Subject: Re: Endless War and the culture of unrestrained power
Glenn Greenwald drives home my point regarding our commemoration of the tenth anniversary of 9 11.
We are directed over and over by the Media to share the tragedy and horrors of that dark day. But where are the stories of those thousands of men and women murdered and bullied by our American Empire prior to 9 11? And what of the thousands of dead innocents following our Revenge Blitz?
There is no talk of healing wounds. There is no forgiveness. No thought of embracing our brothers and sisters around the world. We have become the unrestrained neighborhood bully boys.
Curious Carl
"...This is why there is nothing more dangerous--nothing--than allowing this
type of power to be exercised without accountability: no oversight, no
transparency, no consequences for serious wrongdoing: exactly the state of
affairs that prevails in the United States. It's also why there are few
things more deeply irresponsible, vapid and destructive than demanding that
citizens, activists, and journalists retreat into Permanent Election Mode:
transform themselves into partisan cheerleaders who refrain from
aggressively criticizing the party that is slightly less awful out of fear
that the other party might win an election 14 months away..."
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