War On The World
Speaking of alliteration, here's a really good bit:
"We Americans have never outgrown the narcissistic notion that the rest of the world wants (or should want) to emulate us."
Tom Engelhardt has Exporting the American Model, Markets and Democracy by Chalmers Johnson on his blog today.
"We Americans have never outgrown the narcissistic notion that the rest of the world wants (or should want) to emulate us. In Iraq, bringing democracy became the default excuse for our warmongers -- it would be perfectly plausible to call them 'crusaders,' if Osama bin Laden had not already appropriated the term -- once the Bush lies about Iraq's alleged nuclear, chemical, and biological threats and its support for al Qaeda melted away. Bush and his neocon supporters have prattled on endlessly about how 'the world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East,' but the reality is much closer to what Noam Chomsky dubbed 'deterring democracy' in a notable 1992 book of that name. We have done everything in our power to see that the Iraqis did not get a 'free and fair election,' one in which the Shia majority could come to power and ally Iraq with Iran. As Noah Feldman, the Coalition Provisional Authority's law advisor, put it in November 2003, 'If you move too fast the wrong people could get elected.' "
This should be required reading for anyone still naive enough to believe that the Bushies invented American imperialism.
Interesting lists of United States military operations (Afghanistan and Iraq not included): I count 187 from 1882 to 2005. The names have changed from matter-of-fact (Siberia Expedition, Beirut Expedition, Smyrna Expedition) to creative (Nimrod Dancer, Praying Mantis, Blast Furnace) to bullshitty (Resolute Response, Noble Response, Present Haven):
US Military Operations
"We Americans have never outgrown the narcissistic notion that the rest of the world wants (or should want) to emulate us."
Tom Engelhardt has Exporting the American Model, Markets and Democracy by Chalmers Johnson on his blog today.
"We Americans have never outgrown the narcissistic notion that the rest of the world wants (or should want) to emulate us. In Iraq, bringing democracy became the default excuse for our warmongers -- it would be perfectly plausible to call them 'crusaders,' if Osama bin Laden had not already appropriated the term -- once the Bush lies about Iraq's alleged nuclear, chemical, and biological threats and its support for al Qaeda melted away. Bush and his neocon supporters have prattled on endlessly about how 'the world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East,' but the reality is much closer to what Noam Chomsky dubbed 'deterring democracy' in a notable 1992 book of that name. We have done everything in our power to see that the Iraqis did not get a 'free and fair election,' one in which the Shia majority could come to power and ally Iraq with Iran. As Noah Feldman, the Coalition Provisional Authority's law advisor, put it in November 2003, 'If you move too fast the wrong people could get elected.' "
This should be required reading for anyone still naive enough to believe that the Bushies invented American imperialism.
Interesting lists of United States military operations (Afghanistan and Iraq not included): I count 187 from 1882 to 2005. The names have changed from matter-of-fact (Siberia Expedition, Beirut Expedition, Smyrna Expedition) to creative (Nimrod Dancer, Praying Mantis, Blast Furnace) to bullshitty (Resolute Response, Noble Response, Present Haven):
US Military Operations
posted by Vicky Drake at 2:30 PM
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