Well, Osama Bin Laden is dead... Or at least he is according to our ever truthful and trustworthy Government... So, we can all now breathe a sigh of relief (Or sickening cheers, as so many have done to express their hopelessly warped sense of patriotism)... The threat is over, all is well in the World... We killed a man...
Never mind the increasingly suspicious way the whole affair unfolded, I prefer to focus the intention of this humble Post to what occurred immediately after the alleged assault... That is to say, Absolutely Nothing.
It has become painfully clear that our elected officials, up to and including the Executive, can declare wars, order bombings into civilian populated areas, carry out assassination plots, and basically kill and destroy indiscriminately using our Armed Forces, and do so with little to no oversight, legal justification or accountability...
All they have to do is tell Us, the American People, whatever they want... and we'll believe it without question! And if we don't, well...
Never mind the increasingly suspicious way the whole affair unfolded, I prefer to focus the intention of this humble Post to what occurred immediately after the alleged assault... That is to say, Absolutely Nothing.
It has become painfully clear that our elected officials, up to and including the Executive, can declare wars, order bombings into civilian populated areas, carry out assassination plots, and basically kill and destroy indiscriminately using our Armed Forces, and do so with little to no oversight, legal justification or accountability...
All they have to do is tell Us, the American People, whatever they want... and we'll believe it without question! And if we don't, well...
It truly has become a depressing state of affairs when you cannot speak your mind, count on the Media to inform the People with veracity and investigative reporting, or even have plain, old fashion common sense without it being tantamount to being labeled a "conspiracy nut", overly critical of the current Administration or down right unpatriotic...
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"Hay mucho más que decir, pero incluso los hechos más evidentes y elementales nos deben dar mucho en que pensar", dice Chomsky en un excelente análisis de todo lo que pasó. Vos pensás y decís y eso, aunque te parezca poco, vale mucho. Ojalá existan muchos compatriotas tuyos que hagan lo mismo...
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