Thank you so much for all the videos of Howard Zinn. He was a remarkable intellect and an excellent scholar. I mourn the loss of his scholarship and voice in U.S. higher education.
America never seems to start anything. It is always like a damsel in distress. A mere victim. America never foments the hatred and contempt others feel toward it. No. They hate us because they envy our perfection. And so you tell yourself, we are the "Good Guys" and they are the "Bad Guys". Is that about it?
@urbanverificationist Yea, it is that simple. What countrys have we occupied and stayed to plunder the resources? None. We simple become a customer. You are the one with the conspiracy theories that never seem to come to pass. You simply move on to the next left wing conspiracy. You have no depth to your argument.
we miss you howard. it's shocking how few voices get thru the american propaganda machine these days.
take even obama's cave on closing gitmo and detaining people without charge, council, or trial. it's disgusting how much a fascist militaristic state we've become. bradley manning being tortured after what happened in abu ghraib, our active attack on information by wikileaks.
Why does the United States need permission to scratch its balls? I thought we earned or freedoms back in the Revolutionary war. Or did that not happen? Howard, you do have the right to free speech. Why? You should ask the troops that have died that question. There is no draft every one going to war is doing it on their own terms. So Its nothing like Vietnam. Plus the area is different and we know who did it.
@hannigan06 Let's say all this is true, we know who did it... we got evidence linking this to that... and we can clearly show that Al Qaida was behind 911, okay so all this is true. So when do we draw the line and say ENOUGH? How many Iraqi's and Afghani's have to die? What's the ratio you will accept... 100 Iraqi lives for every American? 200? 1000? At what point will this blood lust run out? Has your warmongering no limit? We're going broke over this crap! ENOUGH!
Typical liberal point of view. To demonize our actions as if we are evil is a gross distortion of the truth. This liberal academic has been spouting this bullshit for years. Grow up asshole. Better yet go live in one of these countrys and see how long you will survive. Our actions have been for noble reasons and no amount of this hate America crap will ever change that.
Go fuck yourself. He is a veteran of World War 2 and has traveled and lived in those countries you deem to be in hospitable. You are a mental midget compared to Howard Zinn, read a People's History Of The United States because that book will knock you on your ass. However, it might be to educational for your thick ignorant skull to understand what reality is and who profits off of war.
@PELLOWHEAD You are a typical ignorant liberal. Compared to the rest of the world we are saints. Who cares what the so called rest of the world thinks. We do what is needed to protect our shores and people. This is just liberal bullshit. The europeons are the worst offenders in history. Remember WW1 and 2? Get educated moron. If you are not an American then go fuck yourself twice.
@GIspecialty you cant blame all of europe for Germanys mistakes. Just because America is across the sea from Europe doesnt mean you have the right to say America is the best country in the world
@Doominator99 We are the best when it comes to opportunity for all. We have no kings and queens we worship. Royalty is a joke. It was not just Germany but alot of other europeon nations. Try france and the vichy state. How about italy? Look at the balkans and what europe failed to do there.You should think your country is the best. Its called pride. Nothing wrong with it. But to attack the US and call us the evil empire shows an intellectual dead zone that is hard to fathom.
@GIspecialty your a new country so you havent had time to do as many bad as what european countries have done. Its also the 21st century when most countries have free speach and stuff like that unlike the past when America did not exist and people were alot more violent
@Doominator99 True. But once again, to disregard the true oppression of this era,muslim fanaticism, and instead call the US the bad guy is as ridiculous as political correctness. We had our bad times and mistakes and will probably make more in the future. But freedom is elusive and must be fought for at times. The muslims that we fight cannot exist with freedom. Who would you rather live with. The US or the muslim hardliners?
Please don't call what the U.S government has done "bad times and mistakes." Call it what you would if some other country did the same things, WAR CRIMES, TERRORSIM. WWII was about killing civilians on a scale that dwarfs 911. Ever since WWII, no government has sanctioned the murder of more civilians than the U.S government.
@urbanverificationist WW2 was a european creation as was WW1.Your verification isbullshit. No one cared when we won the wars. It was a different time and cannot be judged by todays standards.Vietnam and Korea were the same thing but only Vietnam is called a bad war. Why? Because the US was the primary force defeating communism. Where is the liberal outcry over Libya?Iraq was abad war because a republican admin was the proponent. As with most US critics you have a selective memory. Fuck Zinn.
I'm aware that WWI and WWII were European wars. Don't forget the Russkies finished off most the German troops. The Korean or Forgotten War or Harry S. Truman's "police action" was a proxy war conducted under the auspices of the United Nations. The issues concerned were much less clear than in previous and subsequent conflicts, such as World War II and the Vietnam War. Both parties conducted Nam. Both Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul are leading the charge against Libya.
@urbanverificationist So what is your point? Zinn claims our actions in Afghanistan have been foolish and ineffective yet we have killed bin laden and all of the leadership of that terrorist group. We have also diminished the taliban's ability to dominate and terrorize the population. You are missing the bigger picture and your post has contradicted your first statement. The US takes no pleasure in war yet when it is just us fighting, the liberals and the eurotrash go beserk.You make no sense.
@urbanverificationist Poland?? Bankrupt?? We will come out of this and move forward. Why? Because our system of govt allows for this to happen. We grow and progress. Unlike many of the countrys that claim to hate us.
Will then, why not withdraw all out troops from everywhere they are stationed in the world as Ron Paul has on several occasions suggested we do.. After all, we will come out of it and move forward because our system of gov't allows of this to happen. Right?
@urbanverificationist Now that is a valid argument. No theories or political baggage. Both sides could make a compelling case. I simply do not get your line of logic.
@urbanverificationist Now before you go crazy on the fact that bin laden was killed in pakistan, not afghanistan, he was in pakistan because we had run them out of afghan. Also many of them were killed in afghan. Afghan was a base of operation that we took from them. This war will continue for many years. And remember, we did not start it. They just blame us for their problems and use us as a rally cry. They will lose.
you really want to know what i think!we also HELP MORE THEN ANY ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD!NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD HELPS AFRICA more THEN AMERICA! this is a one sided interview,you think if germany had as much power as we have today they would have been fair with it? no they wouldnt have,you think if stalin had as much power he would have,he would use it for good?the core of the nation still belives in good.i think we have awoken our self after 9/11 and are much more aware of whats around us.
@kessmypersainass You're wrong. Your own government has said so many times. America looks after itself, even putting itself adhead of its allies; barring Israel. You really ought get informed before spewing your ignorance and embarrassing yourself. As for charity, Americans pay it so they can give money to their evil churches isted of supporting democracy. You're country is a corporate police state lol Eat shit, you asked for it by being rightwing and religious; you morons.
@Tuathalful every country dose that,dont be mad,play the game or get off the filed.WE HELP THE REST OF THE WORLD BEACUSE WE WANT TO NOT BEACUSE WE HAVE TO,you have no idea what a power america is for good, you asume and you know what they say about ppl who asume..they make an ass out them self !we will not change! no terrosist will push us to the corner,you go be a sheep and let australia punk you around like they do to the Cammeraygal ,eora's,and the Kamilaroi,ppl you sir are the true killers.
Thank you so much for all the videos of Howard Zinn. He was a remarkable intellect and an excellent scholar. I mourn the loss of his scholarship and voice in U.S. higher education.
agnesbaro 4 months ago
J Lo's 'Hit on the floor' got 400 million views and this one not even 1000? Does US deserve to be saved?
inapcha 5 months ago
America never seems to start anything. It is always like a damsel in distress. A mere victim. America never foments the hatred and contempt others feel toward it. No. They hate us because they envy our perfection. And so you tell yourself, we are the "Good Guys" and they are the "Bad Guys". Is that about it?
urbanverificationist 8 months ago
@urbanverificationist Yea, it is that simple. What countrys have we occupied and stayed to plunder the resources? None. We simple become a customer. You are the one with the conspiracy theories that never seem to come to pass. You simply move on to the next left wing conspiracy. You have no depth to your argument.
GIspecialty 8 months ago
Howard stood up for the american IDEAL.
The mindless flagwavers stand up for empty words.
dffykvn 10 months ago
we miss you howard. it's shocking how few voices get thru the american propaganda machine these days.
take even obama's cave on closing gitmo and detaining people without charge, council, or trial. it's disgusting how much a fascist militaristic state we've become. bradley manning being tortured after what happened in abu ghraib, our active attack on information by wikileaks.
we are heading down a very dangerous road.
tomitstube 10 months ago
Omg!!!!! YANKS SUCK
tasha202009 1 year ago
@tasha202009 Coming from a former imperialist regime (and still supporting them), that's not saying much.
donnyforte2 10 months ago
Lets start trying US was criminals along with foreign ones. Bush should of been tried alongside Sadam.
kennegun 1 year ago
Why does the United States need permission to scratch its balls? I thought we earned or freedoms back in the Revolutionary war. Or did that not happen? Howard, you do have the right to free speech. Why? You should ask the troops that have died that question. There is no draft every one going to war is doing it on their own terms. So Its nothing like Vietnam. Plus the area is different and we know who did it.
hannigan06 1 year ago
@hannigan06 Let's say all this is true, we know who did it... we got evidence linking this to that... and we can clearly show that Al Qaida was behind 911, okay so all this is true. So when do we draw the line and say ENOUGH? How many Iraqi's and Afghani's have to die? What's the ratio you will accept... 100 Iraqi lives for every American? 200? 1000? At what point will this blood lust run out? Has your warmongering no limit? We're going broke over this crap! ENOUGH!
TheShadowFX 1 year ago
@hannigan06 If a soldier dies in an imperialist war how is it dying for freedom.
It's dying to secure a natural resource, the "freedom" is just a ridiculous excuse to try to justify it to the mindless masses.
The only soldier suffering for the sake of freedom is bradley manning.
dffykvn 10 months ago
An amazing and important video.Tks for uploading it.
classicallady 1 year ago
bush is a mason along with our president now.america is not what we think it is.all news is controlled we can only here what the masons let us.
f70Cd52 1 year ago
Typical liberal point of view. To demonize our actions as if we are evil is a gross distortion of the truth. This liberal academic has been spouting this bullshit for years. Grow up asshole. Better yet go live in one of these countrys and see how long you will survive. Our actions have been for noble reasons and no amount of this hate America crap will ever change that.
GIspecialty 1 year ago
@GIspecialty
Go fuck yourself. He is a veteran of World War 2 and has traveled and lived in those countries you deem to be in hospitable. You are a mental midget compared to Howard Zinn, read a People's History Of The United States because that book will knock you on your ass. However, it might be to educational for your thick ignorant skull to understand what reality is and who profits off of war.
PELLOWHEAD 1 year ago
@PELLOWHEAD You are a typical ignorant liberal. Compared to the rest of the world we are saints. Who cares what the so called rest of the world thinks. We do what is needed to protect our shores and people. This is just liberal bullshit. The europeons are the worst offenders in history. Remember WW1 and 2? Get educated moron. If you are not an American then go fuck yourself twice.
GIspecialty 1 year ago
@GIspecialty you cant blame all of europe for Germanys mistakes. Just because America is across the sea from Europe doesnt mean you have the right to say America is the best country in the world
Doominator99 1 year ago
@Doominator99 We are the best when it comes to opportunity for all. We have no kings and queens we worship. Royalty is a joke. It was not just Germany but alot of other europeon nations. Try france and the vichy state. How about italy? Look at the balkans and what europe failed to do there.You should think your country is the best. Its called pride. Nothing wrong with it. But to attack the US and call us the evil empire shows an intellectual dead zone that is hard to fathom.
GIspecialty 1 year ago
@GIspecialty your a new country so you havent had time to do as many bad as what european countries have done. Its also the 21st century when most countries have free speach and stuff like that unlike the past when America did not exist and people were alot more violent
Doominator99 1 year ago
@Doominator99 True. But once again, to disregard the true oppression of this era,muslim fanaticism, and instead call the US the bad guy is as ridiculous as political correctness. We had our bad times and mistakes and will probably make more in the future. But freedom is elusive and must be fought for at times. The muslims that we fight cannot exist with freedom. Who would you rather live with. The US or the muslim hardliners?
GIspecialty 1 year ago
@GIspecialty
Please don't call what the U.S government has done "bad times and mistakes." Call it what you would if some other country did the same things, WAR CRIMES, TERRORSIM. WWII was about killing civilians on a scale that dwarfs 911. Ever since WWII, no government has sanctioned the murder of more civilians than the U.S government.
urbanverificationist 8 months ago
@urbanverificationist WW2 was a european creation as was WW1.Your verification isbullshit. No one cared when we won the wars. It was a different time and cannot be judged by todays standards.Vietnam and Korea were the same thing but only Vietnam is called a bad war. Why? Because the US was the primary force defeating communism. Where is the liberal outcry over Libya?Iraq was abad war because a republican admin was the proponent. As with most US critics you have a selective memory. Fuck Zinn.
GIspecialty 8 months ago
@GIspecialty
I'm aware that WWI and WWII were European wars. Don't forget the Russkies finished off most the German troops. The Korean or Forgotten War or Harry S. Truman's "police action" was a proxy war conducted under the auspices of the United Nations. The issues concerned were much less clear than in previous and subsequent conflicts, such as World War II and the Vietnam War. Both parties conducted Nam. Both Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul are leading the charge against Libya.
urbanverificationist 8 months ago
@urbanverificationist So what is your point? Zinn claims our actions in Afghanistan have been foolish and ineffective yet we have killed bin laden and all of the leadership of that terrorist group. We have also diminished the taliban's ability to dominate and terrorize the population. You are missing the bigger picture and your post has contradicted your first statement. The US takes no pleasure in war yet when it is just us fighting, the liberals and the eurotrash go beserk.You make no sense.
GIspecialty 8 months ago
@GIspecialty
You've taken Poland and your country is nearly bankrupt. Good Luck.
urbanverificationist 8 months ago
@urbanverificationist Poland?? Bankrupt?? We will come out of this and move forward. Why? Because our system of govt allows for this to happen. We grow and progress. Unlike many of the countrys that claim to hate us.
GIspecialty 8 months ago
@GIspecialty
Will then, why not withdraw all out troops from everywhere they are stationed in the world as Ron Paul has on several occasions suggested we do.. After all, we will come out of it and move forward because our system of gov't allows of this to happen. Right?
urbanverificationist 7 months ago
@urbanverificationist
America's customer relations are often like the mafia's. Watch Confession of an Economic Hitman here on You Tube then tell me what you think.
urbanverificationist 7 months ago
@urbanverificationist Now that is a valid argument. No theories or political baggage. Both sides could make a compelling case. I simply do not get your line of logic.
GIspecialty 7 months ago
@urbanverificationist Now before you go crazy on the fact that bin laden was killed in pakistan, not afghanistan, he was in pakistan because we had run them out of afghan. Also many of them were killed in afghan. Afghan was a base of operation that we took from them. This war will continue for many years. And remember, we did not start it. They just blame us for their problems and use us as a rally cry. They will lose.
GIspecialty 8 months ago
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Tuathalful 1 year ago
@Tuathalful go cry for your poor sadam,but hes dead,so are his sons.
kessmypersainass 1 year ago
you really want to know what i think!we also HELP MORE THEN ANY ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD!NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD HELPS AFRICA more THEN AMERICA! this is a one sided interview,you think if germany had as much power as we have today they would have been fair with it? no they wouldnt have,you think if stalin had as much power he would have,he would use it for good?the core of the nation still belives in good.i think we have awoken our self after 9/11 and are much more aware of whats around us.
kessmypersainass 1 year ago
@kessmypersainass You're wrong. Your own government has said so many times. America looks after itself, even putting itself adhead of its allies; barring Israel. You really ought get informed before spewing your ignorance and embarrassing yourself. As for charity, Americans pay it so they can give money to their evil churches isted of supporting democracy. You're country is a corporate police state lol Eat shit, you asked for it by being rightwing and religious; you morons.
Tuathalful 1 year ago
@Tuathalful every country dose that,dont be mad,play the game or get off the filed.WE HELP THE REST OF THE WORLD BEACUSE WE WANT TO NOT BEACUSE WE HAVE TO,you have no idea what a power america is for good, you asume and you know what they say about ppl who asume..they make an ass out them self !we will not change! no terrosist will push us to the corner,you go be a sheep and let australia punk you around like they do to the Cammeraygal ,eora's,and the Kamilaroi,ppl you sir are the true killers.
kessmypersainass 1 year ago