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a state of exceptionalism .....

a state of exceptionalism .....

I am not cheered by the subject of my talk here today, which is the decline and fall of the American empire, first, because I am an American, and, second, because the description of America as an empire fits it all too well.

When you remember that the American Revolution was fought against an imperial power, that the U.S. was born in a struggle against an occupying army, and that its victory against the British was an inspiration to anti-imperialist liberals everywhere, it is a shaming thing to have to come here to describe how it ended in tragedy, betrayal, and a short and ugly decline.

That decline was not written in the stars but made inevitable by the actions of individual men (and women!), the men and women who rule us, the elites in government and the corporate world, in the media and the white-collar classes. Their mindset was best summed up by an anonymous top White House official who spoke to journalist Ron Suskind, in answer to objections against the Iraq war and the Bush administration's policy of pre-emptive warfare:

"The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' …

"'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued 'we're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality – judiciously, as you will – we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors… and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.'"

http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=14442

Perhaps far fetched?

With all of my research on the history of the new Israel, which isn't very pretty, I have tried to understand why the US continues to support that Zionist group no matter what they do.

I have thought that it suits America for the Zionists to destablise that area but, surely the reach of the new Israel military is increasing to an extent which would be unnecessary for that simple project.

Oil doesn't seem to matter in that disputed area but, certainly the US Zionist lobby would have given new Israel heaps of money and weapons to do what the US want them to do or at least, agrees with what they do?

The principle of a "nation of their own" is just not arguable unless one considers that a religion should have a nation of its own - any religion.  Then we would have a bigger mess than we have now.

The race issue may be considered - the original difference between the ancient tribes of that area was mainly their language.  According to the historians, that was what set them apart.

To me that means that the whole idea of a new Israel should balance on whether one language; one race and one religion should have precedence over any other to the point where the land of the "meek" is ripped away from them, simply to satisfy a "want" - not a "need" - of a powerful military force.

Could it be that the US wanted new Israel to be their black ops representatives in that area? To do their dirty work? And have they now lost control of what they have created?

NE OUBLIE.

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