Citizen Kate: The War on Keith

17 year old Keith Smith, a practicing Buddhist from Menomonee Wisconsin, had been beaten up by the RNC riot police and then released without medical attention. His story made me want to find out more. There was so little coverage of the daily protesting at the RNC, that we felt like his story needed to be told.

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[vexion15]

lol this dude is funny

[CapitalistHolocaust]

Also, America dropped 2.7 million tonnes of bombs on Cambodia during a 'secret' bombing campaign, that we now know about because Clinton declassified the info in the 90's. 1 million people were slaughtered in Cambodia & Laos during this time.

Also, the 3.5 million people America slaughtered in Vietnam cannot be justified by simply stating that they were the enemy.

Diem, who invited the US in was a US installed puppet, who canceled elections because he & the US knew that Ho Chi Minh would win.

[CapitalistHolocaust]

With regards to Indonesia, America overthrew the democratically elected Sukarno in '65 & installed Suharto who slaughtered 600,000 people (CIA & MI6 sent deathlists); Chile, America overthrew democratic Allende in '73& installed the brutal Pinochet; Guatemala, America overthrew the democratic Arbenz in'54 & installed a series of brutal juntas that killed 200,000+, similar in El Salvador, only 100,000 deaths.

All of this is backed up on the CIA declassified record, care for some links?

[CapitalistHolocaust]

You forgot that America conquered the Native Americans, this is on the official record. In fact on Feb 7 1955, The Supreme Court entered it's opinion in the case of Tee-Hit-Ton v. US asserting that the US holds title to American Indian territory by 'right of conquest'.

America also conquered Mexico & stole much of it's land, it's now called the State of New Mexico.

America pretty much conquered the whole of the S.American continent during the 1800s also.

[AllTerroristsMustDie]

We haven't conquered anyone. Aside from the Philipenes (which we ultimately freed) we've never conquered anyone. Our presence abroad HAS secured our security & ensured prosperity for both us and the host nations. Vietnam was an enemy, Indonesia has internal issues that are beyond the US, dittos on Chile, Guatemala, & El Salvador. Cambodia was never truly assisted by the US dittos on Laos,Nicaragua same with Iran SINCE THEY WERE ENEMIES & Iraq is starting to do well. Your examples are not good.

[CapitalistHolocaust]

It is the exact same rationale: justifying conquest & subjugation of other countries by ultimately arguing it will assure your own security. The scope of their policy in carrying it out may be different, but it's the same justification.

Yes, America has created a few showcase countries to justify it's actions, but it has crushed, subjugated & enslaved (in debt) far more countries than it has helped; Vietnam, Indonesia, Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador, Cambodia, Laos, Nicaragua, Iran, Iraq, etc.

[AllTerroristsMustDie]

Actually it's nothing like the rationale used by the Nazis...especially since they weren't helping people. America has prevented Europe from collapsing into the internecine warfare which defined it for most of its existence...thanks to our intervention post-WWII. Japan has benefited greatly thanks to our presence, dittos on S. Korea and Taiwan. What civilized parts there are in the MidEast has largely been thanks to our presence.We are beneficial to the world.

Inter arma enim silent leges,

ATMD

[CapitalistHolocaust]

It's the same internal rationale used by all Nazis.

[AllTerroristsMustDie]

As opposed to the Soviets, People's Republic of China, Darfur, et al -- governments who routinely classify death tolls and other relevant data. I'm fully aware of what governments the CIA has overthrown but the overthrowing of those governments ensured America's safety by securing vital resources or securing our hemisphere of the world. The safer & stronger we are, the more able we are to help a MAJORITY (not the entire) of the planet. I'm what Henry R. Nau calls a Conservative Internationalist.

[CapitalistHolocaust]

To AllTerroristsMustDie:

I didn't say the US government was, I said States were & since it is ALL States that Anarchists are against & not just the U.S. state this point is in itself irrelevant.

However, the American state is the leading worldwide killer abroad since WWII: 10 million deaths & counting.

America has overthrown 15-20 governments since WWII, including 6 democracies that are even backed up by the CIA's declassified records.