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Waging America’s 2nd Civil War

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A year and a half ago I wrote of a war mobilizing, not abroad, but right here in America.  I wrote that in today’s world our enemies walk among us. They wage wars of misinformation and disinformation designed to foster confusion and distrust among the American people.  I described how our enemies subtly charm us to believe as they do, attempting to soften our resolve toward denying their ultimate purposes.  I observed that while there are many who recognize and resist the efforts of America’s internal enemies, there are just as many, unfortunately, who succumb to their covert messaging, believing the lies and misrepresentations as they would any proven axiom.  And I wrote that reconciling the resulting differences among the American people would become the issue of our generation.  Here we are, right where I said we would be, sadly. America has become the house stringently divided I predicted.  Maintaining that divide is the only way the enemy can remain viable.  To win, or even av

Iraq Wants American Forces Gone…Again

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On December 31, 2011, after an 8-year presence that included the 2003-4 war ousting Iraq’s leader Saddam Hussein, the last American military forces exited Iraq.   But it’s not that President Barack Obama wanted to leave.   The very purpose of America being in Iraq had not been fully accomplished.   Oh, yes, Saddam was long gone by then, death by the gallows.   And, oops, there were no weapons of mass destruction after all.   Sorry about that, Mr. Hussein.   Our bad. You see, the real purpose behind the overthrow of Saddam and 8-year occupation had nothing to do with WMD.  The real purpose was two-fold.  First, in 1999, with the value of the Euro steadily increasing against the dollar, Saddam Hussein declared Iraq would no longer accept American currency in exchange for its oil, opting for Euros instead.  That was strike one.  Saddam had to go.  Four years later Saddam is found holed-up under the ground in his hometown.  We all know what happened to Saddam after that.  Ei