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September 16, 2005 at 10:01:57
The Second American Revolution by Mike Whitney Page 1 of 1 page(s) |
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The deployment of mercenaries in New Orleans is a grave breach of traditional policy and a serious threat to the American people. The decision to use these corporate warriors has been accompanied by the equally provocative order to strip the remaining survivors of their “legally registered firearms”, thus depriving them of the 2nd amendment rights.
Who appointed Bush as God?
The safety and security of the city’s people is now in the hands of armed militias who have no allegiance to the Constitution and whose relationship to the government is uncertain. These hired goons are not required to conform to “The Military Code of Justice” or to the legal restrictions that govern the conduct of military personnel.
There is no set of circumstances, neither natural disaster nor terrorist attack, which justifies the use of paid killers on the streets of America’s cities.
None!
The presumption that these units are assisting in the relief effort is patently false. The order is clearly intended to militarize a critical American port and establish a precedent that could place the nation under military rule.
The appearance of the Blackwater mercenaries in New Orleans has produced the effect for which it was designed; to strike fear into the hearts of the local people and to convey a feeling of pervasive repression in the wake of a major disaster. They have apparently succeeded on both accounts.
They operate secretly and with complete impunity, guided by no principle other than the insatiable desire to increase profits for themselves and their investors.
Blackwater represents the globalization of repression; a free-market progeny that is transforming the people’s army into privately-owned militias for multi-national corporations. The deployment of these armed-units is a clear threat to public safety and personal liberty.
The decision to send Blackwater mercenaries to New Orleans was not made haphazardly. A recent Washington Post article indicated that Donald Rumsfeld would use the military more extensively within the US if there was another terrorist attack on American soil. It’s clear now that the use of mercenaries was integral to that plan and that Rumsfeld wants Americans to acclimate to the idea of seeing troops deployed within their cities.
The danger of this strategy cannot be overestimated. If, for example, organized resistance sprung up in New Orleans in response to Bush’s disarmament orders or to FEMA’s blundering evacuation plan, we could see skirmishes that could explode into city-wide fighting.
Or, if peaceful protests broke out in New Orleans, and dissenters were shot by trigger-happy mercenaries, as they were in Falluja, Najaf and Baghdad, the situation could quickly escalate into massive riots and open rebellion.
The deploying of mercenaries is a flagrantly provocative and hostile act intended to incite widespread violence. We should not allow Rumsfeld or Bush to thrust the nation towards greater turmoil by applying their iron-fisted theories of social order within the country.
The nation has never been more polarized. Rumsfeld’s reckless move could provide the spark for violent conflagration.
Is that what he wants; a second American Revolution?
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Mercenaries
We have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan who have a right to be home with their families, those that have something invested in the Gulf Coast. Fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, wanting to see how they can help who they have left behind, families and loved ones, jobs and businesses to fight Bush's Illegal, Corrupt and Immoral War. In their stead they send in Mercenaries at 350.00 a day being paid for by Homeland Insecurity. Men who are at the top of their game when they are fighting an enemy such as they supposedly found in Iraq. Why are they here and not the American Troops who live here? Could it be that the Government would not be able to control American Troops when they saw what was being done to their friends and families, their own people. They are more than aware of what all Halliburton has done not only for them but for the country they are trying to take over. The corruption and overbilling. They are already seeing through the lies and deceit that got them to Iraq in the first place and then to know that the same tactics could easily be used on their own families, might demoralize the troops even more. Maybe to the point that it is time to run Bush and his Corrupt Cartel out of office along with the people that back him, both republican and democrat as well as the supreme court. Not only out of office but completely out of the country seizing everything they own or may own before doing it. No need to run them out and let them enjoy the proceeds from their criminal actions. Nuff said...for now. by Greybeard62896 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 5 comments) on Sunday, Sep 18, 2005 at 3:55:57 PM  (0+)
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Retraction of some contents of this article regarding Blackw
This article contained statements about the Blackwater employees, regarding actions and operations in Iraq which were challenged, and which the author and staff of OpEdNews were unable to substantiate or prove to be true. For that reason, the statements were removed. by Rob Kall (955 articles, 4178 quicklinks, 374 diaries, 2093 comments [50 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 at 10:01:55 PM (0+)
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Keep the masses a sleep, more like it.
The actions of our current elected leaders are designed to ready the American people for no less than a police state. Under the pretense of the 'public good and security' American's have watched as the rights that many have bled to protect (including myself) have been stripped over the laughable (has anyone ever heard of 250 plus steel beams melting at a max possible temp of 1300*F? Just type in "9/11 coverup" in any net search engine to see MASS scientific proof of WHO attacked us) supposed terrorist attack of 9/11; giving the Government sweaping powers to impose draconian dictums for OUR good that have trashed the Bill of Rights. After President George Bush's statement (also easliy found and replayed on the net) that the Constitution and Bill of Rights were just "damn pieces of paper!", it would seem your question as to whether our leaders wish a 'Second American Revolution' is a bit absurd. Their true desire is to strip us of our rights and bring our nation into a "New World Order" without us firing a shot. by Chas (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 13 comments) on Thursday, Sep 28, 2006 at 1:33:06 AM (0+)
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