Consider just three examples of such US perpetrators (an analysis which does not even smudge the surface, let alone scratch it):
Henry Kissinger is responsible for the deaths of over a million human beings as a result of his machinations in Cambodia, Greece, East Timor, and Chile.(3) He received the Nobel Peace Prize.
As Ambassador to Honduras (under Reagan) during US interventions to remove a leftist government in Nicaragua, dedicated imperialist John Negroponte was "directly complicit in the murder of at least 184 Honduran civilians officially found to have been killed by the death squad by a 1994 Honduran truth commission."(4) George W. Bush subsequently appointed him as Ambassador to the UN, then as Ambassador to Iraq, and finally to his current position as National Intelligence Director.
And what of George W. Bush? His well-documented lies, defiance of the UN, and violations of the US Constitution have caused considerable carnage in Iraq. By October of 2004, between 10,000 and 100,000 thousand Iraqis were dead [depending on which estimate one believes](5). In November, Bush was granted another four years to continue wreaking havoc and annihilating innocents.
Naturally, a rational mind demands to know how such insanity and iniquity can persist.
It is quite simple, really. Corporate-controlled media in the United States put Orwell's Ministry of Truth to shame. Slicing, dicing, and liquefying with an efficiency exceeding that of a commercial grade Cuisine art, they deftly reduce information to intellectual pablum for the multitude of minds they have systematically stunted.
Sustained from birth on this adulterated concoction, psyches inculcated with the notions of US entitlement and superiority clamor desperately for more of their perpetual delusion's lifeblood. Starved for nutritive doses of truth and depth, minds gorged on sound bites and pornographic images blended with select cuts of the finest propaganda billions of dollars can buy suffer the malaise and sloth of an obese individual addicted to fast food. Intellectually submissive, they reflexively embrace the asinine mythology perpetuated by the MSM.
Hence, many US Americans recently perceived a "seismic shift" in the political landscape and breathed a collective sigh of relief when the Democrats "rode to our rescue" by wresting control of Congress from the evil GOP.
So despite the stark reality that the Democratic Party is simply another vehicle of corporate interests which has spawned as many malefactors as the Republicans:
1. A Democratic Congress is going to right the wrongs of the Bush Regime and make the world "safe for democracy" once again?
2. Nancy Pelosi is going to oversee the restoration of a semblance of ethical conduct by the US government without even attempting to impeach men guilty of virtually innumerable crimes against our Constitution and against humanity?
3. Our "savior Dems" are going to bring the troops home from Iraq when they insist on framing the mistakes of the Bush Regime in strategic rather than moral terms?
After reflecting on those questions, contemplate the fact that with the proliferation of democratically elected indigenous Latin American leaders who are implementing policies which defy the US brand of rapacious Capitalism, the bellicose fascists in the Bush Regime are preparing to tighten the screws.
From the USA Today on 11/9:
"Concern about leftist victories in Latin America has prompted President Bush to quietly grant a waiver that allows the United States to resume training militaries from 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries."(6)
Translation: After a brief respite from years of misery, torture, and death inflicted by the United States and its proxy dictators, the people of Central and South America are poised to suffer renewed collective punishment for daring to establish governments that reject the exploitation and economic manipulation of the US Corporatocracy.
