> ...**the human cost of Washington’s policies:** > > - Hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed; > - Syria’s minority populations—Alawites, #Christians, Druze, and Shiites—were slaughtered or driven into exile; > - Millions became refugees, fueling instability across the region and in Europe > > Rather than bringing “freedom” to #Syria, US intervention ensured endless war, ethnic cleansing, and the rise of brutal jihadist warlords. https://mises.org/mises-wire/creative-chaos-inside-cias-covert-war-topple-syrian-government#:~:text=the%20human%20cost,brutal%20jihadist%20warlords The US #GovtIsTheProblem
> ... **Public Choice Theory and the Iron Law of Bureaucracy**. Public Choice Theory teaches us that politicians and government agencies act in their own self-interest, not necessarily in the interest of the public. A subset of this is the so-called “Iron Law of Bureaucracy,” which states that bureaucracies eventually prioritize their own growth and survival over their original mission. The CIA, State Department, and Pentagon all had institutional incentives to prolong the war [in Syria], expand their budgets, and justify continued intervention... https://mises.org/mises-wire/creative-chaos-inside-cias-covert-war-topple-syrian-government#:~:text=Public%20Choice%20Theory,justify%20continued%20intervention The US #GovtIsTheProblem
> ....Washington: > - Pressured Jordan to allow jihadists free movement across its border; > - Supplied weapons through covert programs like Operation Timber Sycamore; > - Worked with Türkiye and Saudi Arabia to keep a steady flow of foreign fighters into Syria > > This policy—arming the terrorists who had just a decade previously attacked the United States, and who were attacking US forces in Iraq at the same time—wasn’t just reckless, it was criminal. https://mises.org/mises-wire/creative-chaos-inside-cias-covert-war-topple-syrian-government The US #GovtIsTheProblem
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> "The United Kingdom has chosen coercion.  Law enforcement agencies in the U.K. spend more resources policing public debate on social media platforms than they do curbing illegal immigration or protecting children from rape gangs.  Citizens who express unapproved thoughts that contradict official government policies put themselves in legal jeopardy.  U.K. health authorities continue to defend their COVID totalitarianism as a reasonable emergency response backed by “scientific” expertise.  In the U.K., protections for free speech, dissent, and freedom of conscience are dead." [Nobody Knows What’s Real, by J.B. Shurk](
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> When we acknowledge that government institutions have knowingly and willfully targeted the American people with disinformation campaigns meant to achieve strategic objectives, we are acknowledging that these institutions have made war against us exactly as military planners would wage war against foreign enemies.  That is a sobering, terrifying, and unforgivable betrayal of the U.S. Constitution.   [Nobody Knows What’s Real, by J.B. Shurk](
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