Where's the Outrage Over US Imperial Wars?

by Stephen Lendman

Days of protests in America against Trump's entry into America order smack of dark forces manipulating and agitating against him no matter what he does or doesn't do.

Denigration of Muslims is longstanding in America, taken to a fever pitch post-9/11, wrongfully portraying them as gun-toting terrorists, using them as a pretext to smash one country after another, responsible for appalling levels of carnage and human misery?

Where's the outrage over an issue dwarfing all others? Why aren't people furious about imperial madness, possible nuclear war if not curbed?

Why aren't they protesting against bloated military spending and America's empire of bases - used as launching pads for more wars? 

Where's the outrage over mega-corporations ruling the world, exploiting it for profits, harming millions, despoiling the environment?

Why aren't people protesting against repressive laws, breaching international law, spurning constitutional rights, turning America into a police state - perhaps one more major 9/11-type false flag attack away from full-blown tyranny!

True enough, restricting or banning free travel to America by Muslims from designated countries is disgraceful. But the issue pales in importance compared to others the public largely ignores.

Why aren't people protesting against what matters most? Where's the outrage over bipartisan neocon lunatics infesting Washington?

Why is there mass silence over fantasy democracy masquerading as the real thing? What about deep poverty affecting millions, mass unemployment and underemployment, governance serving the privileged few at the expense of most others?

Where's the outrage over the world's richest country using its resources irresponsibly - for imperial wars, handouts to Wall Street and other corporate favorites, militarizing America against its own people, turning its inner cities into battlegrounds, enriching the few at the expense of so many?

Why aren't people directing their anger against what most harms their rights, welfare and futures?

The main issue isn't what Trump does or doesn't do. It's the appalling way America is run by its privileged class for its own self-interest exclusively - causing so much harm to so many at home and abroad.

Now that's just cause for endless protests to change things!

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. 

His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III."

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Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. 

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