Dr. Dewald, you write in your bio: "Health is inextricably linked with politics." That being the case, is there not a a link between the profit-driven response to Covid responsible for one million deaths in the US and a foreign policy marked by endless aggressive wars? 1/
https://twitter.com/denise_dewald/status/1495907339366457345
In the 30 years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the US - under both Republican and Democratic administrations - has bombed or invaded Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Syria,Afghanistan and Serbia. It endorsed the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip. 2/
The total number of deaths caused by these wars are well over one million. "Abu Ghraib", "water-boarding", "Fallujah", "extraordinary rendition", "Guantanamo", "enhanced interrogation", and "targeted assassinations" are words that have entered into the vocabulary of depravity. 3/
All these wars began with lies, of which the terrifying danger of "weapons of mass destruction" was only the most notorious. And, of course, with the pious invocation of America's unflagging devotion to peace, democracy and "human rights." 4/
The Biden administration proclaims the inviolability of existing state borders to be a sacred principle. But the US provoked the breakup of Yugoslavia and bombed Serbia for 78 days to force its acceptance of the secession of Kosovo. Remember? 5/
Of course, it's easy to make political decisions and shout patriotic hoorays if you don't distinguish between history and propaganda. Rather than insult in a really backward manner the WSWS, perhaps you should take the time to study our political positions. 6/
You are familiar with the WSWS' coverage of the Pandemic over the last two years, and our unflagging campaign for the implementation of a Zero Covid policy. The concern for facts and truth that guides our critique of herd immunity informs our response to the drive to war. 7/7
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