....An uncounted but large number of us have been fighting this as hard as we know how for more than 10 years. We are scared, exhausted, and despairing, and there aren't enough words for us to say how deeply sorry we are that our government is menacing the whole world.

2/2

#AmericanPerspective
#WarIsHell
#25thAmmendmentNOW

“I expect Canada to come out of this looking like a better destination for investment capital in oil and gas and ultimately that should be a major tailwind for the loonie, but not until the dust settles”

I hope finance ghouls like this don't wonder why they're so hated and reviled by us "socialist radicals". #WarIsHell

Canadian dollar gains as Mideast optimism boosts risk appetite
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/article-canadian-dollar-gains-as-mideast-optimism-boosts-risk-appetite/

https://archive.is/cpOEj

Canadian dollar gains as Mideast optimism boosts risk appetite

10-year yield rises 1.1 basis points to 3.485%

The Globe and Mail

King Wenceslaus IV, shown wearing his mother's bra into battle, was NOT the GOOD King W known from Xmas carols. He was a pretty good soldier, we'll leave it at that.

#Medieval #History #WarIsHell

Watching one of our favorite films for December, the tragic Tora!Tora!Tora! Directors Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, and Kinji Fukasaku. It’s the Japanese version with 2 addional scenes and director commentary, watching it with subtitles. Actors, production values, cinematography are brilliant. When it first came out I watched it for the battleship destruction, but have come to appreciate its political tragedy narrative.
#PearlHarborDay #WarIsHell #IdRatherBeSmashingImperialism
#WarAboutOil

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

Much has been said in this country about not wanting to participate in foreign wars and people who have said it, must now face the fact that foreign wars come very close to our own shores. We will always have not only the religious groups, but many groups who feel that war is wrong. I cannot imagine how anyone could feel otherwise with the picture before them today. But when force not only rules in certain countries, but is as menacing to all the world, as it is today, one cannot live in a Utopia which prays for different conditions and ignores those which exist.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1940-05-17), “My Day”

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/80…

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Column (1940-05-17), "My Day" - Roosevelt, Eleanor | WIST Quotations

Much has been said in this country about not wanting to participate in foreign wars and people who have said it, must now face the fact that foreign wars come very close to our own shores. We will always have not only the religious groups, but many groups who feel…

WIST Quotations

Trump is quite mad.

As he said, Department of Defense should rather be Department of War.

Now https://www.defense.gov/ points to https://www.war.gov/

War is hell, war is crazy.

#trump #defense #war #warishell

U.S. Department of Defense

The Department of Defense is America's largest government agency. With our military tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary times, the department has grown and evolved with our nation.

U.S. Department of Defense
Reading All Quiet on the Western Front for the first time felt like getting hit by emotional shrapnel. I expected a war novel, but what I got was a raw, haunting portrayal of humanity unraveling in the trenches.

One scene, in particular, stayed with me is the moment Paul stabs a French soldier in a shell hole. It’s brutal, yes, but what broke me was everything that followed. Paul’s desperate attempts to save the man he just killed, speaking to him, apologizing, humanizing him after the act. That sequence isn’t just tragic, it’s unbearable in its honesty.

Remarque doesn’t glorify war; he strips it down to bone and mud, showing us the psychological torment and the fragility of empathy in a world designed to crush it.

This isn’t just a war novel. It’s a eulogy for a generation.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5
(Five shell-shocking stars)



#AllQuietOnTheWesternFront #ErichMariaRemarque #WarIsHell #AntiWarNovel #WWI #TrenchWarfare #ClassicLiterature #BookReview #FirstTimeRead #HistoricalFiction #MustReadBooks #LiteraryClassic #WarLiterature #BookLover
Many won’t read this - it’s easier to look away. ANY war, no matter the cause, leaves no heroes, only shattered lives. Spare a thought for those trapped in unimaginable pain while we carry on with comforts they may never know. #Peace #WarIsHell #Humanity #Gaza #Palestine #Israel

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"Feeling a bit cramped at Stalag Luft I, but I must say, nothing says 'welcome back' like a bunch of Soviets rolling in with tanks! Can't wait to swap my POW rations for some borscht! #FreedomAtLast #WarIsHell"
- American Airman

Apr 30, 1945 - World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_I

Stalag Luft I - Wikipedia

War

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