The Leaders Of The Empire, The Imperial Mafia-george W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Cheney, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Et Al. ... Are As Fanatic And As Fundamentalist As Osama Bin Laden.
Change Comes From A Degree Of Discomfort That Allows For And Spurs Thought And Action.
Why Don't Church Leaders Forbid Catholics From Joining The Military With The Same Fervor They Tell Catholics To Stay Away From Abortion Clinics?
Do You Remember The Classic Example Of Chutzpah? It's The Young Man Who Kills His Parents And Then Asks The Judge For Mercy On The Grounds That He's An Orphan. The Bush Administration's Updated Version Of That Was Starting A Wholly Illegal, Immoral, And Devastating War And Then Dismissing All Kinds Of Criticism Of Its Action On The Grounds That 'we're At War.
What Our Leaders And Pundits Never Let Slip Is That The Terrorists-whatever Else They Might Be-might Also Be Rational Human Beings ; Which Is To Say That In Their Own Minds They Have A Rational Justification For Their Actions. Most Terrorists Are People Deeply Concerned By What They See As Social, Political, Or Religious Injustice And Hypocrisy, And The Immediate Grounds For Their Terrorism Is Often Retaliation For An Action Of The United States.
The Soviet Union And Something Called Communism Per Se Had Not Been The Object Of Washington's Global Attacks. There Had Never Been An International Communist Conspiracy. The Enemy Was, And Remains, Any Government Or Movement, Or Even Individual, That Stands In The Way Of The Expansion Of The American Empire; By Whatever Name The Us Gives To The Enemy - Communist, Rogue State, Drug Trafficker, Terrorist.
Terror Is The Poor Man's War, War Is The Rich Man's Terror. Ultimately, All Wars Will End Either In Annihilation Or At The Negotiating Table. (#) A Terrorist Is Someone Who Has A Bomb But Can't Afford An Air Force.
The Questions They Ask Usually In The Polls Is: Do You Support The President's Attempt To Overthrow The Government Of Saddam Hussein? ... If You Ask A Question Like: Do You Support The Dropping Of Powerful Explosives Upon The Heads Of Totally Innocent Men, Women And Children, Demolishing Their Homes And Their Schools And Their Hospitals, Are You In Favour Of That? That Would Change The Answers, I Think, Quite A Bit.
