Entries (RSS)Archive for 'Imperialism'
American Oligarchy
The cost of America’s global empire is eroding democracy at home. It’s time to find new models, and a better way.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 26 Jan 2010 at 07:56 under Imperialism, Politics.
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Asking Why
America needs to understand that the Muslim world isn’t judging us by our words, but by our actions. The way for the U.S. to earn trust is to change its behavior.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 09 Jan 2010 at 08:48 under Imperialism, Politics, War.
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The Widening Gyre
Attempting to use reason to defend unreason leads to moral bankruptcy. America is no longer the force for good it might once have been, it is a military dynamo and spreader of chaos. Subtle reasoning won’t change that. Only repentance can change that.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 05 Jan 2010 at 18:16 under Imperialism, Politics, War.
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Creative Destruction and the Iraq War
Ledeen: “Creative destruction is our middle name, both within our own society and abroad. We tear down the old order every day….” Klein: “Iraq wasn’t being destroyed by cruise missiles, cluster bombs, chaos, and looting; it was being born again.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 26 Nov 2009 at 21:03 under Imperialism, Iraq, Politics, War.
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Beacon of Hope?
Something about the last few years has got me rethinking the globalist project. America is engaged in nothing less than a war of imperial domination around the globe.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 22 Nov 2009 at 21:38 under Economy, Imperialism, Politics, War.
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Obama’s Paradox
Barack Obama is a man of peace, yet he sits astride an army that is waging two simultaneous wars…. The logic of his position requires him to defend the American empire.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 10 Oct 2009 at 09:55 under Imperialism, Politics, War.
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Pakistan Scaremongering
It might be time for U.S. officials to take Pakistani democracy more seriously than ever before. Scaremongering in the U.S. won’t help build trust on either side.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 06 May 2009 at 14:11 under Imperialism, Pakistan, War.
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Hound of Heaven
“The Special Forces guys, they hunt men, basically. We do the same thing as Christians. We hunt people for Jesus. We hunt ’em down. Get the Hound of Heaven after ’em.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 05 May 2009 at 10:17 under Imperialism, Religion, War.
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America Tortures
President Bush said, “America does not torture,” but there is evidence proving that America did torture, and that responsibility went all the way to the top. Now President Obama wants to “look forward” rather than going after those responsible.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 02 May 2009 at 22:46 under Civil Rights, Imperialism, Politics.
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Killing Civilians
America’s responsibility for the killing of innocents in faraway lands hasn’t ended with the coming of the Obama administration.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 23 Apr 2009 at 12:34 under Imperialism, War.
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