[I am
posting this short response that I sent to Paul Craig Roberts for an excellent
article by that sensitive and perceptive commentator, satirically titled Who
Will Liberate America, that appeared in Counterpunch on February 15, 2012. As I
indicate in my note, this article and its predecessor, titled The Divine Right
of Money, are exceedingly well-written in terms of the truth behind the
American corporate state, and its imprisonment of all domains of ideas or human
idealism, and should be must-reads for all that wish to see through the facade
of American hypocrisy that now exceeds all measures of vacuousness. The points
that Dr. Roberts makes, including waging war, violating international
conventions for decent and civilized behavior, systematic and never-ending
killing of civilians in a great many countries, invasion and occupation of
sovereign nations, the distinction of being the country that holds the largest
number of its own citizens prisoners, making a complete mockery of the United
Nations by defying international opinions on any and all issues that are
contrary to its and Israel's actions, and many others are all apt, right-on and
indeed poignant. I hope some of the OpEd News readers will follow the URLs to
read Dr. Roberts' articles. MRC]
Dear Dr. Roberts:
I have been a reader of your most thoughtful and humane essays for
several years now. During the dark, grotesque and murderous years of GWB and
his soulless minions, essays by you and other humanitarian columnists kept me
(and I am sure so many others) sane and hopeful. This note is prompted by your
magnificent essay in today's Counterpunch (URL: click here ).
Indeed, Washington's terrorism, arrogance and criminality know
absolutely no bounds. Its history has always been at best checkered; however,
from the time of Ronald Reagan (the one-liner expert that so many worshipped
and still do), its unimpeded crime-spree has become rampant, unchallenged, and
without any end. It is ironic that you were likely once in the employ of this
unpunished criminal establishment (I gather this from your resume). The very
fact that you speak out so strongly and persuasively about Washington's crimes,
should make you not only one of the most well-qualified insider and interpreter
of this criminal enterprise (not counting other stalwarts such as Bill Moyers,
Ramsey Clark or John Dean), it should also make your observations a must-read
for all literate, awakened and conscious human beings possessed of any common
humanity.
To think that the current WH occupant was greeted with a Nobel
Peace Prize by a European establishment (Europe and Washington, after all, have
been, and continue to be, partners in countless crimes around the world) is an
irony and tragedy beyond deafening in its cruel bombast; it is ear-splitting in
its unheard sounds of Western mockery of human values.
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq and other places of the world in
2003- this country in my eyes remains of the most flagrant terrorist nations in
the world, and its shamelessness (as you correctly point out) in even raising
the issue of human rights before other countries and world leaders) is mind
boggling.
To ever even begin to clean its Augean stables of horrific
international crimes of immeasurable proportions, the U.S. could begin by
bringing its galaxy of war criminals to trial before humanity; admit before the
world the sheer inhumanity of its "bringing democracy to people" (by
bombing, shooting, and droning them to freedom, as you aptly describe in so
many of your essays); vow never again to set upon ghastly and profit-driven
imperial campaigns; eschew its frightfully hypocritical pretenses of piety; and
offer compensation worldwide to the victims of its never-ending crimes.
Of course, I do not see any component of the above wish-list
coming true. This is much like the Divine Right of Money (which was the topic
of your previous essay (see URL: click here ). With money, you can build a totally Orwellian
world where night is day, falsehood is the truth, and war is peace. Therefore,
it is only up to the world to completely reject, at every opportunity, any U.S.
talk of democracy or humanity; band together as defenders of civilization
against imperial barbarism, and help one another every possible way in the face
of the brute-force of the mighty behemoth and its runaway bullying. The world
simply does not have a choice. Mere silence somehow legitimizes the daily
slaughter of hundreds, thousands, yes, millions of innocents by bullets,
drones, bombs and so many other WMDs that the U.S. and other imperialists
possess in great abundance.
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