"Western" imperialism is directed from on high (the long-established transnational "deep state") and protected by its military legions is ever active in naked warfare, covert warfare, "color revolutions" and coup d'etats, economic warfare, propaganda warfare, cyber warfare, corporate predation, resistance suppression, and "pacification" of target populations including our own by any means necessary.  As a retired psychologist, Vietnam-era veteran and national vice-chair of the Veterans for Peace working group on Palestine and the Middle East, I write about this here and elsewhere as well as my weekly radio show at www.kepw.org on Thursdays at 7pm Pacific.