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Gulf of Tonkin, Weapons of Mass Destruction or Tankers in the Persian Gulf, Each a First Casualty of War

June 20, 2019 by Peg 1 Comment

Aeschylus (c. 525-455 BC) is the earliest sage credited with the ironic observation that, “The first casualty of war is truth”. However, it does not require an ancient Greek playwright to point out such an obvious truism. Whatever the times, whichever the country and whoever the politicians, gossamer justifications for attacking other nations is de rigueur.

Sixty thousand Americans were killed in the Vietnam War that was escalated by President Johnson from a failed CIA coup to a full blown war based on the false premise of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. President George W. Bush took America to war against Afghanistan and Iraq recklessly and wrongly alleging Iraq had “Weapons of Mass Destruction” and that Iraq was involved in 9/11. Now we have such luminaries as John Bolton salivating to send American soldiers maybe to die or kill Iranians while Bolton precipitously declares Iran attacked a Japanese oil tanker and a Norwegian oil tanker near the Persian Gulf. Of course, the Iranians are the only Persians over there. Why the United States has any right or obligation to intercede for Norway or Japan against Iran is a mystery advanced by Bolton and Mike Pompeo but debunked by even Japan and Norway along with most of the international community.

As we near the celebration of our nation’s independence from Great Britain we might want to examine whose blood and treasure is once again being so cavalierly wagered by some of our politicians. I am fairly confident President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and presidential advisor John Bolton do not plan to do any of the actual fighting. And it will be our tax money not their personal funds expended. The clamor for war is akin to why we revolted against England. Taxation without representation is analogous to a declaration of war without Congress. Maybe we should dump some tea into the Potomac.

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Filed Under: America, Events, Gavel Gamut, Middle East, Patriotism, War Tagged With: 9/11, Aeschylus, Afghanistan, celebration of our nation’s independence, declaration of war, dump tea, failed CIA coup, George W. Bush, Great Britain, Gulf of Tonkin, Iran, Iraq, James M. Redwine, Japanese oil tanker, Jim Redwine, John Bolton, Mike PompeoPresident Trump, Norwegian oil tanker, President Johnson, tankers in the Persian Gulf, the first casualty of war is truth, Vietnam War, Weapons of Mass Destruction

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  1. Franklin Walters says

    June 26, 2019 at 3:00 am

    TRUTH BEFORE WAR!

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