COMMENTS
New
I
was thrilled to find your blog. I believe that millions of Americans share your
concerns. On October 11th, 2002, the day after Congress passed legislation
allowing Bush to invade Iraq, I wrote the following letter to my children.
October
11, 2002
To
my children,
I
was fortunate to grow up in the midst of the great depression, when the United
States was on its knees. It was a grim time in some ways, although I remember
the Victory Gardens and the sense of equity between people engaged in the same
struggle and sharing the same hardships. Most Americans, anyway.
The
whole world was staggering in despair. Millions of people and their powerful
governments embraced totalitarian causes that traded human dignity and freedom
for economic security. Fascism.
When
the fascist super powers launched a war to control the whole world, and
conquered many of the most important nations, the United States roused itself
from economic stupor and joined an international coalition to fight against
fascism.
Ordinary
Americans, citizen soldiers, armed with inferior weapons and led by
inexperienced officers, took on the might of some of the best armies the world
has ever fielded. The odds were against us, but citizen democracy defeated
naked force.
I
was ten years old when the vets came home, many with wounds that traumatized a
young boy like me.
The
GI’s returned home and supported political leaders who proposed bold
programs to rebuild the nations of both their allies and their enemies. The
United States of America poured millions of dollars into rebuilding Europe and
millions more to reconstruct Japan. At home, the vets’ generation
supported bold programs of education and social welfare that would ensure
economic well being for everyone, so that people would never be tempted by
fascism over freedom.
Ten
years after the war, at the age of nineteen, I traveled to Europe and was
greeted as a savior. In Spain, the only remaining fascist country in Europe,
people gave me messages to carry to America, so we would help them in their
struggle for freedom.
So
I came to age as an idealist, in an America that was the beacon of hope for
people around the world. Armed revolutionaries in decaying empires, waged their
struggles on behalf of American ideals. Some modeled their constitutions on our
Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. They named their children with
the names of our founding fathers and our great humanitarian leaders.
You
have come to age in more troubling times.
There
are no freedom fighters anywhere in the world giving up their lives for the
sake of our ideals.
We
have squandered our moral authority. Fifty years of opportunism and expediency
have enriched the powerful and scattered enough crumbs on the tables of
professionals to keep them quiet. The political system is beyond corruption. I
write this note just after the House of Representatives voted to endorse the
President's request for a free hand to launch a war against Iraq whenever it
pleases his fancy.
An
Emperor has been anointed. The leadership of the opposition stands for nothing
but opportunism, having turned its back on its core constituency who are
worried about hard times and equity. Of course the opposition is beholden to
the same people who support the Emperor. Why bother to vote? Maybe Congress
should turn the rest of the government over to the Emperor and just go home.
These
are the time-honored signs of an Empire on the way down.
You
and your children will have to make careful choices as America continues to
loose morale authority in the world, and sinks ever further into greed,
militarism, the ruthless use of power, arrogance, hubris, decadence and self
destruction. Life inside the imperial palaces eventually will become as fragile
as the lives of those in the far-flung Colonies.
Young
idealists will continue to flock to causes that oppose us, simply to challenge
our power. The Empire will respond with force, and thousands of innocents will
die, deepening the hate much of the rest of the world now feels toward us.
Our
ancestors fled Germany when the Prussians crushed the democratic hopes of a
young Republic. They helped build the most vital democracy the world had ever
seen here in America.
In
a strange quirk of history, the principles we developed here in American have
found more fertile soil in the Europe that many of our ancestors fled. Europe,
by and large, understands the need for international restraint, domestic social
equity and the responsibility to help others.
Learn
foreign languages. Travel abroad as much as possible. Make international ties.
Keep a current passport for every family member and, if possible, a stash of
cash. Read the signs. Trust your instincts. At some point it will get much
worse than you can imagine. By then, you will have joined the opposition.
When
the history books are written hundreds of years from now, if there are
historians to write them, September 11th will be a tempting date to mark the
turning point, the beginning of the end of the great American Empire.
Remember,
a free people will always win over tyranny. Find the free people and join them.
We will survive.
Chris
New
Posted, Sunday,
November 4, 2007, 07:15 am
Our
avaricious and complicit politicians [in Australia] have locked us into the US
Military Industrial Financial Congressional Complex-JSF (fighter) deal that
will cost billions for a DUD. I cannot remember if Canada is also purchasing
same.
John
New
Posted, Saturday,
November 3, 2007, 21:16 pm
I must say that I
am not buying this war with Iran anymore, as they have been touting this for
two years now. And, if they want to attack Iran, what are they waiting for
because their time is quickly running out.
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Answer
by R.T.:
As
for myself, I expect things to unfold around the State of the Union Address. I
expect then oil prices to be way up above $100 a barrel.
I
hope you are right and that all the fuss is a bluff. But remember, Bush &
Cheney took two years to plan the 2003 Iraq war.
Posted, Saturday,
November 3, 2007, 20:27 pm
I
have recently discovered your blog and find it extremely informative. It ties together
everything else I've been reading.
It seems to echo my feelings on most events.
I
just wanted to thank you for taking the time to write your blog to help keep
people like me informed on current events.
...I
love to hear your opinions on a wide range of topics.
Adam
Posted,
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 16:37 pm
I
do value your comments/observations.
...The
fundamental conditions of the campaign I have been conducting for more than
twenty to thirty years is that interest is not necessary or inevitable as the
money is created out of NOTHING, by private banks, thus enslaving us all from
cradle to grave, but in the Third World a child dying every THREE seconds just
to service the loan, the capital having been paid several times or over. Not forgetting the environmental
degradation caused, both in the First and Third Worlds.
David
New
Posted, Saturday,
November 3, 2007, 15:51 pm
The
article is fine in its assessment but where due to growing factors, a global
war in some highly powerful minds, may make perfect sense. I say this as the
greatest threat to humanity is the population explosion and where a major
global war would solve this problem. Indeed, there is a minority of humans with
considerable wealth and power who see the destruction of others as the savoir
of themselves (and their vast wealth it has to be said also). The late Glenn
Seaborg (Element 106 Seaborgium) our founding President personally appealed and
implored President Truman not to drop the 'bomb' on occupied Japanese
territory. The President though through his military advisers took no notice
even though he discovered Plutonium and was head of the Plutonium plant on the
Manhattan Project. But behind the scenes also at the time, there were dark
figures who saw that after the fall of Japan, great wealth could also be
secured. But basically again today, change-master politicians and governments
in particular, are in the pocket of very rich and very powerful
individuals/multinational companies, who seemingly do not look for peace but in
many ways for wars and their own vested economic interests. Thinking that they
can survive because they are on the strongest side and the reason why in many
ways US$1.2 trillion per annum and growing, is spent on armaments now.
But
getting back to humankind's greatest threat (even greater than that of even the
warmongers it has to be said) is that of the ever-growing population problem
and where I give a little evidence based facts that people may not be aware of.
The
population of the world (in absolute numbers) has only to increase year-on-year
by a mere 0.9% for there to be 12 billion people by 2075. The current
population growth (in absolute numbers) is 1.27% (most recent UN figures), some
41% above the percentage increase for 12 billion humans to exist in 2075. But
looking at the present rate of human growth, there would be 15.6 billion human
inhabitants living on planet Earth in 67-years time. But again, as growth rates
are, in statistical terms (not the best accurate measure by any means),
slightly declining year-on-year, let us assume that the growth rate is the
average of the two, which is 1.18%, then we would still have 14.7 billion people
to support. In every scenario it is something that the world's resources could
not possibly support considering rising standards of living throughout the
world and where it is predicted that India alone will have over half-billion
middle class citizens by 2025 (McKinsey, May 2007) on its present economic
path. And a final point, what is happening with statistics is that they are
being manipulated as usual. In this respect people say that population is
declining statistically, but where in reality as we have a greater number each
year for our base-line, the figures are really growing at the same rate as the
year before, or close to that. It is a bit of a con job that governments in
particular like to use so not to alarm their electorate.
...
Glenn Seaborg once told me also in confidence that these faceless people (the
president's advisers who looked to their own personal wealth above everything
else) should be tried for crimes against humanity as they are the greatest
reasons why wars and human suffering actually happen. In this respect major
wars at their initial base (if not continually) usually are all about economic
power and personal vested economic interests. A sorry world again, but where
these completely mad and self-interested individuals just do not care. Iraq is
of course a prime example here and where Iran could quite easily be the next!
Therefore
overall looking at our bleak future in a world with vastly dwindling resources
by the decade, a war may very well be on the cards for humankind in this
century, and one where this time there will be no winners.
Dr
David
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Answer
by R.T.:
These
are two vital issues, i.e. population and nuclear war. On the first, you will
agree with me that birth control is preferable to a nuclear holocaust. But Bush
Jr. opposes birth control on religious grounds and he seems to be hoping for an
Armageddon also on religious grounds.
Here
are two more quotes by intelligent persons about Truman's decision:
"I voiced to him my grave misgivings, first on the basis
of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was
completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should
avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I
thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. It was my
belief that Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with
a minimum loss of "face"."
General Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969),
1945
"It would be a mistake to suppose that the fate of Japan
was settled by the atomic bomb. Her defeat was certain before the bomb fell."
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), former British
Prime Minister, 1945.
Truman, like Bush Jr., was a weak man. Such men are the most
dangerous when in charge. Truman was a small town store keeper who rose in
politics through his Free Mason links. Bush Jr. is a spoiled brat.
I suspect he will do something dramatic before he leaves office,
... if he ever leaves office.
New
Posted,
Friday, November 2, 2007, 18:54 pm
Good
clear writing right on the money!
One
more immoral war for the mad man and his handlers will not bother them, looking
at their records. Israel's security is the goal as in the wars on Iraq and the
comming one on Iran.
It
is just matter of time.
Unfortunately
we as a country [Canada] are involved in their imperial drive (Afganistan)
regardless of Canadians opinion!!
Do
not see way out of this one with Harper government (Bilderberg affilliated).
Thank
you for the writings/refreshing.
Eva
New
Posted, Friday,
November 2, 2007, 09:33 am
If
the Muslims precipitate a war because of terroism, oil boycotts, ...etc.,
Americans and others will embrace Biblical Christianity and spread it around
the world. In fact if Islam continues to be a threat, real or perceived,
Biblical Christianity will be embraced and spread.
...It
is the Muslims that seem intent on making war with the world to impose Islam. I
am just proposing that the West and the world embrace Biblical Christianity for
self protection.
Clifford
Answer by R.T.:
We
should not confuse "The Muslims" with Bin Laden's clique of religious
fanatics, as we shall not confuse "The Christians" with a few
warmongering crackpots. If we fall for such paranoïa, we will end up
destroying the world.
The
last war of religion was between 1618 and 1648 in Europe, between Protestants
and Catholics.
I
do hope the world has progressed morally since then and is more civilized.
Let
us not demonize Muslims as a group or any other groups in order to create
"enemies".
New
Posted, Wednesday,
October 31, 2007, 10:50 am
I
finished reading your book [The New American Empire] and I must say it was even
better than I thought it would be. Not only did you tell your story well, you
backed it up with so much documentation that no one can refute it. You leave no
stone unturned as you show step by step how America has failed her forefathers
and present population. Our only hope today is to recognize our mistakes and
profit from them as we move ahead.
Fred
(Home:
TheNewAmericanEmpire.com)