Dear CCI Friends,
Do you feel we are being overwhelmed with ‘indicting’ information never before mentioned? We are learning about the governance of our nation that had not leaked out previously. Why do we have 800 military bases outside of the U.S.? I was shocked to learn this. Why are we involved in wars of numerous countries at one time? How did we come to accept this as normal? Why is our U.S. military budget the largest in the world? How much is there that we don’t know?
Many Americans are awakening to facts we’ve never heard of previously. Who are we to believe? What are we to do?
We must learn to open our eyes and ears. We must insist that the mainstream media educate us … not deceive us. What can we believe … if we can no longer trust our mainstream media? We’ve come to a turning point in our history. We MUST return to the right use of American intentions, resources and power … rather than trying to rule the world.
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives
Come Home, America: Stop Policing the Globe and Put an End to Wars-Without-End
January 08, 2020
By John W. Whitehead
“Let us resolve that never again will we send the precious young blood of this country to die trying to prop up a corrupt military dictatorship abroad. This is also the time to turn away from excessive preoccupation overseas to the rebuilding of our own nation. America must be restored to a proper role in the world. But we can do that only through the recovery of confidence in ourselves…. together we will call America home to the ideals that nourished us from the beginning. From secrecy and deception in high places; come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation; come home, America.”—George S. McGovern, former Senator and presidential candidate
I agree wholeheartedly with George S. McGovern, a former Senator and presidential candidate who opposed the Vietnam War, about one thing: I’m sick of old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
It’s time to bring our troops home.
Bring them home from Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Bring them home from Germany, South Korea and Japan. Bring them home from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Oman. Bring them home from Niger, Chad and Mali. Bring them home from Turkey, the Philippines, and northern Australia.
That’s not what’s going to happen, of course.