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US go to war for profit, not to save lives: Activist
The United States does not launch wars to save lives, it launches wars and destroys countries to make money, says an American political commentator and peace activist.
Joe Iosbaker, a leader of the United National Antiwar Committee, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Wednesday while commenting on Washington’s donation of 250 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs) to the Iraqi Army, which is battling ISIL terrorists.
Losbaker said before launching two previous wars against Iraq, the US government told Americans that “people [troops] are going there to save lives…never did the US admit the truth” that it did not launch those wars to save lives. “The US doesn’t go to war to protect lives, it goes to war for profit.”
“And remember too, it was the US wars and occupation that destroyed Iraq. This crisis in Iraq is the fault of Washington. The Iraqi people have to determine the solutions for themselves,” he added.
“Washington has a new cover and new issue to hide behind in this war, but… this will not end well for the people of Iraq or for the people of the US,” the anti-war activist warned.
“The US has already spent over one billion dollars in war against the Islamic State since early August. The White House wants us to believe that this Iraq war is different than the previous two, this one [they] are fighting ISIS, which attack Iraq in June,” he noted.
The ISIL terrorists, who were initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government, control large parts of Syria's northern territory. ISIL sent its fighters into Iraq in June, quickly seizing large parts of Iraq.
Since late September, the US and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out airstrikes against ISIL inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.
US warplanes have been conducting airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq since early August. Some Western states have also participated in some of the strikes in Iraq.
The US-led coalition has conducted more than 900 air strikes against ISIL targets in Iraq since August 8 at an average cost of over $8 million a day, according to the Pentagon.
The US-led coalition has done little to stop the ISIL's advances in parts of Syria and in western Iraq.
Some analysts have criticized the US-led aerial military campaigns in Iraq and Syria, saying the strikes are meant to destroy the Arab countries’ infrastructures.
PressTV-'US fights for profit, not to save lives'
The United States does not launch wars to save lives, it launches wars and destroys countries to make money, says an American political commentator and peace activist.
Joe Iosbaker, a leader of the United National Antiwar Committee, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Wednesday while commenting on Washington’s donation of 250 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs) to the Iraqi Army, which is battling ISIL terrorists.
Losbaker said before launching two previous wars against Iraq, the US government told Americans that “people [troops] are going there to save lives…never did the US admit the truth” that it did not launch those wars to save lives. “The US doesn’t go to war to protect lives, it goes to war for profit.”
“And remember too, it was the US wars and occupation that destroyed Iraq. This crisis in Iraq is the fault of Washington. The Iraqi people have to determine the solutions for themselves,” he added.
“Washington has a new cover and new issue to hide behind in this war, but… this will not end well for the people of Iraq or for the people of the US,” the anti-war activist warned.
“The US has already spent over one billion dollars in war against the Islamic State since early August. The White House wants us to believe that this Iraq war is different than the previous two, this one [they] are fighting ISIS, which attack Iraq in June,” he noted.
The ISIL terrorists, who were initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government, control large parts of Syria's northern territory. ISIL sent its fighters into Iraq in June, quickly seizing large parts of Iraq.
Since late September, the US and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out airstrikes against ISIL inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.
US warplanes have been conducting airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq since early August. Some Western states have also participated in some of the strikes in Iraq.
The US-led coalition has conducted more than 900 air strikes against ISIL targets in Iraq since August 8 at an average cost of over $8 million a day, according to the Pentagon.
The US-led coalition has done little to stop the ISIL's advances in parts of Syria and in western Iraq.
Some analysts have criticized the US-led aerial military campaigns in Iraq and Syria, saying the strikes are meant to destroy the Arab countries’ infrastructures.
PressTV-'US fights for profit, not to save lives'
Since despite all our criticisms, the U.S is still the country that helped rebuilt Europe after the war, Japan, and which to this day still protects freedom of navigation/trade which other emerging countries have been benefiting from for a long time.
