It’s Always the Same War
By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan
“To understand the nature of the present war — for in spite of
the regrouping which occurs every few years, it is always the same war —
one must realize in the first place that it is impossible for it to be
decisive.”
— “1984,” by George Orwell
Barack Obama originally ran for president as the anti-war candidate.
Now, as his second term winds down, the two George W. Bush/Obama wars
are winding up, with a third in Syria. U.S. military forces are deployed
elsewhere around the globe, as in drone striking in Yemen and Somalia,
adding to the global conflagration. The United States is engaged in
endless war.
The crisis of war and the millions fleeing these infernos has reached
levels unprecedented since World War II, prompting the United Nations
and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
to issue what they called an “unprecedented joint warning” for states
to end wars, respect international law and aid the 60 million refugees
made homeless from recent conflicts.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “The continuing
violence is a clear indication that a political solution to the conflict
in Syria is desperately needed. The fighting must stop now. There is no
military solution to the crisis, not in Syria or anywhere else. From
Afghanistan to the Central African Republic, from Ukraine to Yemen,
combatants and those who control them are defying humanity’s most basic
rules.”
“To understand the nature of the present war — for in spite of
the regrouping which occurs every few years, it is always the same war —
one must realize in the first place that it is impossible for it to be
decisive.”
— “1984,” by George Orwell
Barack Obama originally ran for president as the anti-war candidate.
Now, as his second term winds down, the two George W. Bush/Obama wars
are winding up, with a third in Syria. U.S. military forces are deployed
elsewhere around the globe, as in drone striking in Yemen and Somalia,
adding to the global conflagration. The United States is engaged in
endless war.
The crisis of war and the millions fleeing these infernos has reached
levels unprecedented since World War II, prompting the United Nations
and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
to issue what they called an “unprecedented joint warning” for states
to end wars, respect international law and aid the 60 million refugees
made homeless from recent conflicts.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “The continuing
violence is a clear indication that a political solution to the conflict
in Syria is desperately needed. The fighting must stop now. There is no
military solution to the crisis, not in Syria or anywhere else. From
Afghanistan to the Central African Republic, from Ukraine to Yemen,
combatants and those who control them are defying humanity’s most basic
rules.”
