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The New Ruling Coalition: Opposition to Afghanistan Withdrawal Shows its Key Factions: Greenwald

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-ruling-coalition-opposition-afgh...

"...Is Trump the primary author of America's pathologies or merely a symptom of pathologies which long pre-dated him? Relatedly, is removing Trump from power a vital step in restoring the US to its previous status as a benevolent and law-abiding republic, or is isolating him as the principal cause of the nation's woes a cynical propaganda technique for whitewashing the sins of those who are actually responsible so that they can rebuild their reputations and again assume power?

How one answers these questions - along with whether one believed that the Kremlin had infiltrated the White House and assumed command or whether one recognized that this was a CIA-fabricated propaganda fraud excavated from crusty Cold War scripts - determined where one fell on many of the most contentious political debates over the last four years (my answer to all the questions is the latter choice).

That's why millions of [North] Americans who, due to fear of Trump, began paying close attention to politics and consuming news products only in 2016 were such easy marks for peddling fear-mongering narratives and revisionism: because they lacked the crucial historical context in which to place Trump and understand his ascension to the presidency. But there is another critical debate, one that has been rarely conducted explicitly, that is also a key determinant of where one falls in this new alignment: what are the real power centers in the US, the ones most responsible for its worst acts and greatest dangers?

There are many places where that answer resides. One can find it right now in the ongoing effort to denounce the Trump White House for attempting to remove troops from Afghanistan, where the US has been fighting and shooting and bombing in a war now about to enter its 20th year. Take a look at who is demanding that these troops remain, and there you will find the real axis of power - all of its component parts - in the United States.

And thus did this union of pro-war Democrats, Cheney-led neocons, the intelligence community and their chosen mainstream media outlets succeed in providing the perfectly crafted tool at the most opportune moment to justify blocking an end to America's longest war. That is precisely the same coalition that drowned US politics for more than 3 years in the sustained, monomaniacal, disinformation campaign about Putin's takeover of the US. As Trump again signals that he intends in the lame-duck session to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, this same united coalition is wanting desperately to block it..."

Biden, Pence both reject lockdowns to save lives, as coronavirus explodes

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/20/lock-n20.html

"..;The twin statements amounted to a joint bipartisan declaration that hundreds of thousands of Americans must die rather than sacrificing the profits of Wall Street and giant corporations, which demand that workers stay on the job no matter how hazardous the workplace has become..."