descent into despair (Israel, US vs. Iraq; next Iran?)

 .. disengaged ...

   .. because disenfranchised ...

     .. we poor and powerless passenger-sheople

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In response to DL's "Before Iraq War There Were Massive Protests, But In Run Up To Attack Iran We Do Nothing. Why?"

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What we didn't know 'back then' i.e. before the illegal invasion of Iraq:

a) That our so-called 'leaders' - (1) would lie and (2) wouldn't listen (to us); but worse:

b) That our so-called 'leaders' - don't give us a choice (bipartisan).

c) That our so-called 'leaders' - have gone criminal/rogue.

d) That the MSM and 'our' AusBC - would lie to us.

e) That the UN - is worthless.

f) That there's no hope -

g)  and no justice.

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Q: What made the run-up to the 2003 illegal invasion of Iraq 'special?'

A: The internet; for the first time we could 'see around' the corrupt and venal MSM, with their lying pushed-paradigm propaganda.

Before that there were 'tips' available; I recall being disturbed by the way the US slaughtered Saddam's fully defeated and retreating army - trapped as they were, on the Highway of Death between Kuwait and Basra. Then there was the US/NATO bombing in bits of Yugoslavia. But the strongest 'hint,' and worst and most horrible example by far, is the so-called 'modern' state of Israel - a 61+ year long 'should not occur' situation, involving, like 'Nuremberg,' all the collected war crime evils:

  «To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.» 
[wiki/Crime against peace]

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That is what happened in poor hapless Palestine 61+ years ago; a force of illegal aliens invaded and ejected what remnants of the legal owner/occupants they didn't immediately slaughter (see Deir Yassin massacre, say); Israel has been a supreme international crime scene ever since. Ditto lately for Afghanistan and Iraq, beginning in Pakistan and Iran (possibly? - unavoidably?) next.

The alien Zionists morphed their illegal invasion into a brutal occupation, just as the US in Afghanistan and Iraq. The illegal invaders plan to stay; no one seems capable of ejecting them, nor bring justice to the hapless inhabitants.

The UN not only failed to prevent the aggressive US invasions, it 'green-lighted' the alien Zionists' illegal invasion all those years ago. The UN is worse than useless, it is culpable.

And all the while, the MSM fed us disgusting, lying rubbish.

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Q: What else made the run-up to the 2003 illegal invasion of Iraq 'special?'

(For one, we cried "Leave it to Blix!" - How silly we were.)

A: 'Back then' we had some hope.

Now *we do not*.

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PS

Q1: Why has the human race been dragged down into this horrible pit of iniquity?

Q2: Where are the adults; those concerned with justice?

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Ref(s):

[1] disengage —v. (-ging) 1 detach, loosen, release. 2 remove (troops) from battle etc. 3 become detached. 4 (as disengaged adj.) a at leisure. b uncommitted.  disengagement n. [POD]

[2] disenfranchise v. (also disfranchise) (-sing) 1 deprive of the right to vote or to be represented. 2 deprive of rights as a citizen or of a franchise held.  disenfranchisement n. [ibid.]

[3] despair —n. 1 complete loss or absence of hope. 2 cause of this. —v. (often foll. by of) lose or be without hope (despaired of ever winning). [Latin spero hope] [ibid.]

[cross posted]