Copyright 2008. Truth Knowledge. All rights reserved.
Good and evil doesn't have a grey zone. Killing and stealing is bad. Violence is never “good” or necessary unless it is used to defend against killers and thieves. Indeed, that is the morality behind the “just war” principle as defined by international laws and treaties.
Yet,
this simple concept of right and wrong gets muddled by differing ideas about
religion, patriotism, economics and many other divisions. The “just war” rule
has crumbled under the ambitions of empires throughout history. The
American-led Anglo Saxon empire is no different.
This
empire has been brutally conquering and colonizing territory since the fall of
Rome. However, it has only gained an American face in the last century. The
United States quickly emerged as the world’s “superpower” primarily through its
economic might. For some time, many believed the U.S. to be a shining example
of economic freedom for other nations to emulate. Indeed, America was eager to
promote “economic freedom” globally to open new markets for U.S.-based
corporations.
When
foreign leaders refused to allow these corporate interests into their country,
those leaders were replaced through a variety of covert actions. The form of
government that would be installed did not matter to the empire makers so long
as the corporate interests were served. In most cases these nations simply
surrendered to the seemingly unlimited power of the almighty dollar, thus
camouflaging the traditional method of forceful empire building.
As
with all empires, these “means” have become increasingly violent and
destructive in the face of resistance. Yet, only a few more dominoes are left
to knock over for America to complete a plan set in motion well before they
were one of the colonies. That is unless, of course, other world powers break
ranks and attempt to stop the conquerors, which could lead to a large scale
conflict.
Regardless,
when the dust settles and moral history is written, America and her Western
cohorts will likely be viewed as the most brutal empire in history. Here are
ten reasons why this is already the case:
1. Support of Dictators: For all the happy talk of spreading Democracy and
protecting human rights, the empire has repeatedly not only supported
dictators, but in many cases overthrew popularly elected leaders and replaced
them with puppet tyrants. Examples range from secretly
funding the Nazis, to installing
the Shah in Iran, Pinochet
in Chile, supporting Musharraf in Pakistan, and their everlasting love affair
with the brutal Saudi royal family, to name a few. Actions speak louder than
words to those who can navigate the storm of propaganda with a moral compass
set to recognize good from evil. Dictators and freedom cannot coexist.
2. Preemptive Wars of Aggression: It could be said that all wars are preemptive in nature because so many entities benefit from war. Yet, even before America’s latest crusades, they covertly and surgically attacked countries that never threatened them. This allowed them to maintain the moral high road in the public’s eye while constructing the foundation of their empire. That was until the Bush Doctrine; the use of preemptive military action to confront possible threats was unofficially adopted to be the new foreign policy for combating terror. Since then, America has become the violent aggressors, having officially invaded two countries — Afghanistan and Iraq — without legitimate provocation. Violent aggressors have always been judged by history as evil. But it gets worse….
3. Torture:
Torture has never been acceptable by those promoting a high moral standing in
the global community. Nazis and Japanese
soldiers were convicted and
executed for engaging in the exact same torture techniques that America has
redefined as ‘enhanced interrogation’. “I was just following orders,” was not a
justifiable excuse for such inhumane behavior, much like it wasn’t a good
enough defense for the low-ranking patsies who took the heat for the sinister
Abu Ghraib
torture scandal even though
their actions were approved
at the highest levels. Can
state-sanctioned torture of prisoners held without charges ever be viewed as
anything less than brutal?
4. Suppression of Dissent: All tyrannical regimes throughout history have suppressed homeland dissent. As government oppression grows bolder at home and abroad, more citizens will naturally express outrage, resulting in even more oppressive controls. This is happening in the United States through the all-seeing eye of the Department of Homeland Security with warrantless spying, arbitrary watch lists, citizen spy campaigns, and TSA molestation to travel anywhere. Additionally, in an attempt to squash free speech, they arbitrarily seize websites and violently confront peaceful protesters. Unfortunately, as awareness of the topics in this very article expands, the U.S. will likely become even bolder in their pursuit of stifling dissent. In other words, the worst is yet to come, and history will judge the U.S. as not quite the beacon of freedom they have pretended to be.
5. Elimination of Habeas Corpus: Say goodbye to the notion of being innocent until proven guilty, the right to face charges and your accuser, and the right to a free and fair trial. Habeas corpus, considered the only humane path to “which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention,” has been eliminated for those vaguely labeled ‘enemy combatants’ of the empire. As Guantanamo prisoners rot under such pretenses, prominent lawmakers in the empire propose the exact same lack of rights for American citizens if they’re labeled an ‘enemy belligerent‘. Similar to the Spanish Inquisition, now you’re guilty until you’re tortured to admit your guilt. Can it get more evil? Why yes, it can. Read on.
6. Assassinating Citizens: That’s right. No judge, no jury, no conviction; just straight to execution. America has set another precedent in their tyrannical march toward empire when they openly assassinated an American citizen and government patsy, Anwar al-Awlaki, and his teenage son on the suspicion of terrorism. Paul Craig Roberts laments “Now the US government not only can seize a US citizen and confine him in prison for the rest of his life without ever presenting evidence and obtaining a conviction, but also can have him shot down in the street or blown up by a drone.” Isn’t this the reason America claims to be knocking off dictators around the world — the deliberate killing of their own citizens?
But
Awlaki was a bad apple because the intelligence community said so. What’s most
telling that America will continue this wickedness is that almost every US
lawmaker turned a blind eye to the grotesque violation of Constitutional
rights. Only
Ron Paul said that
assassinating an American citizen without charges is nothing less than an
“impeachable offense”. Too bad most of the country cheered the Awlaki killing
as a “victory” in the war on terror, indicating that it is now an acceptable
tactic. Americans beware: you may be moved from a secret watch list to a secret
kill list in this brutal empire.
7. Unauthorized Drone Wars: Unprovoked wars without authorization, accountability,
or independent oversight only seem to be escalating; and with little
resistance. The US Congress no longer votes to “declare war”. They simply give
the Commander in Chief broad “authorization” to use force against specific
nations.
8. Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction: How ironic that the world’s policeman
for weapons of mass destruction is the only one to use them on a mass scale.
The United States is on record using chemical, biological and even nuclear
weapons. From the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki in WWII, to
Monsanto’s Agent
Orange in Vietnam, to the
depleted
uranium used in Afghanistan and Iraq, America only condemns itself when speaking about the evils of WMDs. However,
killers don’t appear to care how the killing is accomplished, so long as it
achieves their goals. The real firecrackers will likely be brought out in a confrontation
with Iran, or if China and Russia are lured into the conflict. It won’t really
matter much what history says if the use of WMD escalates by either side, but
the aggressors should rightly be blamed for the ensuing scorched earth, while
the defenders against killers and thieves should be viewed as righteous.
9. World’s Largest Drug Dealer: The American empire is the largest drug dealer in the
world? Say it isn’t so. Well, in addition to forcing legal drugs and genetically
modified organisms on nations, usually under the cover of foreign aid, America also leads in the
illegal drug trade. In fact, many researchers reveal that the war on drugs is
only utilized to control and monopolize the illicit drug trade. The US
government has been caught multiple times shipping in cocaine, colluding
with certain cartels to
control the industry, and now openly protects and transports opium
from Afghanistan. In fact, Global Research points
out that in 2001, “according
to UN figures, opium production had fallen to 185 tons. Immediately following
the October 2001 US led invasion, production increased dramatically, regaining
its historical levels.” This month, the U.N. announced that Afghanistan now provides 93%
of the world’s opium production; up 61% compared to 2010 to a whopping 5800 tonnes. Although the empire
tries to keep it secret, they can’t hide the hypocrisy forever.
10. World Reserve Currency Prison: Although using Weapons of Mass Debt
is a non-violent form of expanding the empire, it’s perhaps the most brutal and
effective form of control. Requiring foreign nations to purchase oil and other
imported commodities with US dollars wields immense power. Because all nations must
acquire dollars to purchase critical resources, they quickly become indebted to
the US Federal Reserve, their affiliate central banks, and the IMF. Before
long, the entire world is colonized by debt. It seems that only the nations
that don’t need or refuse credit from Western banking institutions are the ones
in danger of facing the wrath of the imperial war machine. Incidentally, most
oil-rich nations in the Middle East have outlawed usury (lending money with
interest), making them impossible to conquer
diplomatically through debt. Controlling
the world reserve currency means controlling the tap of life itself, which is a
dangerous weapon in the hands of an aggressive empire. Debt is the ultimate WMD
the empire uses to enslave the world, which leaves dissidents with two clear
choices: slavery or death.
Although
this empire is infinitely more powerful than Rome was, it will likely suffer
the same fate. For every negative action the empire commits, there’s an equal
and opposite good reaction. And the goodness of humanity will always defeat
tyranny when it goes too far. However, an empire with so much to lose will go
down swinging and slinging every weapon in its arsenal, thus putting the final
stamp on their status as most brutal empire in history.
-
Comments:
To all commissioned officers, NCOs, and enlisted military of the American Armed Forces. This is a clear warning to take heed. Any one of you that follows and/or obeys an order to fire on and kill American citizens, it is an unlawful order against the American People and the Constitution of the United States. No matter how long the Conflict may take by the American People against a tyranny government and a Police State: if you fire on and kill any American citizens, we will find out who you are, and we will find you, and we will hang you. Not only that, but your family and what generations that may be left, will be banished from the United States proper never to return.
- Even if the US army will not open fire on American citizens, the “powers that be” can anytime bring foreign troops from Europe, or other places, and do the job that the US army “won’t” do. These foreign troops have not sworn allegiance to the United States Constitution, so they’ll have a free hand firing upon the civilian population, similarly to what the US army did in the countries of the Middle East.
-
This empire has been brutally conquering and colonizing territory since the fall of Rome, yet Rome never fell and The U.S. is nothing more than the military puppets of Rome.
There are three (3) City Sates:
You don’t think The U.S. is under the control of Rome? Why does the White House and many of the government buildings display the Roman Fasces? It operates under Roman Civil Law. The Treaty of 1213 gave the Vatican control over all colonies, territories and holdings of England, of which America was and is a colony.
And Rome will soon again be in control of the last world empire under the control of The Antichrist. Read the book of Revelations people the last world empire is being set up right before our eyes.
John Perkins: The people finally realized that we are serfs in a feudalistic system
By 1980, the Reagan administration understood that its most effective weapon to protect against labor movements was debt. Borrowers were deceived into believing that they were paying low interest rates when in fact balloon payments, adjustable rate mortgages, and other technically complex packages resulted in higher overall rates that made it increasingly difficult to break the shackles of debt.
This story continued. Regulations that protected our rights were demolished. New wars erupted. Family businesses were wiped out by the unfair practices of huge chains. The media was commandeered by a handful of giant conglomerates. Unemployment, poverty and foreclosures escalated. The upward trend line of a growing and prospering middle class plummeted.
We the people fell into a trance of lethargy.
Until now!
We have finally realized that we are serfs of a system that reflects the feudal Middle Ages. Modern-day lords of the castle, the corporatocracy had convinced us – we who live outside the walls and supply all the food and conveniences for them – that if we didn’t pay our “debts” and service their every desire we would be raped and pillaged by soldiers from neighboring castles. But we are no longer buying their lies.
The corporatoctacy are striking back. They are writing new laws forbidding us to assemble in places like Wall Street. They are attempting to censor the Internet (as they did in Egypt). They will come up with schemes we can’t even imagine.
As Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He worked directly with heads of state and CEOs of major companies. His books are published in over 30 languages. John’s Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list) is a startling exposé of international corruption.