Like Oceania, today's United States exists in a state of perpetual war--a condition accepted as "normal" in both societies. Former US Vice President Cheney said in 2001 that the US War on Terror "may never end. At least, not in our lifetime"--a remark that elicited no outcry from either big business party, nor from the corporate media. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.