My dad had a comment - and he was of the generation that went to war in Europe. We live in the world we inherit - not the one we make.
'The same generation that points fingers.'
The same generation that was known for free love, flower power and drug use ? Oh, we're a staid bunch, for sure.
The media lies. The Russians used to say they were less naive than the Americans because we KNOW the government lies to us.
It isn't many years since censorship was open. These days what people really think is not a secret.
'Pointing fingers ?' That's what was said 2 eons ago.
Are we talking about the home of the KKK and Joe McCarthy ?
When it comes to oppression, I have memories of Kent State and thousands of drafted in America's jungle warfare.
It seems Vietnam did all right for itself when left to settle their civil war.
There seems to be a bad case of 'rose coloured glasses' going around when it comes to history. Doesn't anyone remember the genesis of the labour movement in reaction to the oppression of Robber Barons ?
Now they inflict them selves on the world.
So much for anti Monopoly legislation. 'Free Trade', Globalization and jobs gone to the country with the most devalued currency..
All this talk of genocide is hypocritical : worse, you don't even know why Turkey is vitally interested in maintaining control of an ethnic revolution that threatens its very national identity. Kurds live in the heart of Turkey.
Iraq is a neighbour and things have gone to pieces because there is no longer a strongman in Iraq to keep down Kurdish nationalism. The results of that are plain to see in any issue of Assyrian International News Agency http://www.aina.org/
Assyrian Refugees in Damascus and Ethnic Cleansing of Assyrians in Iraq
That's today's headline.
Which leaves Turkey saddled with the chaos of its neighbouring states going to pieces while Iran is denied the basics to supply its U.S. built generating system or refurbish oilfield infrastructure..The 'suspicion' of Iran goes back a ways, you see. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran
Let's get this straight. Iran is paid in U.S. dollars which the U.S. turns around and defaults payment on : dishonouring an I.O.U. And this state of affairs, seen by all and sundry,will be used to judge the reliability of U.S. promises.
Ditto North Korea,which gave up nukes to have U.S. promises broken.
AfPak is merely the usual shooting gallery with updated torturing facilities. Somalia is 'Mission Accomplished.'
Turkey knows all about brinkmanship. It was the target for U.S.S.R. MIRVed ICBMs when the bright idea to install nukes on missiles close to the Soviet Union led to the Sovs deciding a submarine base and missile silos in Cuba would be a fine idea.
How many realize that economic sanctions target a country's infrastructure so as to deny it clean water, sanitation, education and hospitals ? The reason 'no-bid' contracts never fixed Iraq despite the billions spent is because they went to Halliburton and friends. They...knew what kind of 'fixing' was required.
How the U.S. intentionally destroyed Iraq's water supply - the secret behind the sanctions http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0808-07.htm http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
My dad had a comment - and he was of the generation that went to war in Europe. We live in the world we inherit - not the one we make.
'The same generation that points fingers.'
The same generation that was known for free love, flower power and drug use ? Oh, we're a staid bunch, for sure.
The media lies. The Russians used to say they were less naive than the Americans because we KNOW the government lies to us.
It isn't many years since censorship was open. These days what people really think is not a secret.
'Pointing fingers ?' That's what was said 2 eons ago.
Are we talking about the home of the KKK and Joe McCarthy ?
When it comes to oppression, I have memories of Kent State and thousands of drafted in America's jungle warfare.
It seems Vietnam did all right for itself when left to settle their civil war.
There seems to be a bad case of 'rose coloured glasses' going around when it comes to history. Doesn't anyone remember the genesis of the labour movement in reaction to the oppression of Robber Barons ?
Now they inflict them selves on the world.
So much for anti Monopoly legislation. 'Free Trade', Globalization and jobs gone to the country with the most devalued currency..
Considers breaking off Ties;
Israel Lobbies in Congress denounce Ankara
All this talk of genocide is hypocritical : worse, you don't even know why Turkey is vitally interested in maintaining control of an ethnic revolution that threatens its very national identity. Kurds live in the heart of Turkey.
Iraq is a neighbour and things have gone to pieces because there is no longer a strongman in Iraq to keep down Kurdish nationalism. The results of that are plain to see in any issue of Assyrian International News Agency http://www.aina.org/
Assyrian Refugees in Damascus and Ethnic Cleansing of Assyrians in Iraq
That's today's headline.
Cheney : Invading Iraq would create a quagmire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I
That must have been embarassing after the PNAC generated group used Diebold computer hacking to fix the election in his favour. Rumsfeld never shared one little wargame with the public, knowing that open destruction of Iraq and surrounding countries would give the game away too soon.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB207/
State added to that http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB198/index.htm
Planning was never available to the U.S. public either
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=42948
But at the end of the day the true objective starts to become clear
http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/71012
Which leaves Turkey saddled with the chaos of its neighbouring states going to pieces while Iran is denied the basics to supply its U.S. built generating system or refurbish oilfield infrastructure..The 'suspicion' of Iran goes back a ways, you see.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran
Let's get this straight. Iran is paid in U.S. dollars which the U.S. turns around and defaults payment on : dishonouring an I.O.U. And this state of affairs, seen by all and sundry,will be used to judge the reliability of U.S. promises.
Ditto North Korea,which gave up nukes to have U.S. promises broken.
AfPak is merely the usual shooting gallery with updated torturing facilities. Somalia is 'Mission Accomplished.'
Turkey knows all about brinkmanship. It was the target for U.S.S.R. MIRVed ICBMs when the bright idea to install nukes on missiles close to the Soviet Union led to the Sovs deciding a submarine base and missile silos in Cuba would be a fine idea.
How many realize that economic sanctions target a country's infrastructure so as to deny it clean water, sanitation, education and hospitals ? The reason 'no-bid' contracts never fixed Iraq despite the billions spent is because they went to Halliburton and friends. They...knew what kind of 'fixing' was required.
How the U.S. intentionally destroyed Iraq's water supply - the secret behind the sanctions
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0808-07.htm
http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
There are days I wonder why, when they are laid out,still people cannot 'connect the dots'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_despotism
Have a look at Levees.org. It isn't just Iraqi infrastructure going to pieces.