Why Is Environmental Damage Of War Considered A Taboo Subject?

Diane Mantzaris ©

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Diane Mantzaris
BrandonTurbeville.com

September 21,2016

While Australia's so called progressive left has been hollering about the environmental damage caused to our planet and lamenting the impact of climate change, they still find it "too difficult" to make a call for an end to Australia's participation in the US/allied dirty war on Syria.

This resistance to speak out occurs even after the RAAF bombing massacre of a few days ago. 

Those who remain silent continue to use the excuse of war complexities and "regime change" propaganda in the disinformation spread that travels from the US/UK to Australia - the disinformation shoved under our noses everyday. 

At least Ann Wright of Consortium News has the courage to ask these questions. As Wright reports in her article, "Greenwashing Wars And The U.S. Military," 

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has come in for criticism due to its lack of attention to the detrimental effects of wars and military operations on nature. Considering the degree of harm to the environment coming from these human activities, one would think that the organization might have set aside some time at its World Conservation Congress this past week in Hawaii to specifically address these concerns.