tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post9184386536105180569..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: How To Sell a WarKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-40207054020223516422014-06-19T09:11:46.009-04:002014-06-19T09:11:46.009-04:00Well this is interesting. One day NYT calls ISIS a...Well this is interesting. One day NYT calls ISIS a terrorist group, the next day they're insurgents, militants, and fighters. Any day now they'll be led by some respectable Harvard grad or maybe U Chicago/MIT ("Mr. Chalabi you have a call on Line 2 - it's Barry") <br /><br />When you've seen one of these war movies, you've seen them all.annenigmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-44731245190178421212014-06-18T21:38:04.233-04:002014-06-18T21:38:04.233-04:00Instead of 'secret' I should have said ...Instead of 'secret' I should have said 'begrudging'.James F Traynornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-82822683206758073312014-06-18T21:29:43.164-04:002014-06-18T21:29:43.164-04:00Have to give it to you Denis, that was a great com...Have to give it to you Denis, that was a great comment. Always respected Butler; I have a secret admiration for 'mechanics', which he, self-admittedly, was. Which is probably why. My uncle was one.<br /><br />PS<br /><br />Welcome back. Really have to read Johnson; been a long time on my list.James F Traynornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-4570532496230246452014-06-18T20:49:07.486-04:002014-06-18T20:49:07.486-04:00Every time I hear something about our new super-du...Every time I hear something about our new super-duper-scary enemy, all I can think of is my childhood crush on actress Joanna Cameron. Saturday morning TV in the 70s was the best!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYmbt2RVqCgWillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-45567845401677297712014-06-18T20:18:43.736-04:002014-06-18T20:18:43.736-04:00'“Airstrikes will have only one good effect: t...<i> '“Airstrikes will have only one good effect: to bolster morale of the Iraqi Army,” said the retired American general, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to jeopardize <b> business relations </b> in the Middle East.' </i> (My bold emphasis.) <br /><br />Unbelievable!Zeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-52502088740984540582014-06-18T20:05:34.204-04:002014-06-18T20:05:34.204-04:00Well, when we can't get a country's leader...Well, when we can't get a country's leader such as al-Malaki to obey our orders and give capitalists free rein there, then we foment a coup and/or step in after a coup. You just can't trust those democratically elected Presidents!<br /><br />I bet Team Obama already has their guy chosen - some local Iraqi with experience working as an undercover informant for the CIA no doubt. I wonder if Chalabi is still available. <br /><br />The foot dragging and the Intelligence Community supposedly missing all the signs is making more sense. The USG may just be waiting for ISIS to do their dirty work for them in overthrowing the non-compliant al-Malaki government, saving American lives. Then the USG, as usual, will plant, endorse, and control a proper puppet government. Just the way they like it. <br /><br />The war-profiteers must make their profits though, so bombs away! The military probably has some hideous new evil weapons they need to try out, plus we absolutely must show the world how powerful we still are.annenigmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-3817680365611279462014-06-18T19:46:55.150-04:002014-06-18T19:46:55.150-04:00You rock.
And this superlative essay is highlight...You rock.<br /><br />And this superlative essay is highlighted at my blog.<br /><br />We must resist!<br /><br />C<br /><br />P.S.<br /><br />Typo correction?<br /><br />"Control of a population is the threat, the promise, and the endgame no(w) matter the weaponry used"Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-43247156712379698902014-06-18T18:57:51.524-04:002014-06-18T18:57:51.524-04:00In 2004, Chalmers Johnson predicted that four sorr...In 2004, Chalmers Johnson predicted that four sorrows would "guarantee that the United States will cease to bear any resemblance to the country once outlined in our Constitution."<br /><br />The sorrows he predicted in his book "The Sorrows of Empire" were:<br /><br />• "There will be a state of perpetual war, leading to more terrorism against Americans...and a growing reliance on weapons of mass destruction among smaller nations as they try to ward off the imperial juggernaut."<br /><br />• "There will be a loss of democracy and constitutional rights as the presidency fully eclipses Congress and is itself transformed from an executive branch of government into something more like a Pentagonized presidency.<br /><br />• "An already well-shredded principle of truthfulness will increasingly be replaced by a system of propaganda, disinformation, and glorification of war, power, and the military legions.<br /><br />• There will be bankruptcy, as we pour our economic resources into ever more grandiose military projects and short-change the education, health, and safety of our fellow citizens.<br /><br />History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme: <br /><br />General Smedley Butler’s famous soliloquy on his Marine experiences:<br /><br />“I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested. During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.”<br /><br />As Butler said, “The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.”<br /><br />Our nation failed to heed Eisenhower's warning:<br /><br />“In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961<br /><br />Because wars have become very profitable courses of action, there will be lots more wars.<br /><br />“The folly and hubris of the policy makers who heedlessly thrust the nation into an ill-defined and open-ended 'global war on terror' without the foggiest notion of what victory would look like, how it would be won, and what it might cost approached standards hitherto achieved only by slightly mad German warlords.” - Andrew J. Bacevich, Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent WarDenis Nevillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-27048828484764920602014-06-18T18:37:09.222-04:002014-06-18T18:37:09.222-04:00Ditto!Ditto!Anne Lavoienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-40208064659681238632014-06-18T18:22:33.699-04:002014-06-18T18:22:33.699-04:00Well, shiiiiit lady, at least he ain't killing...Well, shiiiiit lady, at least he ain't killing genuine US citizens! Just a bunch of rag heads and rug sellers; heathens at best.<br /><br />You're getting better all the time, but I've said that before.James F Traynornoreply@blogger.com