The Washington elite know quite well what is the public frame is on
foreign afffairs. The Zogby International survey shows 52 percent of
Americans would support a strike on Iran, and this number is going up.
All the major candidates are dancing to the War Party's tune as played by
the Main Stream Media, financed by the defense contractors and
danced to by House and Senate members immersed in the patronage of
local defense contractor jobs and military bases.
The top three Democrats all want more military spending, a bigger
force and say 2013 would be a good year to leave Iraq. Have any of
the leading Democrats condemned the three aircraft carriers in
the Persian Gulf, denounced the lies about Iranian arms,
renounced the blatant lie about Ahmenedinejad's threat to Israel,
questioned the expansion of NATO despite promises to Russia we
wouldn't, talked about the new radar station and missiles in
Russia's back yard or mentioned our employ of the terrorist group
the MEK for sabotage in Iran?
The Hegemon and the Empire are one in the same. They exist for the
neoliberal economics that swell the pockets of the multinational
corporations through the IMF and the World Bank, who legalize the
theft of said countries' natural resources.
The military is only one arm of the Empire. The British
Empire subsidized the East India Company and others by
first reasoning with foreign powers, as do the IMF and World
Bank today; they would resort to military action only when
all else failed, as we have done throughout Latin America
and the rest of the world.
Have any of the leading Democrats denounced these free
trade deals that only serve the multinationals, to the
detriment of both countries and both peoples? Have any of
the leading Democrats questioned the WTO? Hegemon or
Empire, it's all about the multinationals, the rest is the
means to an end.
Try reading Confessions of an Economic Hitman because
the finance ministers in most other countries already have.
They are wise to us. That's why there is "Disaster
Capitalism" for those that would resist or are just unlucky
enough to get hit by a hurricane or an earthquake.
The War Party and its clients the Miilitary Industrial
Congressional Complex and the multinationals own us,
lock, stock and barrel. There is no debate, at least not yet.
Michael McKinlay
Hercules, CA
11/02/2007 @ 03:11am
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