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Steven Stratton's avatar

It is staggering the number of humans that have lost their lives due to the flawed decisions of our presidents, their cabinets and congress. Curious how they internally justify these catastrophic numbers. Collateral Damage! It is time for American to select a competent, grounded and capable woman. Perhaps a softer, gentler, measured but firm approach to leadership is coming. I certainly hope so. We know what men have been capable of.

Tim Logan's avatar

It's time for serious political reform, women can be monsters too, but the entire system is borked due to the winner takes all, first past the goalpost nature of your system, which creates a two party system, that is super easy for the rich to corrupt.

Irena Halder's avatar

@Steven Stratton suggests a competent, grounded, capable woman, not a monster. The world is and always has been run by monstrous men who have utterly failed us over and over again. The alarming numbers in this Zeteo report prove these failures. The hyper masculinity found in world leaders creates conflict and perpetuates violence, and we all know violence breeds further violence. Trillions are spent bombing others, and to what end? If we are to give world peace an honest chance, we need women in leadership, not men.

Tim Logan's avatar

I know, but the women that come up through the same system aren't much better, they are still products of the same neoliberal monster making machine.

Black, White, testicles or tits don't really matter if you still subscribe to the same world view.

I'd really admit that trump is the worst president that the US has ever had and that it might be hard to find a woman that is equally bad though.

Gail Breakey's avatar

Thank you, Zeteo. Yes, I remember reviewing the options that were put forward as response at the time and some of them made sense. Our "leaders" chose the ones that could predictably cause the outcomes outlined here..... ongoing retribution, chaos and violence... to say nothing of the "forever wars."

Charlene fitzpatrick's avatar

I don't have any more faith in women than men after watching the women in this administration.

Irena Halder's avatar

I can understand that in a way. Those women are indoctrinated cult members who enable powerful men, a tiny insignificant minority of women as a whole, thankfully the first to get thrown under the bus.

Kathleen Williams's avatar

343 firefighters died on 9/11 also. NEVER FORGET

Anna Katharina Pondelik's avatar

and the countless deadly years for muslims from after the second world war up to 9/11...?

Gail Breakey's avatar

Oh, before that... the West betrayed the Arabs in the first world war... remember the film Lawrence of Arabia.... the Brits promised the Arab chiefs independence in return for fighting the germans and partners.

Lianne Doherty's avatar

The universe shifted on that day. As with most people, memories of that day are still raw & visible. Our government lied, as usual, & blame was assigned. Twenty five years later, we still do not know the truth & probably never will. May peace find the folks that lost a loved one, a neighbor or friend that day. May peace find the survivors that suffered that day. And may peace find our Muslim brothers & sisters who suffer for what others did. We must never forget!

Anna Katharina Pondelik's avatar

...the attack did not come out of the blue is what I mean.

Eddy Mason's avatar

We don't do why. That is left to the victims of colonialism.

Dani G.'s avatar

As long as war is so lucrative to the powers that be, I'm just not sure how we will ever break free.

Irena Halder's avatar

We have to stop lining the pockets of the military industrial complex. World peace should be our aim, not wars, destruction, death and human misery. In our hearts we all know that the only ways to resolve conflict is by talking to one another and trying to understand one another. Violence simply breeds further violence. Let’s put our tax dollars into diplomacy and negotiating, and for once in the history of this planet let’s give peace a chance. @Dani G. that’s how we will break free.

Shahid N Zahid's avatar

When is the true story behind what actually happened on 9/11 going to come out? Or will it ever?

Gail Breakey's avatar

Well, I know what I think happened.

Gail Breakey's avatar

Some of those conspiracy theories were actually real.

L.M. Randlette's avatar

I remember being at the Globe Theatre in London that day. During intermission, the strange news was announced on stage. Many people left the theatre. After the play, I walked to St. Paul’s Cathedral to contemplate…

The British news that afternoon and following days showed documented footage of a missile attack (not an airplane) at the U.S. Pentagon, with a minor impact to an exterior wall. No plane debris.

The Pennsylvania site showed bewildered media coverage of a nonexistent crash site with a few pieces of metal strewn on the ground.

The New York City site clearly showed multiple buildings detonated, with Mayor Giuliani acknowledging on camera that Buildings 5 and 7 were ‘taken down’.

Mehdididit's avatar

I know you’re not trying to be disrespectful, but I know some one who lost a loved one on the Pennsylvania flight. Those passengers were heroes.

I don’t know what you saw on British tv, but here, where it happened, we saw planes crashing. It’s quite well documented.

Also, The World Trade Center was 2 towers, so I don’t know what you’re on about “buildings 5 and 7”. I’d been there several times.

Karen RN's avatar

Thank you for this sobering reality check. 9/11 was an immensely tragic day. And our response and resulting aftermath is immensely tragic.

Wizarat Rizvi's avatar

And no strike in Saudi Arabia by the US, Ben Laden family were escorted from Texas to their country of choice by the US when we had a ban on any flights.

Brian Tanguay's avatar

Staggering numbers. The number of people displaced stands out, because migration has strained European and other countries, sparking an anti-immigrant populism coupled with harsher anti-Muslim sentiment. I remember the day too well, my daughter was 8 days old. I wondered that day, naively, if the attack would lead to any introspection on the part of US political leaders, if they would allow themselves to consider that maybe it was our behavior in the world that produced the hatred. Fat chance. We declared the entire world our battlefield.

Mehdididit's avatar

Just imagine how many lives we could have saved and improved with $8T. As it is, we have nothing positive to show for any of it.

Protect the Vote's avatar

Fascist Republican Election Rigging: Demand State AG’s Look Into This

Post election data manipulation occurred in 2024 with fascist Republicans creating at least 4 fake counties in swing states(Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, and Florida) to claim as many as 1.5m votes for their side of the score(bit.ly/4hgEB2r). This investigative journalistic piece delivered through the substack channel This Will Hold further demonstrates that the fascists will have free rein on post election data manipulation going into the 2026 midterms because there is no surveillance of companies managing the election data.

And let’s face it, Cheeto and his fascist allies don’t seem to be really fazed by the poor polling data and so unconcerned that they really are making no strong moves from a policy standpoint to correct their failures. Which leads to the question as to why? It seems that they have some definitive plans as to how they will rig the upcoming elections including the midterms, one of which would be data manipulation. And this could easily occur because the post election data reporting has many vulnerabilities.

This is of course if state AG’s don’t do anything about this manipulation and lack of transparency. That’s where WE the People come into play. Please contact your state AG and ask them to look into the above cited YouTube video and review the evidence. It’s convincing. Also demand elected Congressional representatives investigate and pass legislation to secure our election systems.

VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

I will continue being a paid subscriber to your site because I like the way you tell it like it is.

Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Thank you for this article, it is my belief that is when the worst conspiracies happen, according to those who work at FOX Entertainment. Many more are going to be counted that are deceased. Hurt and bigotry hit an all time high and is even worse now before 9/11. Trump is not going to New York, for the celebration. I find this disgusting for a President not to take part in these activities and claiming he was there. His fabrication, in my belief is the worst thing ever. He wanted a ban on Muslims which is destroying people in the community who are preaching sharia law that are white. Shame on them. We should never forget what happened that day and remember the heroes who gave their lives in the name of democracy and liberty and justice.

WILLIAM veale's avatar

21905--the number of pieces of human being collected by the Medical Examiner that were the 2753 killed in Manhattan. 300--the number of pieces of human being, none more than a centimeter in any dimension, found on the top of the 39 story Deutsche Bank Bldg. 1004--the number of killed in Manhattan who left nothing to be found.

Irena Halder's avatar

😢 the visceral statistics.