I woke up in the early 90s. Late teens early twenties for me. Operation desert storm. We went to protect our 'friends' and 'interests' in Kuwait, from the aggressive Iraqis. That was the narrative, anyway. What was hidden, not discussed and hardly mentioned was that our 'friends' in Kuwait were slant-drilling into Iraq to steal their oil. Naturally, Iraq responded.

I mean, what do you think the USA would do if Mexico started slant drilling into Texas for oil??

So yeah, that was my first awakening. What we were being told was not whole truth. The truth was twisted to fit the agenda of the government and the petroleum industry. And we used our military to enforce our business interests.

It wasn't long afterward that I first read (and later, as the internet became a thing, "listened to") Dwight Eisenhower's speech on the dangers of the military-industrial complex. And realized we were already there.

I've been trying to glean the truth behind the lies ever since.