The Civil War (1861–1865) was the deadliest war in American history. Altogether, over 600,000 died in the conflict, more than in World War I and World War II combined. In the 1900s, the United States fought in several long and difficult wars around the world. Between 1917 and 1945, the United States fought in two major world wars: World War I and World War II, which helped America to emerge as the biggest and strongest single power, contested by the former USSR until 1990. Since 1950, the United States has fought in several other wars: the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the Afghan War, the Iraq War, the Syrian War, and Ukraine, and is once again supporting, hand in glove, Israel’s expanding genocidal war against Palestine and the Middle East for the final realisation of the Zionists’ dream of Greater Israel. As I am writing these lines, Iran has retaliated with a 100-missile attack on Israel to avenge the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, while an Israeli military spokesperson announced a timely response followed by POTUS’s order to US armed forces to defend Israel at all costs. Thus, the Middle East stands on the verge of witnessing yet another great unholy and immoral war.

American involvement in direct and indirect military conflicts and regime changes all over the globe is supported by more than 750 military bases installed in 80 countries, with 173,000 troops deployed in at least 159 countries. Is it for the love of democracy, the protection of human rights and Western values, for the protection, security, and welfare of the American people, or something else? Let’s explore a bit. I recently read a very revealing paper titled “The Regime’s Wars Are Built on Lies,” written by an American veteran named Karen Kwiatkowski, who opines, “Americans are increasingly........

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