It actually used to be called “Department of War”. It changed in 1947, which was actually right around the time when the United States went full worldwide imperialism (though there were signs well before then).
Might as well have been named the “Department of Fighting Communist Insurgencies”. Truman and Eisenhower unleashed wave after wave of US troops on any pre-ww colonial territory that was trying to throw off the yoke of European occupation.
With Global Communism finally crushed, and ethno-nationalist tin pot plutocrats once again in control of Europe and the Middle East, the US can return to its more McKinley-esque tradition of occupation, enslavement, and extraction. No need to pretend we’re shielding anyone from the villainous Soviet Marxists or the vile and malignant IWW.
It actually used to be called “Department of War”. It changed in 1947, which was actually right around the time when the United States went full worldwide imperialism (though there were signs well before then).
It’s always interesting to see how and why we’re living in bizarro world.
Thumbs up to orange man for correcting this mistake.
Say what you will (and there is a lot to say), but MAGA tends to want to undo bad neoliberal habits too.
Might as well have been named the “Department of Fighting Communist Insurgencies”. Truman and Eisenhower unleashed wave after wave of US troops on any pre-ww colonial territory that was trying to throw off the yoke of European occupation.
With Global Communism finally crushed, and ethno-nationalist tin pot plutocrats once again in control of Europe and the Middle East, the US can return to its more McKinley-esque tradition of occupation, enslavement, and extraction. No need to pretend we’re shielding anyone from the villainous Soviet Marxists or the vile and malignant IWW.