On 9/11/01 Justin Raimondo wrote a column calling the attacks that day the “Price of Hegemony.” It’s now widely accepted that 9/11 was blowback for U.S. wars and interventions in the Middle East. But at the time, such thoughts were considered treasonous and evoked a deluge of death threats. Justin’s brave truth-telling was not rooted in anti-American sentiment. On the contrary, he opposed wars and interventions because he was an American Patriot who knew the Empire would be the country’s demise. Today, our government is escalating tensions with two nuclear powers by fueling a proxy war in Ukraine and pursuing a major military buildup in the Asia Pacific to prepare for a direct war with China over Taiwan. The repercussions of these policies could be far greater than the nearly 3,000 Americans who died on 9/11. We may lose entire cities. Keep Justin in mind when they call you a Putin apologist or a shill for China for opposing nuclear war, the smears never deterred him.

The column: antiwar.com/justin/j091101.h…