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Listening to the Sunday Morning talk
shows this morning on the networks - it appears that the administration has
not understood what the Supreme Court actually said. Instead the watchword
from inside the cabal is that there are traitors among us - like The New
York Times. This would be laughable if the Barbarians were not so
petulantly outraged, and at the same time so self-indulgently smug about
their ridiculous positions on everything from the wars to flag burning.
The Boys-in-the Black Hats have
repeatedly said that there are "some very dangerous men" being
held in Guantanemo; "men so dangerous that they can never be allowed to
return to society!" But how do they "know" this? Where is the
evidence of their horrific crimes? They have been tortured, yet most have
not been charged with anything ~ if they are so evil and are criminal in
such major proportions as to be a permanent threat to the entire world -
there must be some real evidence in order to level such a charge. Yet
nothing has yet been offered as any kind of justification of their
"crimes." Bush says they were taken from the battlefields in
Afghanistan or Iraq, but that in itself proves nothing:
Given that the battlefields in
question included many innocent civilians caught in the crosshairs of
America's trigger-happy eruption of national vengeance for something that
the administration has never proven-namely that those "captured"
played any part at all in 911 or its aftermath. (1) The
outrage coming from the Tarnished House is pathetic in its hypocrisy. The
New York Times has been one of their leading publications on many occasions
- leaking what they were told to leak, on cue - and ignoring those stories
that the administration wanted to kill. Now the White House and some
extreme members of that largest collection of rubber stamps in Washington
want to remove their press credentials because the paper had the temerity
to publish something vital, about what the ad hoc actions of this
make-believe government that is eye deep in its own failures-demands be
stopped: on pain of losing their press credentials. Bunk!
The War on Terror has been created
from a hole-filled cloth of mega-lies. The scale of those lies has now
killed perhaps a half a million people, over 2500 of which were American
troops. Since the entire basis for this war was never anything but a total
fabrication, those calling for it so vociferously must be charged with the
war crime that this is and was, back when Bush invaded both Afghanistan and
Iraq.
The laws of this land are about
specifics, yet everyday people must live their individual lives by
generalities, in most cases.
What AIPAC and the anti-Americans
in Congress and on the Supreme Court as well as in the White House are
doing shows a high degree of success in bolstering the national tendency
toward generalizing even these most specific of laws - those that govern
misleading the American public and the world - in such a way as to drag
this country into unfounded wars. These actions had apparently succeeded in
crushing "the Rule of Law" - at lest until the Supreme Court reversed what
Bush has done, in regard to the prisoners being held at Gitmo. Now he and
his cohorts want to put words into the mouths of the justices that simply
were not there in their most recent decision.
If there was a war to obtain
either peace or democracy - these two hostile invasions were definitely not
what was called for, because they have been key to the destruction of
freedom, international law, and human rights-supposedly to
"preserve" the very things they actually are destroying each and
every day!
Bush walked away from the Geneva
Conventions in the same way that he walked away from his own military
obligations during the Vietnam War. The Geneva Conventions were created in
the 1940's and the USA was a huge part of why and how these conventions
came to be in existence. Until GWB, the US upheld those conventions as if
they were part of the US Constitutional guarantees, under US law. To
abrogate all of this for his own political convenience; in order to
torture, rape and murder those prisoners, using US personnel to capture,
maim or kill their prisoners, in the course of waging his totally
fraudulent aggressions in other counties that were treated as if they had
belonged to us all along. The call for "regime change" was never
his to make - regardless of the tyrannies of Saddam. Just as his invasion
of Afghanistan without any proof of complicity in the acts on 911 nor was
their sufficient evidence to justify using preemptive US military force
down on an impoverished nation whose only crime was to have chosen not to
allow a Unocal Pipeline to run through their country.
There's a lot more war now-but
there is no War-on-Terror, and that's what makes everything that happens
now such a criminal farce! There is a lot of punishing of anyone, or of any
nation that resists the military backed decrees of the New World Order: The
NWO is neither "New," nor "Global" and it's about Chaos
not "Order." It's basically a wet dream, conceived by people who
have too much money and aspire to have even more. It's also about wanting
to convert their power into absolute power-powers that can never be
resisted. This, in a nutshell, is what all the wars and pending actions are
about. If anyone wants to see more of how this all plays out, there's a
living Petrie dish called Palestine, where this entire charade is currently
being acted out on an essentially defenseless population-using US weaponry,
armor and aircraft to bludgeon, to torture and murder those people into
concessions that no sane person would ever willingly grant to any aggressor
state.
What is going on in Gaza now has
been happening over and over again for the last fifty years. So what lies
beneath the current belligerence and barbarity of Israel? Who are those
responsible for the mimicry of a Fourth Reich version of the kidnapping,
and abuse of hundreds of thousands of people that largely had nothing to do
with resisting the armed forces that they daily have to face. If Americans
were to find themselves on the other side of these awesome weapons that we
furnished Israel with - in this country: It would be inconceivable for
those Americans in that situation to not resist that invasion in every
conceivable way. This should not be a concept that is too difficult to
grasp, even for those who are calling for the slaughter of the Palestinians
~ once they have put themselves in the place of those without jobs,
weapons, food, water, medicine or hope. Even "Bubba" can figure
this one out-if he or she could just get past all the racial and religious
hatred being spewed from Washington and Tel Aviv.
Americans that find themselves in
the mercenary armed forces of the US today, tend to be those who are either
deeply committed to a legacy of military service that is simply a myth ~ or
they desperately need a job ~ or at least they need the chance to begin
again, and maybe turn their lives around. Hence they join only to find that
the "job" they are required to do, is nothing like they thought
it would be. It turns out that those assigned to combat roles, need to toss
the manuals, both civilian and military, that outline the rights and wrongs
in any war. For Bush these don't exist; so for the lowest ranking soldier,
these ethics and responsibilities cannot have a bearing on what he or she
must do-without complaint. So their actions are limited to following the
orders given-without question-even if that means murdering unarmed and
politically uninterested civilians in the dead of night, and in their own
homes: all because some over-eager "leader" demanded that of
those that are paid to follow him or her.
That's why there are so many
investigations that are beginning to flower like skunks at a wedding,
because these were never isolated instances-but were created by those much
higher up in the chain-of-command, to be unquestionably executed by
everyone involved. The prosecution of these crimes must rise to at least
cabinet level, and must include the Commander-in-Chief because there are
responsibilities, beyond landing on flight decks and declaring
"Mission Accomplished," that intrinsically go with this office
that he acquired when he stole the presidency! That title has apparently
been completely misinterpreted by Bush-it only applies to the US military
in a time of war-and not to the people of the world or to the entire
American civilian population, when this country has not been invaded.
The actions of the US military, in
country, are why people the world over have begun to hate Americans. This
is why our troops are despised, the country is hated, and the
administration is largely seen as being in criminal violation of virtually
all the laws that were designed to protect, not just Americans, but all of
humanity. There are rules of war outlined in the Geneva Conventions and the
UCMJ (The Universal Code of Military Justice) designed to protect unarmed
civilians. The US and Israel have become the primary rogue nations, in the
world today, that are attempting to kill or capture as many non-combatants
(in their mutually illegal wars) as it is humanly possible to do - before
the world catches on to what is really being done under the false flags of
self-defense, being waved with such passion by both Israel and the United
States of America.
The American military is not
composed of robots. These are people that ostensibly have families and
loved ones that care for and love them, as people: or at least most did
before they put on a uniform. How is it possible that people who grew up
here, in a nation that supposedly is democratic, open-minded, thoughtful
and reflective, at least when it comes to the absolutes of life and
death-how can these uniformed Americans suddenly become the latest
descendants of The Lord-of-the-Flies whose actions defile everything
we thought we stood for? The answer to that goes to what happened when the
draft was eliminated. in favor of a mercenary force that could be ordered
to do anything at all for money.
Many that were enticed into the
military had virtually no worldly knowledge, no practical understanding
about any other cultures, other religions, or in other ways of doing
things. Their experience as disconnected American youth was caught up in
the throws of becoming young adults. Too many got their prior
"experience" from video games, or television, rather than from
real life. Others may have joined because they tried to get a job, and
found they were not qualified, or simply were not needed anywhere - except
in that paternalistic Dickensian-Victorian-view of love & loyalty that
has no room for human beings.
The military took full advantage
of these people who had fallen "between the cracks" in daily
life; promising the much-needed skills and the money to begin to change
their lives. But those promises were as hollow as the words of their
Commander-in-Chief, and they soon found that promises were altered so that
the real money remained "just out of reach" while the troops got bogged
down in both the wars that are being Run-by-Rumsfeld who: contrary to
conventional wisdom, was made Secretary of Offense, despite the fact that
he'd been in that same position when the Vietnam war was finally and
absolutely lost! What does the appointment of this failure say about the
Bush who appointed him, and about the congress that ratified his
appointment to that position in the first of W's administrations?
The US government has perhaps the
largest collection of the most inept, unqualified and despicable beings
possible - in every key position - of any government anywhere. If the Old
USA had seen any other country with such a collection of criminal elements,
such depraved and disgraced politicians as those who occupy those positions
in this government today-then they would have rightfully demanded a
"regime change" with fines and prison terms for all of them,
(including congress)-if not the outright death sentences that are awarded
for Treason in a time of War.
The "example" that this
nation has recently set for the world is somewhere well below par-even for
a dictatorship. The world knows this all too well; and the ordinary people
of the wider world are angry beyond anger that we continue to allow this
bunch of half-baked outlaws to speak for this country-not-to-mention that
no one among all of them is even capable of speaking, directly or honestly
on any subject at any time. To compound the abusive nature of the Bush
terms in office: it seems that he thinks that there is no distinction
between American citizens and those who are citizens of other counties
which is why he and his sponsors believe that they actually do rule the
entire world. This goes well beyond even his twisted fantasies of his own
theoretical powers or abilities. (2)
Consequently in the eyes of the
world, the USA is no longer a law-abiding nation. We are instead one of the
two completely out-of-control rogue states that must be dissolved-if ever
there is to be a viable or civil world again, in anyone's immediate future!
The first nation that now wears that razor-wire crown of Barbarity is the
illegal, totally immoral, and determinedly racist State of Israel. (3)
The charge made against Palestine
is that this is a terrorist government and therefore is fair game. However
Israel fails to credit that the government of Israel is more of a terrorist
organization than Palestine ever was. Israel is armed to the teeth with
American weaponry, American money, and American protection for whatever
they do to the world or in the world today. Regardless of what Israel does,
of who they kill or capture -anytime, any place, or for any reason that
Israel chooses to site-what they do makes everything that Israel does into
the handiwork of unquestioned American involvement in every crime, every
murder, and each and every violation of law: be that a UN resolution or the
rules of international law, the Geneva Conventions or simple human dignity.
In this context; here is some of what Norman Finkelstein said on June 29,
2006.
This was taken from a discussion
on Democracy Now, between Professor Finkelstein and a representative of
AIPAC, one Josh Block, about Israel's recent actions in Gaza.
"NF: "What the
Palestinians did not do was that they did not liquidate the corporal, which
Israel routinely does. Mainly that's political assassination, which is a
war crime under international law. Israel routinely does that. Hamas did
not do that to the corporal. Number Two: They did not kill the corporal,
while trying to arrest him. Israel routinely does that. In July of 2002,
there was a report entitled "Take No Prisoners" The report shows Israel
routinely during so-called "arrest operations," kills Palestinians. It
documents the case of a Palestinian who was wounded on the ground, no
weapon. Israel killed him. Hamas didn't do that to the corporal. It said
that they took him hostage, they kidnapped him. Okay, Israel routinely
takes Palestinians hostage. In fact Israel was the only country in the
world in 1997 which legalized hostage taking. The liberal head of Israel's
high court said: "It's legal," legitimate under international law to take
what he called "bargaining chips" in order to get prisoners - Israeli
prisoner's - being held by the Lebanese. The decision was reversed in 2000
but Israel continued to hold Lebanese hostages until 2004. So at worst,
Hamas was being accused of what Israel legalized and routinely does. And
finally let's talk about the nine thousand Palestinians who are effectively
hostages being held by Israel. One thousand of them are "administrative
detainees" who are being held without charges or trial. And the other eight
thousand, are being held after military courts have convicted them, almost
always on the basis of torture. So looking strictly at the numbers we have
one hostage, on the Palestinian side, and effectively we have about 9,000
on the Israeli side. "
"NF: Let's look at context.
Since Israel's withdrawal from Gaza in September of 2005 until today, the
estimates run between 7,000 to 9,000 heavy shells having been fired into
Gaza. On the Palestinian side are approximately 1,000 crude missiles have
been fired into Israel. So we have a ratio of between 7 and 9 to one. Let's
look at casualties: In the last six months approximately 80 Palestinians
have been killed in Gaza, due to Israeli artillery fire. On the Israeli
side we hear all these terrible things about these crude missiles. ~ 80
Palestinians killed in 6 months. There have been exactly eight Israeli's
killed in the last five years, by (Palestinian) crude missiles. Again we
have a huge disproportion, a huge discrepancy ~"
"JB: Israel has a
responsibility to protect its citizens."
"NF: I totally agree with
that but Hamas is the elected government of the Palestinians. They have a
responsibility to protect their citizens. They have a responsibility to get
back their 9,000 hostages. They have a responsibility to protect their
Palestinian civilians who are being daily attacked by Israel. One thousand
of those prisoners being held by Israel, according to the Israeli Human
Rights Organization that says that there are 1,000 administrative
detainees, how do you know what they are being held for?
(again) There have been no charges
and no trials, so how do you know what they are being held for?"
"JB: It's a proven
fact!"
"NF: It would be a proven
fact, if there had been court trials."
"JB: no answer~ "
"NF: There is a significant
difference between what Israel does and what the Palestinians do; apart
from the fact that, Israel does it in a much bigger proportion than the
Palestinians. If you indiscriminately fire on civilian populations, which
Israel routinely does - under international law: and here I have a quote
from the President of Tel Aviv University who is an international expert on
these matters, who says there is no difference whatsoever between
intentionally targeting civilians and indiscriminately firing into a
civilian crowd . He says that both of these (acts) are terrorism. So if
Hamas blows up a bus as it used to do in Tel Aviv - that's Terrorism! If
Hamas were to say "we didn't intend to kill the civilians - we intended to
blow up the bus," people would laugh! But if Israel drops a one ton
bomb on a densely populated neighborhood in Gaza, as it did in July 2002 -
and it said: "Oh- we didn't intend to kill civilians, we just intended to
kill a Palestinian Terrorist." That would be considered as
preposterous, as if Hamas had said: "we only wanted to blow up the bus,"
- they're both terrorism. . . Israel didn't apologize; as a matter of fact,
Israel hailed the bombing in Gaza City as "one of the greatest acts in
Israeli history."
End of quotes from the interview.
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Justifications today are based on
Al Qaeda and the kinds of so-called Terrorism that supposedly flows from
all of that. This has led to a revolving door of "the most wanted
idiot of the week" live and direct from Washington D.C. that was home
to the original Al Qaeda, as created by Dick Clark, a former
counter-intelligence chief inside the CIA. Since neither Washington nor Tel
Aviv or even the poodle government of Great Britain has been able come up
with ANY evidence surrounding the events of 911 - that can point to any
specific people, places or events that PROVE anything at all about either
the existence of Al Qaeda, (or something other than the CIA creation that
it obviously came from) - or any real and specific EVIDENCE (that's the
stuff needed in courts of law, to actually PROVE anything) - that would
disprove the case against both the US and Israel, of their lethal roles in
this entire charade!
Until then, maybe the public ought
to begin thinking about pulling all the troops out of Iraq now while
they're still alive (4). Then we should cut off aid to
Israel; after all such a prominent player in world affairs shouldn't need
anything more from a now the down-at-the-heels USofA that has become
nothing but a collection of failed Imperial-Intentions. Perhaps this might
go a long way toward beginning to address some of that which has gone
terribly wrong in this country-but which remains something that we must
finally begin to ACT against, if we want to have a nation that we can
believe in once again!
Kirwan
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