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Jan 5, 2023 • 23 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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War has broken out between Mexican Defense Forces and the Sinaloa Cartel in Culiacan in response to the arrest of El Chapo’s son.

More footage will be added in the thread below as it emerges.
Cartel members fire on plane trying to take off as passengers take cover.
Children armed.
Chaos in the streets.
Mexican Air Force helicopters engage residential areas containing cartel members.
Sinaloa Cartel members preparing to fight.
Mexican Army ambushed in Tamaulipas.
Cartel members firing a Barrett M82A1 anti-materiel rifle at Mexican Air Force planes leaving the runway.
A prison break occurring at Culiacan Jail.
Sicarios kidnapping doctors and nurses from a hospital to serve as medics for wounded cartel members.
Supply lines being ambushed.
Drone footage of Culiacan.
Nights falls, cities burn.
House to house raids tonight.
Mexican National Guard fighting.
Aftermath of a shootout between the Mexican Army and Sicarios.
Shootout at a checkpoint in Culiacan.
Mexican Air Force firing an M134 at a cartel convoy.
It is impossible to know what Mexico would be like had it not been for US involvement. What we do know is that their country is clearly worse now because the CIA deliberately armed and empowered Mexican cartels in an effort to amplify the crack epidemic our country. Image
This cycle of violence will continue as long as governments insist on waging the long-failed Drug War. The only way to truly stop the cartels is to legalize all drugs & let market competition put them out of business. Also, end all gun control so civilians can defend themselves.
Decades of prohibition pushing the drug trade et al into the criminal sector resulted in these paramilitary gangs running harder, more dangerous drugs like Fentanyl. As Milton Friedman observed, economically speaking, the drug war protects the cartels' interests. It needs to end.
Further US escalation including execution & military action, as Trump and other right-wingers advocate, won't help as the terror wars demonstrate. Setting aside the issues of big gov, even if many drug dealers are taken out, economic incentives ensure others will take their place
To reverse the economic incentives which empower militarized cartels & lead to harder, more dangerous drugs like Fentanyl, we must #EndTheDrugWar. Violent suppression is not just counterproductive, but unjust. Addicts have agency & the drug trade per say isn't a rights violation. Image

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Sep 11, 2023
When Will We Learn? – part 1
by Harry Browne
Published September 12, 2001 at 1:00am

"The terrorist attacks against America comprise a horrible tragedy. But they shouldn’t be a surprise.

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth – that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda. But sanity was a prior casualty: it was the loss of sanity that led to war in the first place.

Our foreign policy has been insane for decades. It was only a matter of time until Americans would have to suffer personally for it. It is a terrible tragedy of life that the innocent so often have to suffer for the sins of the guilty.

When will we learn that we can’t allow our politicians to bully the world without someone bullying back eventually?

President Bush has authorized continued bombing of innocent people in Iraq. President Clinton bombed innocent people in the Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Serbia. President Bush, senior, invaded Iraq and Panama. President Reagan bombed innocent people in Libya and invaded Grenada. And on and on it goes.

Did we think the people who lost their families and friends and property in all that destruction would love America for what happened?

When will we learn that violence always begets violence?

Teaching lessons

Supposedly, Reagan bombed Libya to teach Muammar al-Gadhafi a lesson about terrorism. But shortly thereafter a PanAm plane was destroyed over Scotland, and our government is convinced it was Libyans who did it.

When will we learn that “teaching someone a lesson” never teaches anything but resentment – that it only inspires the recipient to greater acts of defiance.

How many times on Tuesday did we hear someone describe the terrorist attacks as “cowardly acts”? But as misguided and despicable as they were, they were anything but cowardly. The people who committed them knowingly gave their lives for whatever stupid beliefs they held.

But what about the American presidents who order bombings of innocent people – while the presidents remain completely insulated from any danger? What would you call their acts?

When will we learn that forsaking truth and reason in the heat of battle almost always assures that we will lose the battle?

Losing our last freedoms

And now, as sure as night follows day, we will be told we must give up more of our freedoms to avenge what never should have happened in the first place.

When will we learn that it makes no sense to give up our freedoms in the name of freedom?

What to do?

What should be done?

First of all, stop the hysteria. Stand back and ask how this could have happened. Ask how a prosperous country isolated by two oceans could have so embroiled itself in other people’s business that someone would want to do us harm. Even sitting in the middle of Europe, Switzerland isn’t beset by terrorist attacks, because the Swiss mind their own business.

Second, resolve that we won’t let our leaders use this occasion to commit their own terrorist acts upon more innocent people, foreign and domestic, that will inspire more terrorist attacks in the future.

Third, find a way, with enforceable constitutional limits, to prevent our leaders from ever again provoking this kind of anger against America.

Patriotism?

There are those who will say this article is unpatriotic and un-American – that this is not a time to question our country or our leaders.

When will we learn that without freedom and sanity, there is no reason to be patriotic?"

#September11
#NeverForget
#NeverForget911
#911Anniversary
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When Will We Learn? – part 2

Published September 14, 2001 at 1:00am

My article last Tuesday “When Will We Learn?” provoked more controversy than anything I’ve ever written. In case there was any misunderstanding, here is what I believe:

1. The terrorist attack was a horrible tragedy and I feel enormous sympathy for those who were personally affected by it. I wrote my article hoping that, however unlikely, it might be possible to prevent such a thing from ever happening again.
2. I hope anyone responsible for the attack who didn’t die in it will be found, tried, and punished appropriately.
3. Terrorism by definition is the killing of innocent people in order to bring about some political or social change.
4. Terrorism may cause some changes in the short term, but it never leads to a conclusive victory, because it provokes a never-ending cycle of escalating violence on both sides.
5. The U.S. government has engaged in acts of terrorism over the past few decades – bombing and starving innocent people in foreign countries, supposedly to force their leaders to make changes the U.S. government desires. Terrorism doesn’t become “policing” or “justice” merely because it is our government doing it.
6. All Iraqis are not Saddam Hussein; all Serbs aren’t Slobodan Milosevic; all Afghanis (or Saudis) are not Osama Bin Laden.
7. Killing innocent people in retaliation for the sins of other people isn’t justice – it is terrorism. The terrorists were wrong to kill Americans to satisfy their grievances against American foreign policy. And to react to them by killing innocent foreigners would also be terrorism.
8. You can’t make productive decisions at a time when your mind is clouded by anger, resentment, or thoughts of revenge.

The reactions I’ve received have been roughly 50-50 regarding my position. Here are some of the objections people have made against my position.

Timing

“This was a bad time for you to say, ‘I told you so’ in such a poor fashion.”

I’m not saying, “I told you so.” I’m trying to stop future madness – against Americans and against foreigners. Should I wait until after our military invades Afghanistan before speaking out?

__________

“Now, of all times, is the time when we must support one another for the best.”

That doesn’t mean supporting the ill-conceived policies that led to this event.

__________

“It is time for our people to pull together against these sick terrorists. We could use your help too.”

To do what? Encourage our politicians to continue doing the very things that led to this? You’re demonstrating why I had to write the article. If we stand behind our leaders now, letting them speak for us “as one voice,” nothing will change. We will continue to see more acts by our government that will lead to more terrorist attacks on the U.S.

__________

“Don’t tell me to ‘stop the hysteria.’ This event merits hysteria, anger, sadness, and fear. I will be hysterical because it is the only thing I can do to show my countrymen that I mourn them.”

Hysteria creates lynch mobs and more killing of innocent people. Grief, anger, and resentment are all natural reactions to what happened. But letting your emotions make bad decisions is not a productive reaction.

__________

“What’s done is done and now we’re in the middle of this terrible mess. Maybe you’re right, maybe we should not be surprised that something was bound to happen. But, now what? We don’t need people criticizing our past mistakes at this moment. Save that for later. Right now we need immediate action.”

If we don’t understand the past mistakes, the “immediate action” taken will simply repeat those mistakes. Is that what you want?

My Motives

“You have lost my support by your political posturing in a time of crisis.”

Political posturing? Do you really think I expected to receive adulation for writing an article that goes so sharply against current public opinion?

__________
When Will We Learn? – part 2

Published September 14, 2001 at 1:00am

My article last Tuesday “When Will We Learn?” provoked more controversy than anything I’ve ever written. In case there was any misunderstanding, here is what I believe:

1. The terrorist attack was a horrible tragedy and I feel enormous sympathy for those who were personally affected by it. I wrote my article hoping that, however unlikely, it might be possible to prevent such a thing from ever happening again.
2. I hope anyone responsible for the attack who didn’t die in it will be found, tried, and punished appropriately.
3. Terrorism by definition is the killing of innocent people in order to bring about some political or social change.
4. Terrorism may cause some changes in the short term, but it never leads to a conclusive victory, because it provokes a never-ending cycle of escalating violence on both sides.
5. The U.S. government has engaged in acts of terrorism over the past few decades – bombing and starving innocent people in foreign countries, supposedly to force their leaders to make changes the U.S. government desires. Terrorism doesn’t become “policing” or “justice” merely because it is our government doing it.
6. All Iraqis are not Saddam Hussein; all Serbs aren’t Slobodan Milosevic; all Afghanis (or Saudis) are not Osama Bin Laden.
7. Killing innocent people in retaliation for the sins of other people isn’t justice – it is terrorism. The terrorists were wrong to kill Americans to satisfy their grievances against American foreign policy. And to react to them by killing innocent foreigners would also be terrorism.
8. You can’t make productive decisions at a time when your mind is clouded by anger, resentment, or thoughts of revenge.

The reactions I’ve received have been roughly 50-50 regarding my position. Here are some of the objections people have made against my position.

Timing

“This was a bad time for you to say, ‘I told you so’ in such a poor fashion.”

I’m not saying, “I told you so.” I’m trying to stop future madness – against Americans and against foreigners. Should I wait until after our military invades Afghanistan before speaking out?

__________

“Now, of all times, is the time when we must support one another for the best.”

That doesn’t mean supporting the ill-conceived policies that led to this event.

__________

“It is time for our people to pull together against these sick terrorists. We could use your help too.”

To do what? Encourage our politicians to continue doing the very things that led to this? You’re demonstrating why I had to write the article. If we stand behind our leaders now, letting them speak for us “as one voice,” nothing will change. We will continue to see more acts by our government that will lead to more terrorist attacks on the U.S.

__________

“Don’t tell me to ‘stop the hysteria.’ This event merits hysteria, anger, sadness, and fear. I will be hysterical because it is the only thing I can do to show my countrymen that I mourn them.”

Hysteria creates lynch mobs and more killing of innocent people. Grief, anger, and resentment are all natural reactions to what happened. But letting your emotions make bad decisions is not a productive reaction.

__________

“What’s done is done and now we’re in the middle of this terrible mess. Maybe you’re right, maybe we should not be surprised that something was bound to happen. But, now what? We don’t need people criticizing our past mistakes at this moment. Save that for later. Right now we need immediate action.”

If we don’t understand the past mistakes, the “immediate action” taken will simply repeat those mistakes. Is that what you want?

My Motives

“You have lost my support by your political posturing in a time of crisis.”

Political posturing? Do you really think I expected to receive adulation for writing an article that goes so sharply against current public opinion?

__________
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Aug 3, 2023
Between 1945 and 1947, 18 people were injected with plutonium, six with uranium, five with polonium, and at least one with americium by the Manhattan Project medical team. Only one of the subjects signed a consent form. The rest had no idea what was being injected into them.… https://t.co/JDiJpC6vz1twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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They wanted to understand the dangers facing Manhattan Project workers and how to protect them. They were, of course, developing a weapon to eviscerate over 100,000 Japanese civilians. There is even evidence that Oppenheimer himself approved shipments of plutonium and uranium to… https://t.co/rxWFix2o4ftwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The physicians involved knew that the procedures had no therapeutic benefits and would be detrimental in the long run if the patients lived. Human experimentation was justified because it was claimed that the patients were terminally ill; however, this was not true in all cases.… https://t.co/PFu8JJutKotwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Jul 13, 2023
Operation Atlantic Resolve is the most insanely provocative move toward #WW3 by the US empire yet. Use any & all measures to avoid being part of it. Learn conscientious objection. Don't give the US war machine more enforcers of its imperial will. #NoWar with #Russia over #Ukraine Image
If the US was invaded, deploying reservists to Europe would be even more counterproductive than it already is.

https://t.co/zFZjtvfQDc
Hundreds of military bases in dozens of foreign countries and decades of aggressive wars all over the world beg to differ.

https://t.co/sE022crxfI
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May 16, 2023
Who remembers this dramatic moment?

A group of lawyers and generals watching in real-time as Osama Bin-Laden is killed in a culmination to the largest and most costly terrorist case in history.

Only that may not be what happened at all. Who did they kill and why?

A thread… Image
A few weeks ago we covered this recent filing by the Guantanamo Military Commission which outlined the CIA’s involvement in the stages that led up to 9/11.

The raid on Bin Laden’s compound was a final step in that plan, complete with a “burial at sea” to destroy any evidence.
So what DO we know? Many of these images belong to weblinks that are now scrubbed from the internet.

We know that from 2000-2001 there were multiple reports that Bin Laden was dying from kidney disease.

articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-03-25/new…

web.archive.org/web/2001021201…

web.archive.org/web/2001100702… ImageImageImage
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May 13, 2023
Revisionism is about challenging the historical narratives regimes use to justify their own existences

"Isolationism" is about confining State violence to minimize its destruction of life, liberty, & property both foreign & domestic

Both are vital for a robust liberty movement
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May 11, 2023
With Larry Page on the run, it’s a good time to revisit the ties between Google and the intelligence community. Image
At the inception of mass surveillance in the US lies the partnership between government and Google. Page and company have paved the way to more efficient methods of intelligence- reducing the need for human intel gathering and placing your every search at their fingertips.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Among Page and Sergey Brin’s earliest partners are DARPA, NSA, and the CIA. While Google has attempted to scrub some of its connections to early grant programs it is undeniable that at the core of Google’s founding is the intent to do the bidding of the intelligence community.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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