Wednesday, February 06, 2008
The Whining Empire
My article "The Whining Empire" appears on Counterpunch today. Click here.
Labels:
empire,
imperialism,
war,
war on terror
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Proudly delegitimizing the state since 2005
"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert
"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker
"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison
"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman
—Henry David Thoreau
"Free association . . . the only true form of society."
—Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
1 comment:
Very well put, as always.
Incidentally, via the "School of the Americas" (which now goes under the euphemistic Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) the U.S. government is indirectly responsible for repressive military dictatorships in several Latin American countries, including the "desaparecidos" ("guerra sucia" [dirty war]) in Argentina and the "anos de chumbo" (years of lead) in Brazil. Fortunately, Argentina and other countries have stopped sending trainees to WHINSEC.
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