C Johnson: The US Global Empire -6/6
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To the OP, thank you for posting this. Its a shame only a few thousand viewers amongst the six parts. Every American needs to view this series. Chalmers has been my favorite historian, voice of reason, since I read Blowback, many years ago. His interview on Why We Fight was also incredible. Thank you again for posting, and may Chalmers RIP.
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Osama bin Laden; recruitment video features pics Iraqi babies wasting away from malnutrition and lack of medicine (New York Daily News, 9/28/01). Albright & the terrorists may have shared a common rationale--a belief that the deaths of thousands of innocents are a price worth paying to achieve one's political ends--does not seem to be one that can be made in U.S. mass media. 1995 U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report that 567,000+ Iraqi children under 5Yrs age had Died Sanctions
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He's unfortunately on the money on most of everything said. I do disagree on the final point though - I do believe something can still be done on the part of an informed, conscious citizenry.
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The late Chalmers Johnson, in the vein of Walter Karp, was a great historian.
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PART II:
Johnson is also correct to note that: (a) "war on terror" is an oxymoron, and (b) US strategy in Iraq belies understanding of its society. There cannot be a "war" against "terror". 9/11 was a criminal attack and would have been best handled via criminal proceedings against all those involved. Regarding Iraq, it was known that the country was a Shiite majority state ruled by a Sunni minority. Introduction of "democracy" could only result in a pro-Iran, pro-Hizbollah regime.
-Kashif
KashifHKhan 3 years ago
PART I:
I agree with Johnson's core assertion that the US has to decide between domestic democracy and a foreign empire. (The British chose the former while the Romans chose the latter.) The US foreign policy is exceedingly militaristic and backed by the powerful military-industrial complex. Military presence in foreign countries as well as intervention in their internal affairs via clandestine operations generates resentment that often translates into terrorist "blowback" against US.
-Kashif
KashifHKhan 3 years ago