Obama and CIA
The signs are on the wall that this progressive president is not much different in content with his predecessor. He walks up to CIA HQ and tells the folks its ok to torture our enemies and you will not be messed with. While with other side of his multi-sided character promises to expose the old administration's misconduct on terror war.
Here is my prediction that this issue will be in the media for another few months and then gets forgotten like rest of the "irregularities" of our past such as Gulf of Tunks, Iran-contra arm deals, contra killings, Elsalvador right wing assassinations, Panama, Chile killings (Pinochet), Argentina assassinations, South Africa Apartheid military support ......
Well -- since we never seem to resolve the these undemocratic behaviors so guess what, it will be repeated again next time there is sensitive national interest situation.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Obama's Global Game
We see him kissing royal dictators, smiling and shaking hands with leaders of Bush era rouge nations. The photo ops are nothing but window dressing because Bush way of kicking ass was getting out of hand. With 1.3 billion Muslims and another 3 billion or so die hard US haters things could have gotten ugly if neo-cons way had continued. Now comes Mr. Obama one of them at least looking like one of them. He will change tactics by charming axes of evil and terrorist supports.
In reality nothing has changed when it comes to US policy towards the world and its "national interest" far reaching need to facilitate its thirst for raw material and ever increasing need for larger markets. The changes in policy have to do with survival than real desire to make profound difference. Obama is after all a successful politician raised within the American system that is based on domination for its survival.
The market economy that is based on has to keep growing or otherwise will die. Growth at any cost is the foundation of the US social and economical framework. Smith-ian system can not survive on sustainability, if it stops growing it will collapse. The growth is not based on human values but mainly on economical accumulation which meas the only measure of success is when GDP percentage goes up. Capital has become the prime mover with the original purpose of human growth taking a back seat.
That is why leader of the so called free world Bush came out last year and asked "Fellow Americans" to not stop shopping!!!!
We see him kissing royal dictators, smiling and shaking hands with leaders of Bush era rouge nations. The photo ops are nothing but window dressing because Bush way of kicking ass was getting out of hand. With 1.3 billion Muslims and another 3 billion or so die hard US haters things could have gotten ugly if neo-cons way had continued. Now comes Mr. Obama one of them at least looking like one of them. He will change tactics by charming axes of evil and terrorist supports.
In reality nothing has changed when it comes to US policy towards the world and its "national interest" far reaching need to facilitate its thirst for raw material and ever increasing need for larger markets. The changes in policy have to do with survival than real desire to make profound difference. Obama is after all a successful politician raised within the American system that is based on domination for its survival.
The market economy that is based on has to keep growing or otherwise will die. Growth at any cost is the foundation of the US social and economical framework. Smith-ian system can not survive on sustainability, if it stops growing it will collapse. The growth is not based on human values but mainly on economical accumulation which meas the only measure of success is when GDP percentage goes up. Capital has become the prime mover with the original purpose of human growth taking a back seat.
That is why leader of the so called free world Bush came out last year and asked "Fellow Americans" to not stop shopping!!!!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
US Gun Laws - World Nuclear Equation
What if Nuclear proliferation laws were based on US 2nd amendment and related gun laws. What if the world nuclear control organization had to deal with a strong NRA type lobby to keep Nukes out of the hands of few. At the end of the day if access to nukes are limited to few then how "The World People" can defend themselves from tyranny. If everyone had nukes then prehaps we all would think again when given a choice between resolving differences or resorting to war either preemptive or otherwise.
Just an idea worth exploring perhaps ----
What if Nuclear proliferation laws were based on US 2nd amendment and related gun laws. What if the world nuclear control organization had to deal with a strong NRA type lobby to keep Nukes out of the hands of few. At the end of the day if access to nukes are limited to few then how "The World People" can defend themselves from tyranny. If everyone had nukes then prehaps we all would think again when given a choice between resolving differences or resorting to war either preemptive or otherwise.
Just an idea worth exploring perhaps ----
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