Theater of death
The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber
04/26/07
I will make this point very slowly. I will use simple words. The Democrats and Republicans, the governing class, and the foreign policy establishment all agree that that our foreign policy should be directed to ensuring global hegemony for the United States. … They all agree that the United States is ‘entitled’ to direct events around the world, and that we must have the most powerful military the world has ever seen to make certain that our will can never be thwarted. They all agree that we must always have our way. … Historically, the Democrats have been in the vanguard of this policy, and they have been its most vociferous advocates, beginning with Woodrow Wilson. The Democrats have initiated more overseas interventions, both covert and by means of outright war, than the Republicans, by far. If you have any remaining doubts on this score, read Barack Obama’s recent foreign policy address. A more complete compendium of the vacuous but deadly phrases expressing belief in ‘American exceptionalism,’ our indisputable ‘right’ to rule the world, and the religious belief in U.S. ‘indispensability’ would be close to impossible to find...
http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/04/theater-of-death.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arthur+Silber
by Arthur Silber
04/26/07
I will make this point very slowly. I will use simple words. The Democrats and Republicans, the governing class, and the foreign policy establishment all agree that that our foreign policy should be directed to ensuring global hegemony for the United States. … They all agree that the United States is ‘entitled’ to direct events around the world, and that we must have the most powerful military the world has ever seen to make certain that our will can never be thwarted. They all agree that we must always have our way. … Historically, the Democrats have been in the vanguard of this policy, and they have been its most vociferous advocates, beginning with Woodrow Wilson. The Democrats have initiated more overseas interventions, both covert and by means of outright war, than the Republicans, by far. If you have any remaining doubts on this score, read Barack Obama’s recent foreign policy address. A more complete compendium of the vacuous but deadly phrases expressing belief in ‘American exceptionalism,’ our indisputable ‘right’ to rule the world, and the religious belief in U.S. ‘indispensability’ would be close to impossible to find...
http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/04/theater-of-death.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arthur+Silber
rudkla - 27. Apr, 16:07
