Friday, December 14, 2007

Ugly Americans

In case anyone wonders why Americans may end up hated throughout the world, here's a perspective:

Blackwater


In case anyone wonders why American's should care, here's a perspective:

Haliburton -- Kellogg, Brown, and Root


There is a solution, the United States has to make contractors operating in its behalf overseas responsible to some authority for action:

Corporate Immunity

If not, here's the result:

Post WWI Italy


United States citizens ought to think about it the next time they hear their President say he's supporting platitudes as "freedom" (except Iraqis under rule of United States contractors), security (except for employees working outside the country for those contractors), and a war against terrorism (wherever President Bush says it exists and needs contractors to support it).

Remember, terrorism lies in the eye of the beholder:

Britain's view of American Revolutionaries

Take care,

jim

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

As yet another example, look at the US-initiated and US-supported invasion and terrorism of Somalia--with the resulting "indiscriminate use of air strikes and heavy artillery in densely populated parts of Mogadishu, the systematic rape of women and even the bombing of hospitals".

CIA behind Somalia's bloody occupation by Ethiopian troops

Regards,
Dean