When the United States invaded Vietnam with nearly 600,000 troops, based on the false claim of a North Vietnamese attack on our destroyer in the Tonkin Gulf, when we dropped more tonnage of bombs than was dropped in all of World War II in our then longest war (about 10 years, not counting our "advisors" and skull-duggery days)--was that not "barbarism"?
There are lies, damn lies and statistics, Mark Twain groused.
But, Stalin was right in another way, too: Ideas are more powerful than guns! And, in the US, we have really taken that proposition to heart--and even one-upped Stalin. We don't so much mind our "enemies" having guns so long as they are aiming at other "enemies" of ours! (A blatant example is Syria, where we have supported various factions over the past 3 years, including, most likely, the forerunners of ISIS!) And, at home, we've gone a step further, too: it's just fine if everyone and his uncle has a gun" but we really don't want people running around with wild ideas about equality or fairness or a living wage! "Why should we let them have ideas?" the ghost of Stalin wonders.
And we wonder, too: How much longer can our lies, self-deceit and absurdities continue?
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