#anti imperialism
The US military establishment will breathe a sigh of relief at Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. Nearly 800 former high-ranking military and security officials penned an open letter in support of the Democratic candidate during the campaign. A who’s who of former generals, ambassadors, admirals and senior national security advisers—from former Secretary of State Madeline Albright to four-star admiral and Bush-era Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Steve Abbot—backed Biden as the best bet to revive US power. A month earlier, 70 national security officials who served in Republican administrations threw their weight behind Biden (the list soon grew to 130), arguing that, on foreign policy, Trump “has failed our country”.
Why was Biden the war criminals’ candidate of choice? The foreign policy chaos and controversy of the Trump years were a symptom of a global superpower in relative decline, with no real strategy out of the quagmire.
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Reality television is bad enough at the best of times. Channel Seven’s bizarre new show SAS Australia, however, really plumbs the depths. Those behind the show are apparently unconcerned that their celebration of the culture of the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) comes hot on the heels of a string of revelations about war crimes committed by the SAS in Afghanistan. It’s as if a US network had launched a program during the Vietnam War in which B-grade celebrities were trained in the use of napalm.
A four-year inquiry into the SAS’s crimes in Afghanistan is nearing completion. It’s likely limited findings will be released to the public, but several disturbing accounts have already come to light. The incidents vary in their details, but reports of torture, execution and cover-up surface again and again, with one special forces insider telling the Age of a culture of “sanctioned psychopathic behaviour”.
A confidential 2016 report by defence consultant Samantha Crompvoets, leaked to the media in 2018, is the source of many of the revelations. Crompvoets related countless stories of human rights abuses carried out by SAS troops.
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It’s only when flirting with another leftist that I suddenly wish there was a guillotine emoji, but alas there is none.
“Zimbabwe”
The Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America
1977
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“Solidarity With Puerto Rico”
Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America
Cuba
c. 1970s
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“Motherland! You’ve been the first to light a star of progress and peace over the Earth. Glory to science, glory to labor! Glory to the Soviet regime!”
Soviet Union
c. 1970s
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“Solidarity with North Vietnamese Socialists”
Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America
Cuba
1972
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“Nixon’s Peace”
Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America
Cuba
1972
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“The Republican Left Thank the Russian People for Their Help in Our Struggle”
Republican Spain
1937
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“Vietnamization?: Stop the War! Withdraw support for the Saigon Regime, Bring Troops Home”
Australia
1970
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