know I knew Henry B., and the Pentagon did not like to provoke the old bear. Somebody in Navy Intelligence probably checked my CIA file, or FBI or whoever.
Now, AOC, or Sandy Cortez as she used to call herself, responds to a heckler demanding to know whether she will publicly oppose the Biden Administration's rush to the brink of nuclear war with "You're rude!" And SHE's considered progressive?
Henry B. Gonzalez is spinning in his grave. There's no way he would be a Democrat now. There's nothing worthwhile left in that party. They're total frauds and faithful servants of the oligarchy.
For this soft war, I thank him. When this started, I said goodbye to my wife in Ukraine as I doubted I would be able to hear from her for weeks or months. Instead, they were able to reach Poland in a week, and stay in contact along the way. She can still talk with her neighbors in Ukraine most of the time, nearly a year in - though I don't know how long that will last.
There are still tens of millions of refugees, and it will already be a horrific body count when it's over and may be known, no thanks to Mr. "Diplomacy First" Biden.