Trib discovers 'blowback'...fifteen years too late

It's nearly fifteen years since the US 'war on terror' conquered or destabilized seven countries in the Middle East and Africa, killing hundreds of thousands, including 7,000 GI's, and the Tribune Editorial Board finally gets we're suffering from murderous 'blowback', revenge attacks throughout the West. Their latest commercial for perpetual war, 'Will defeating Islamic State unleash a terrorist diaspora in the West' quotes FBI Director James Comey that "At some point we're going to see a terrorist diaspora (dispersion of terrorists)...we've never seen before."

Actually, the terrorist diaspora is already occurring as the Trib points out in the only fact they got right, with new 'lone wolf' attacks attributed to Islamic State revenge occurring weekly in Europe the Homeland. Yet, the Trib says regardless of how many and murderous these revenge attacks are, we must press on to wipe out Islamic State so these attacks disappear forever. That delusional nonsense is simply parroting our failed US military which says increased terrorist attacks in the West 'prove' we're winning the war on Islamic State. Reality check dear Trib Editorial Board propagandists: Every bomb we drop, every innocent we kill, inspires more blowback from Islamic State sympathizers around the world. Pretending that millions of bombs can wipe them all out without inspiring new recruits is madness....and you know it.

Islamic State has never posed an existential treat to the US requiring us to unleash endless bombing. We must end all bombing not related to crushing specific planned attacks against the West. Virtually none of current bombing involves that. It's simply taking sides in a civil that the local peoples there have to resolve. But the Trib Editorial Board understands, in their twisted vision of reality, that 'war is the health of the state', fueling the Military-Industrial Complex to greater power, glory and wealth. The Trib ends by saying that no matter how many of us die from terrorist blowback, it will be worth it when we win. Bunk. There is no victory from perpetual war, which inspires replacements, and lone wolf attacks here, as fast as we blow innocents to bits over there.

The Trib Editorial Board understands this truth. But when you've got a 15 year history promoting endless and failed war, it's tough to say, "Oops, sorry, we've been wrong all along."