This "war" will be like all of the others since WWII ... same as it ever was ... no real purpose, no real reason, no change of outcome, but real blood and treasure expended for NOTHING

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… also of possible interest in connection with this article …
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) about the life and times of former U.S. Secretary of Defense

… see the blog of Charles Hugh Smith (an interesting thought or two to be found there)

and see Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007)

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So true, it starts at birth and is life long, trying to figure out what’s really going on…
The end of the article is apropos, so many folks’ livelihood depends on this speculation.
For me it’s a hobby, I’ll never know what’s really going on. Those doors are closed to the likes of me down here. But I’m afraid I’m hooked on the query part.

“The truth–if we dare even using that word–is we collectively know next to nothing about “what’s really going on” , and so profitably chasing speculation is all that’s left.”

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Reminds me of the classic by George Lakoff,
Don’t Think Of An Elephant: Know Your Values, And Frame The Debate
Copyrighted 2004.

Also, the article could have added:
Don’t forget to click bait your “commodities”[customers, aka, citizen$]

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