Bombs Away

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The USA bombed three of the poorest countries on the planet yesterday:
Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 38 Palestinians Over 24 Hours
(note that 'Israel' and the 'United States' are the same country)
Fifteen US Airstrikes Hit Yemen's Marib Province
US Launches Airstrike in Somalia.

This is by Ron Paul:
We are currently seeing another such endless conflict brewing with President Trump's decision to start bombing Yemen last month. The stated objectives- to end Houthi interference with Israeli Red Sea shipping - are not being achieved so, as usually happens, the bombing expands and creates more death and destruction for the civilian population. In the last week or so, US bombs have struck the water supply facilities for 50,000 civilians and have apparently blown up a civilian tribal gathering.

Starting a war with Iran was the furthest thing from the minds of American voters last November, and certainly those who voted for Donald Trump were at least partly motivated by his promise to end current wars and start no new wars. However, there is a strange logic that to fulfill the promise of no new wars, the US must saber rattle
around the world to intimidate others from crossing the White House. This is what the recycled phrase "peace through strength" seems to have come to mean. But the real strength that it takes to make and keep peace is the strength to just walk away. It is the strength to stop meddling in conflicts that have nothing to do with the United States.
That is where Congress comes in. Except they are not coming in. They are nowhere to be found. And that is not a good thing.