tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post5928922453047224957..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: Support The Murdering Troops?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-29936567304106828972010-04-21T14:18:49.790-05:002010-04-21T14:18:49.790-05:00Yeah, the historical record of the US, especially ...Yeah, the historical record of the US, especially post WWII will be pretty clear cut, and it won't be kind. Because we live in the middle of it, its easy to get caught up in all the hoopla of our times and not see clearly, but it really was fairly simple. Two competing socio-economic systems went to war, with one having the good fortune to crumble sooner, while the other held on a good deal longer, but eventually crashed with a great deal more thunder and damage to the overall world in general.<br /><br />In the end, the US was simply a victim of its own hype, greed, and imperial blood lust. "Defeating" the Soviets made us think it couldn't happen to us as well. It can, it will, and in fact, it already is. This century will surely see the end of our empire, and, in fact, could very well see the end of the US itself as well. Once the slide starts in earnest it could progress very quickly.NowhereManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745173041874539711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-74392033402535813792010-04-21T10:16:16.818-05:002010-04-21T10:16:16.818-05:00disaffected,
I located a paper by Professor Micha...disaffected,<br /><br />I located a paper by <i>Professor Michael J. Sullivan</i>, Drexel University, Philadelphia titled <a href="http://www.allacademic.com/one/prol/prol01/index.php?cmd=Download+Document&key=unpublished_manuscript&file_index=2&pop_up=true&no_click_key=true&attachment_style=attachment&PHPSESSID=683468eb9abb61737e6113cce31325cc" rel="nofollow">Rise of the Global Hegemon Fifty Years of US Foreign Policy in the Periphery</a> which substantially agrees with your synopsis.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-58262980180448570652010-04-21T09:35:26.960-05:002010-04-21T09:35:26.960-05:00The catch is, at some point anti-bad government be...The catch is, at some point anti-bad government <i>becomes</i> simply anti-government, as the government we have becomes universally bad and a force for evil. If we're not there yet, the end of the road's certainly in sight. In spite of the fact that we're the undisputed (for a little while longer at least) global hegemon, I can't think of even one area where we're a global leader in change for the better. Not one. Not even <i>close</i> to one.NowhereManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745173041874539711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-27263311051479404262010-04-21T07:29:12.223-05:002010-04-21T07:29:12.223-05:00disaffected,
I noticed that there was more dissat...disaffected,<br /><br />I noticed that there was more dissatisfaction with Rachel Maddow's piece on McVeigh than I expected.<br /><br />Some were saying that she forgot <b>not</b> to group everyone together into a bad guy group with some of her loose inferences.<br /><br />Others complained that she did not adequately explain that being anti a certain policy is not anti government <i>per se</i>.<br /><br />In other words she did not adequately show that people can be <i>anti-bad-government</i> without being anti-government or anarchist.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-31278047164484274632010-04-21T06:46:36.985-05:002010-04-21T06:46:36.985-05:00Funny you mention McVeigh. He would have been the...Funny you mention McVeigh. He would have been the ultimate American hero had his actions not been directed at the state. Among the anarchist/resistance crowd he's a hero anyway. Say whatever you want about him, but he damn sure wasn't an armchair anarchist.<br /><br />The <i>decent</i> people of the US? Evidently they're outnumbered these days, because the sins of Bush are continuing unabated under Obama, who, in spite of all his silver-tongued oratory ain't doing shit about it either, while quietly escalating both wars as well.<br /><br />Change we can believe in? Yeah, more of the same at an ever faster rate.NowhereManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745173041874539711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-45584528843529743332010-04-21T05:00:31.219-05:002010-04-21T05:00:31.219-05:00disaffected,
I guess those cover-ups were in vain...disaffected,<br /><br />I guess those cover-ups were in vain, then, in more ways than one.<br /><br />No one cares so they don't need to cover up, and the cover up failed anyway, making them out to be thinking that it should be covered up when it doesn't matter.<br /><br />Either way, it comes across as disturbing behavior whether they think murdering and torturing the innocent does not matter or whether they do and try to cover it up.<br /><br />That is the way McVeigh thought, so more McVeigh robots will be walking around waiting to zombie out on innocent folks because "it is really ok" anyway because <i>Bush II</i> got re-elected after Abu Ghraib after all, and Dick Cheney is still bragging about his torture programs in public.<br /><br />But more likely to be relevant is what really matters in the long run, which is what the decent people of the world think of it, and what decent American people think of it.<br /><br />At least the decent soldiers did not like their names being associated with such ghoulishness, so they spoke up to expose it.<br /><br />I guess one good thing, if it does not matter, is that the leaks don't matter either.<br /><br />Leak some more then ... where are the CIA torture videos they say they destroyed ... leak some more, it doesn't matter MOMCOM.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-52584397001271598752010-04-20T17:38:36.906-05:002010-04-20T17:38:36.906-05:00I'm not sure the sheep would listen anyway. S...I'm not sure the sheep would listen anyway. Similar stuff to this has been out there for some time, granted most of it not in the MSM by and large, but still. Abu Ghraib wasn't even enough to prevent Shrub's reelection for crying out loud.<br /><br />In all honesty, I think most Americans really feel that all's fair in war anyway, and that the benefit of the doubt (and there's always doubt!) goes to the US troops (who are <i>always</i> the good guys), although most would probably never admit it in polite company.<br /><br />Hey, shit happens, right? What's a few more dead ragheads more or less? When your only goal is imperial domination/expansion, should it really surprise anyone that atrocities will certainly follow?NowhereManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745173041874539711noreply@blogger.com