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Angelina Jolie Has Learnt Something That The Rest of Us Have Always Known: America Is The Biggest Terrorist In The World.
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For millions of young people in the anglosphere, the genocide in Gaza is their coming of age moment: when their preconceived notions are irrevocably shattered and they see their government and politicians for what they truly are — a bunch of profoundly corrupt and spineless knaves.
For my generation, it was the second gulf war.
Thousands took to the streets of London on a bitterly cold morning in mid-February 2003, to protest our government’s plans to topple Saddam Hussein.
And for the baby boomers, it was Vietnam.
And what was also extraordinary about this particular war was the degree to which it very nearly destroyed the United States of America.
Students at universities were out protesting their country’s involvement and the CIA and FBI were busy keeping tabs on those who were at the forefront of the protests.
And this is precisely why William Jefferson Clinton took a beating from the Republicans, when the letter he wrote to the drafting officer made its way to the public domain, during the 1992 presidential campaign.