Alan Dettlaff on the US president

'Obama’s presidency outwardly attempted to reclaim moral authority while continuing the same forms of violence that sustain imperial power. Drone warfare became a central tool of U.S. policy, enabling the projection of force across borders with minimal visibility and no meaningful accountability. In countries like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, entire communities lived under the constant presence of drones'

#noKings #usPol #geopolitics #imperialism

https://www.towardliberation.com/p/kings-are-not-the-problem-presidents

Kings Are Not the Problem. Presidents Are.

This weekend, millions of people took to the streets across the United States in what may become one of the largest protests in the country’s history.

Toward Liberation
'The current administration is not a story of democracy interrupted. It is a story of empire sustained...What has changed is not the presence of authoritarian power, but who is forced to recognize it'
@oscarjiminy See also US use of bases in Britain.

@oscarjiminy yes. Part of me (American) honestly loves seeing the truth of this country laid bare. It's long been convenient for rich countries to view the United States as benevolent, but it hasn't been that way for a long time and probably never was.

I turn 45 years old this year, and every president in my lifetime has been a predator.