A PERSONAL THOUGHT . . .

Here, you will find many wise words
from many different commentators about current issues
of war, torture and human rights,
which need to be constantly shouted from the rooftops of the world....

However,
let's not delude ourselves into
thinking that all the evils of torture, illegal wars,
and deliberately lying about it to the public,
only started with the Bush lot!

This has been a consistent thread
running through the entire history of
American imperialism.

From
the treatment of American native peoples,
the exploitation of the black slaves,
the conquests of other lands,
the overthrow of other governments,
the death squads, torture and horror weapons,
from the beginning to the present day -
and no end in sight!

Lest we forget...
Every war crime, every torture, and human rights abuse, we are talking about now,
was also inflicted on the innocent people of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia,
by many US administrations - Republican and Democrat!

They got away with an illegal war and torture there,
and even today deny their responsibility and guilt,
hoping to sweep it under the carpet.

How many people have either chosen to forget
the American War in Viet Nam,
or are still deluded by the official propaganda
into somehow believing it was "a noble cause"
with the best of intentions?!

America,
you can't move forward,
until you acknowledge and clean up
all the messes of the past!

The Vietnamese,
just for one,
are still waiting!!!


Bruce McPhie