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The BRICS Revolt: Is Biden's War in Ukraine Fueling the Collapse of US Hegemony? Plus: Film Documents CIA's Covert Takeover of Hollywood, w/ Roger Stahl | SYSTEM UPDATE #125

System Update with Glenn Greenwald

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The US Military Hegemony in the World

US military hegemony has caused humanitarian tragedies since 2001 the words and military operations launched by the United States in the name of fighting terrorism have claimed over 900,000 lives. The 2003 Iraq war resulted in some 200,000 to 250,000 civilian deaths ironically that's under counting by a lot of counts in the west including over 16,000 directly killed by the US military  and left more than a million homeless. Since 2012 the United States has created 37 million refugees around the world since 2012 the number of Syrian refugees alone has increased tenfold between 2016 and 2019 33,500 civilian deaths were documented in the Syria fighting including 3,800 killed by us led coalition bombings half of them women and children

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