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peta's avatar

It’s called the ‘wetiko’ virus. The mind virus. An evil cannibalistic virus that takes over the mind. See Paul Levy’s books and indigenous wisdom. Christopher Columbus and his ilk had it.

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Ron Stockton's avatar

The actions of the USA are not "misguided". That implies that the USA might have had good intentions which, of course, the rest of your essay correctly demonstrates they did not. The USA funds these groups knowing the potential consequences and hoping for them. Without 9/11, for example, would the oligarchs have been able to pass the Patriot Act? Doubtful. It's a bit like Biden's statement about Israel, - if ISIS/ASOV don't exist we'll create them in our own best interests. Fascism depends on fear amongst the population so the USA controllers create these groups to make citizens of the west fearful which then justifies the oligarchs oppressive moves.

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BettBeat Media's avatar

Yeah, maybe it's my non-native English, but with misguided I meant not guided by ethical or rational considerations that would be to the benefit of all of us.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Except this nazi party training for youth has been going on for generations. It's nothing new.. ukraine is wholesale, given over to nazism and has been since the second world war

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BettBeat Media's avatar

That’s not the point. The point is that it is funded, trained and strengthened by US imperialism.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

Neither is that new. My files are stuffed with the US funding, training, and strengthening of Nazis -in Ukraine since 2014, in the world since the turn of the 20th Century. We could wish it was new. It's just that generations of Americans have turned a blind eye.

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BettBeat Media's avatar

I never said it's new. Did you read the article? I said it brews a new Isis. This funding, just as they did for decades in West Asia, is strengthening these extremist groups. Read the article.

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Victoria Jean Bingham's avatar

good article!

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BettBeat Media's avatar

Appreciate it.

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