Anti War Voices Blog #4



The United States government has always joined and/ or started wars without the support of the American citizens. It is proven throughout history that war destroys the economies of all parties involved. The government tries to shut down people who speak out against them going to war or even anything war related. People never really hear anything on the news or in major publications about war or war related topics. People have to search on cryptic or somewhat hidden websites to find strong anti-war opinions. Even when trying to just search about war on Google, it is very difficult to find anything about modern war and the United States involvement in it. The government knows that the majority of citizens are not in favor of the U.S. getting involved in wars.





These two websites showcase very strong anti-war voices from all sides of the political spectrum. Often people think that conservatives are pro war, but after reading an article on The American Conservative, it shows that they are just as against war as liberals from antiwar.com are. The United States government uses their power to stop these voices from being heard. It is unethical and not technically legal for the government to silence these voices and keep these ideas out of the mainstream media. Most people in America do not even know what our military is doing or what countries they are in. The military does so many things overseas that U.S. citizens have no clue about or that they are even there.

 


People do not hear about these things because the government knows that they would not approve of the actions taking place. The government is also shutting down voices of the people who try to speak out about it, making it hard for the general public to know what is going on. American citizens have to seek out these unusual websites to know what the government and military is really up to. The biggest issue here is that people will not seek these sites because they do not know there is an issue that needs to be researched.

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