“The principle of interfering with other leaders is an astonishing presumption and damaging to (international) relations. “Oh, this is a terrible thing.” I think they were caught out doing something they denied. They lied about it. And now we find out it’s much bigger than anybody thought.”~ investigative journalist Gavin MacFadyen. Connie 25.10.2013 13:06 “Things have deteriorated so much, that openly ridiculing and mocking the U.S. Constitution by our elected officials to satisfy their ends is the norm today.” In the book, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy, Professor Noam Chomsky presents a series of solutions to help rescue the nation from turning into a failed state. They include: Accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and the World Court; Sign the Kyoto protocols on global warming; Let the United Nations take the lead in international crises; Rely on diplomatic and economic measures rather than military ones in confronting terror; and Sharply reduce military spending and sharply increase social spending. Samuel Huntington and others, observed that -- in the major journals, Foreign Affairs -- that in most of the world, much of the world, the United States is regarded as the leading rogue state and the greatest threat to their existence. They dont say, you know, ‘Thank you. Here are our throats. Please cut them.’ They react in the ways that they can. The most obvious example is the Iraq invasion. That was undertaken with the anticipation that it would be very likely to increase the threat of terror and also nuclear proliferation. And, in fact, thats exactly what happened, according to the judgment of the C.I.A., National Intelligence Council, foreign intelligence agencies, and independent specialists. They all point out that, yes, as anticipated (and desired), it increased the threat of terror. Iraq was, whatever you thought about it, was free from connections to terror prior to the invasion. Its now a major terror center.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:14:56 +0000
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