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JACk's avatar

Well written. Excellent insights. And between the lines, evidence of hard won wisdom. Americans grew up being told human rights mattered. Freedom, liberty, and self-determination were core values. The day you realize that the US started supporting actual Nazis and people that thought like them even before World War II was over is a hard day. Operation Paperclip is bad. CIA support for LtGen Gehlen and hundreds of other Nazis is worse. Project Icon, Project Aerodynamic, and QRPLUMB are worse. Understanding the US protected, trained, and paid the people who carried out 1/4 of the Holocaust is worse. Understanding who Azov, Adair, Right Sector, White Sich, etc are and how the US supported them is worse. Seeing things like the 29 August 2005 treaty establishing biological weapons storage and research labs on the State Department website and DoD funding for these facilities is found in GSA contracts on the GSA website at the same time the US denies their existance is worse.

It is heart breaking and evil.

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Carol ShakariAn's avatar

Omigosh John! Another very well written piece….both an excellent summary of the current situation and a nice bow to history.

You are good. Wish this could be in mainstream media. As a lark, try sending it to NYT or WaP. Bravo!

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