SNV Special Report: The Built-In US War Drive - Selection 2

Special Report (10/29/2026) We start with a news item and then we turn directly to the second selection of 3 chapters from Vince Copeland's (https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/10/obituaries/vincent-copeland-77-is-dead-led-anti-war-protests-in-1960-s.html) pamphlet The Built-In U.S. War Drive (https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19460301W/The_built-in_U.S._war_drive?edition=key%3A/books/OL2480638M). If you haven't already it is worth going back and listening to the first selection - SNV Special Report: The Built-In U.S. War Drive - Selection 1: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-report-the-built Links to other items discussed in this report: Kremlin Weighs U.S. Invitation for Putin to Attend G20 Summit in Miami: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/24/kremlin-weighs-us-invitation-for-putin-to-attend-g20-summit-in-miami-a93784 Bessent, Warsh kick off G20 finance meeting with growth-focused remarks: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/31/g20-finance-meeting-live-updates.html Chinese Foreign Minister Confirms Xi Jinping's Autumn State Visit to U.S: https://www.chosun.com/english/world-en/2026/05/16/JRNKAHFZZJDNRBMQFLMVIET67A/ List of the lengths of United States participation in wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_lengths_of_United_States_participation_in_wars 1953 Iranian Coup (In August 2013, the U.S. government formally acknowledged the U.S. role in the coup by releasing a bulk of previously classified government documents that show it was in charge both of the planning and of the execution of the coup.): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthrew-irans-democracy-in-four-days Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki Fulton Speech (Iron Curtain Speech - Churchill): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Speech Greek Civil War (US President Harry S. Truman announced that the United States would step in to support the Greek government against Communist pressure.): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Civil_War The Hidden History of the Korean War, 1950–1951 by I. F. Stone, Mark Crispin Miller: https://www.perlego.com/paid/book/2392887/the-hidden-history-of-the-korean-war-19501951-pdf?campaignid=533295631&adgroupid=1362297607735197&msclkid=4503fcc92b9213cedb909616bb6e1872&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=2.1.1.1%20DSAG*%20%7C%20US%20%7C%20ALL%20%7C%20Essential&utm_term=US&utm_content=ALL John F. Kennedy’s Warning to the Republic (He told his inner circle ‘the military are mad’ and if ‘we do what they want us to do, none of us will be alive’.): https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/john-f-kennedys-warning-republic The uncertain trumpet by Maxwell D. Taylor: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5775179M/The_uncertain_trumpet