Che Jexster
18th October 2001, 02:25
I'm in the middle of reading "The Culture of terrorism" by Chomsky. In it the main topic is America's use of force against Nicaragua in the Iran Contra affair in 86, and America's pattern of using the term "change of course" to try and convince us that the mistakes of America's past (supporting terrorists, and dettering democracy in other nations for its buisness interests) won't be repeated even though history has said otherwise. It was written in 1988, yet i think its really interesting to read now. Where was the global initiative agaisnt terrorism in 1986? How many people has America killed through state sponsored terrorism?
If America halved its military budget (which would leave it the largest military in the world) and gave the rest to struggling Democracies, or starving nations, I wonder if their foreign relations would be as bad. Yet they don't do this. They are politically weak so they make up for it in economic sanctions and military action (covert or outright).
It used to be that the communist and capitalist nations used the world as their chess board, sacrificing millions of lives without even thinking about it. Now that the east Bloc has fallen it is a new game, one between equality and priviledge. Which side do you think America is on?
Let me know your thoughts.
If America halved its military budget (which would leave it the largest military in the world) and gave the rest to struggling Democracies, or starving nations, I wonder if their foreign relations would be as bad. Yet they don't do this. They are politically weak so they make up for it in economic sanctions and military action (covert or outright).
It used to be that the communist and capitalist nations used the world as their chess board, sacrificing millions of lives without even thinking about it. Now that the east Bloc has fallen it is a new game, one between equality and priviledge. Which side do you think America is on?
Let me know your thoughts.