The Empire That Must Be Obeyed

Here's a link to a great rant by Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration:

The Empire That Must Be Obeyed
What Gives the US the Right to Claim
a Moral Monopoly Over the World?
By Paul Craig Roberts
CounterPunch - January 23, 2008

Here are some noteworthy excerpts:

"The West must nuke other countries in order to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction! In Westernspeak, the West nuking other countries does not qualify as the use of weapons of mass destruction."

"Who, what is threatening the West's values and way of life? Political fanaticism, religious fundamentalism, and the imminent spread of nuclear weapons, answer the five asylum escapees."

"The 'increasingly brutal world,' of which the leaders warn, is 'over there.' Only Muslims are fanatics. All us white guys are rational and sane."

"Unable to impose its will on countries it has invaded with conventional arms, the West's military leaders are now prepared to force compliance with the moral world's will by threatening to nuke those who resist. "

"Meanwhile, the United States, the great moral light unto the world, has just prevented the United Nations from censuring Israel, the world's other great moral light, for cutting off food supplies, medical supplies, and electric power to Gaza. You see, Gaza is in the outside world and is a home of the bad guys. Moreover, the wicked Palestinians there tricked the US when the US allowed them to hold a free election. Instead of electing the US candidate, the wicked voters elected a government that would represent them. The US and Israel overturned the Palestinian election in the West Bank, but those in Gaza clung to the government that they had elected. Now they are going to suffer and die until they elect the government that the US and Israel wants. I mean, how can we expect people in the brutal world to know what's best for them?"

As the saying goes, if you're not outraged, then you really don't know what's going on....

Deen on...