a little far from home

aries: your doubt  — because you’ve been hurt before, in 2019 you’ve been doubting yourself and others which has only been making things worse. you are meant to be confident, open and trusting. you deserve so much and once you let go of all the doubt and distrust you have within you then you’ll truly thrive

taurus: your anger  — you have to admit there’s a lot of anger and resentment inside of you and that’s something you need to let go of. what happened is in the past and with uranus, the planet of change being in your sign, positive change is bound to happen for you

gemini: your idea of perfection  — you are so accepting of everyone else but you have this idea of perfection and who you’re supposed to be and of course you can’t live up to that. striving to be better is something to be proud of and that’s what you should continue to do in 2020 but remember: nobody is perfect and that’s perfectly okay

cancer: trying to please everyone  — another year, another opportunity to make everyone happy? no! the person who you should be worried about making happy is you. you care so deeply about others but it’s time to focus on yourself and stop worrying whether or not you’re pleasing everyone else

leo: procrastination  — you and i both know that you’re a determined person with a lot of goals, so why are you putting off everything for later? the time to get what you want out of life is right now, just believe in yourself and give it your best, i know you can do it

virgo: your insecurities  — despite being such a kind and loving person there’s one major flaw to you: you can’t stop criticizing yourself and picking your flaws apart. that’s not doing you any good and i know it’s easier said than done but this is definitely something you need to leave behind and with small steps and support from loved ones i hope you get there, because you truly deserve the best

libra: blaming yourself  — you have to stop blaming yourself for everything that goes wrong. because of everything that happened to you in the past few years you’ve learned to just accept the bad and blame it on yourself - that’s not a good way to live, you have to demand better and know that most things simply aren’t your fault

scorpio: taking everything to heart  — there’s nothing wrong with being emotional, that’s a virtue not a flaw, but sometimes you take it too far. not everyone has a personal grudge against you and some criticism really is just constructive. you need to stop taking everything to heart and realize that not everyone is against you

sagittarius: settling for less than you deserve — you’re such a strong and amazing person, so why are you settling for less than you deserve? because of everything you went through you now just go along with anything you get out of life. that’s no good, you and i both know you deserve way better and 2020 is your chance to fight for it. it’s time to leave the settling for less behind

capricorn: worrying too much  — i get that you have a lot on your mind and so many things seem so important, but let me tell you, half of them aren’t worth worrying about. instead of focusing on yourself and your needs you’re wasting your time worrying on minuscule things, this is something you need to stop doing

aquarius: your need to be superior  — because of your insecurities you have this constant need to be better than others. you need to stop worrying about this and just enjoy the moment, you deserve so much more than constantly trying to compare your worth to others

the american government reacted accordingly. a full investigation was launched to hold the culprits responsible – what nation could have sanctioned such a brutal attack on so many innocents? what kind of soulless country could, regardless of vendetta, allow such a heinous crime? 

by 2002, the united states had their answer. the investigation was complete. A 600 page document known as the Congressional Report on 9/11 was released. approx 20 pages detailing the workings of the nation responsible were produced. The report was published. 

Except the name of the country responsible for 9/11 was redacted in the report. blackened out with a sharpie. It would remain redacted for 14 years. The country in question? Saudi Arabia. 

Instead of declaring to the world who was involved in orchestrating 9/11, the u.s. would hide this information for over a decade. 

Instead, they would point fingers at Iraq, whilst knowing that iraq had nothing to do with the attack in the first place. They would orchestrate journalistic propaganda in the new york times about “weapons of mass destruction” – a narrative that had been proven false by their very own intelligence officers, a narrative that had been shot down by every journalist that had ever stepped foot in Niger (where the purported ingredients of mass destruction were coming from). Regardless, the New York Times would dutifully publish the perverted stories anyway. NYT editors would say “to not invade iraq is the bigger mistake”. 

In 2003, the months of building up false stories in the media, propaganda in every mainstream newspaper, journal and t.v. show would pay off. The u.s. would invade iraq. 

from 2003 -  2011 the country of iraq would be brutalized in ways never seen before by mankind. modern, 21st century warfare would decimate the very spirit of iraq. at least 460 000 innocent, iraqi civilians murdered in 8 years. entire generations were wiped out in less than a decade. we will never know their names. 

waves of sexual violence committed upon “captured” cities ensued at the hands of american soldiers. many of the survivors, if not dead at the hands of their occupiers, would take their own lives. we will never know their names. 

in 2011, the blood in iraq is finally dry. we’ve leeched all of it. we’ve procured the natural resources we came for – it’s time to head out. the so called WMD we came for were never found, they did not exist, they were never real to begin with. A far cry from how things got started, we start seeing articles about the falsehood of the iraq war. the same publishers who willingly handed out propaganda to the masses about WMD in Saddam’s hands are now saying “wait…we’ve made an error.” the narrative shifts. the occupation ends 3 years after a new commander in chief is granted the power to end it. in its wake we leave behind military bases and mercenaries that are ready to activate whenever called upon. 

That same year, the u.s. supports various popular movements across the arab world. tens of regimes are flipped. 

and in that same year, using the same weapons left behind by valiant american rapists and invaders, an army of another kind of mercenaries is born. they call themselves ISIL, then ISIS. 

ISIS vows to cleanse the muslim world of shia muslims, minority sect muslims, christians, yezidis, Jewish people. ISIS also vows they are enemies of the u.s. America vows vice versa. Their feud is a celebrated one. ISIS, the evil nemesis of the Brave & Courageous America. 

But then, 2012 happens. America, losing their influence and control over the levant, start funding ISIS factions. America starts funding Al-Qaeda factions. 

The same NYT that once convinced us that Iraq had WMD is now INSISTING that these al-qaeda factions, that themselves claim to be brothers of al-qaeda, are moderate rebels simply looking for democracy and liberation. people believe it. 

America’s proxies in the levant go on to destroy the region in unimaginable ways–and then, 2018 happens. 

Iraqis & Iranians destroy ISIS. Indisputably, action from both nations led to the destruction of ISIS, now a paid member of the U.S. military. America, once using ISIS and AQ factions to regain control over the levant struggles to position themselves as the heroes – attempting pathetically to play both sides of the same coin. Again, the same way outlets like NYT backtracked their Iraq war propaganda, they start apologizing for identical mistakes in naming actual american funded terrorists as “freedom fighters.” another cycle ends. 

ISIS is gone, but the real loss is America’s. They’ve lost the barbaric feudalistic control they once held in the region via ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Their terrorist assets have been reduced to ashes by a people they once themselves invaded from 2003 - 2011.

This brings us to today. The united states has assassinated Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s second in command. this is akin to another nation murdering the likes of mike pence, joe biden or dick cheney. it is an act of war. 4000 troops have been deployed to the Iraq-Iran region. It is an invasion. 

And just as in 2003 the NYT & MSM justified the faulty invasion of iraq, and just as in 2012 the NYT & MSM justified the funding of ISIS & AQ factions, in 2020, a new propaganda will circulate to justify the illegal assassination of sovereign leaders. 

New propaganda will circulate to justify a new era of bloodshed in Iraq & Iran and the rape and murder of innocents.  New propaganda will vilify young, brown children as terrorists.  New propaganda will circulate to return us to the year 2003. 

There is nothing I can do within my capacity to help anyone. I am completely useless in saving any of the lives that will be taken in the next several years. 

All I can do is ask that when you see a piece of information that attempts to justify the actions of the u.s. on foreign soil, in any foreign nation, that you reduce it to ashes. They lied to you in 2003, they did it again in 2011, they are doing it again in 2020.