[W]ar is simply a euphemism for theft-funded mass murder, a blatant crime that we would never dismiss if non-government actors were to engage in it.
Book discussed: We Kill Because We Can
Laurie Calhoun’s article archive
Laurie Calhoun is the author of We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age, War and Delusion: A Critical Examination, You Can Leave, and Philosophy Unmasked: A Skeptic’s Critique.
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https://youtu.be/QRLnq2PNZ9c Anyone who considers themself to be pro-life must unapologetically oppose the mass murder of civilians and destruction of cities so late in the war (February 1945). Yes, I agree the fetus is a living being, and so are German civilians....
https://youtu.be/sjjDnmmtfFU Also in 1997, an open letter signed by former President Eisenhower’s granddaughter Susan, and 50 important foreign policy establishment leaders, warned in part, “The current U.S.-led effort to expand NATO ... is a policy error of historic...
https://youtu.be/TkJc66nL19c At the time, Henry Lewis Stimson was the U.S. Secretary of War, and in the 1946 “Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack” Stimson’s diary is brought into evidence. On page 177, the report cites a diary entry from November 25, 1941, almost...
