To Whom It May Concern
If man Kills one he is charged with murder or manslaughter.If man kills ten he is called a
madman. If he kills one hundred he is called
a physco. But if he kills thousands he is called glorious and a warrior. And given the title of
a great and mighty general and a fearless leader of so called men I mean sheep.
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the terrorists of Iraq are ALL sitting in the white house….......BUSH & CO!

What’s it going to take before everyone’s saying, “OK, count me in?”  How many Katrinas, 9/11s, Iraqs and untrustworthy presidents do we have to suffer through before everyone agrees that the sky really is falling?  What’s this?  You don’t want to think about it?  Why not?  Too much pain and suffering?  Of course what happens is that we end up leaving it for our children and grandchildren to save the world.  Only by the time they’re ready to take on such a heavy load, it’ll be too late.  And for having failed our children and grandchildren, we can expect to be on the receiving end of some extremely angry words, such as “Thanks a lot dear departed parents and grandparents. What the heck held you back?”

ARTIST GENERAL’S WARNING: When questions Beg for Answers Owed? ~Something’s ROTten in “Democracy”...

THINKING INSIDE THE BOXoffice: A Battle-tried-&-true director goes apolitical in fear of cheerleaders & chickenhawks?!

OLIVER LIEBERSTONE? THE RUB? ~AN EFFECTIVE CINEMATIC OLIVE BRANCH TO THE NINE-ELEVENATING BLUDGEONEERS OF HOU$E BUSHELZEBUB
 
Published on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 by TomDispatch.com
Oliver Stone, 9/11, and the Big Lie
by Ruth Rosen

How could Oliver Stone leave it up to viewers to discover for themselves who committed this crime? And how could he leave the audience with the impression that there was a connection, as Dick Cheney has never stopped saying, between 9/11 and Iraq?

This is the tragic failure of Stone’s World Trade Center. It undercuts the historical value of the film and reinforces the Biggest Lie of the last five years, still believed by far too many Americans—that in Iraq, we are fighting those who attacked our country.

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0816-33.htm

Who profits from war?

Every country has some form of Military Industrial Complex, a conglomeration of corporations whose primary business is “DEFENSE” but none can begin to compare with the behemoth mounted on the back’s of Americans. It permeates and dominates our society from top to bottom. The MIC is our largest employer, and millions of investors own shares, but something like 80% of stocks are owned by the richest ten per percent of our population. Some people call them plutocrats, or oligarchs but whatever they are called, they are in fact our rulers. Our government, armed forces, security agencies, police and judicial system were devised to protect and serve their interests worldwide. They have the gold and they make the rules.

With little or no government oversight, our rulers make huge profits preparing for war, but the Big Bucks come like an avalanche with actually waging war. Hence the incentive for war. Other than the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, wars are always fought for profit. Our political leaders serve them, not us. Is it reasonable to believe we can check their omnipotent power over our society, short of a revolution?

After the revolution we must nationalize the Military Industrial Complex, and put in place a progressive tax system that prevents the accumulation of great wealth by the few. Otherwise a new plutocracy will simply replace the old.

I saw Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center” last night. It wasn’t going to be my first choice in movies, preferring lighter fare in these dark times. However, it is a powerful film about an horrific event which impacted not only the US but the world and I felt so angry about the lack of logical or effective policy in our government in the very real world of terrorism. This government has wasted billions of dollars and thousands of lives in the ill-begotten war in Iraq. Not to mention the ill will engendered and the abolishment of diplomacy and effective intelligence gathering as a means to an end. War is not the answer.

Kudos to Oliver Stone! He has been one of the few consitent voices of reason in the American cultural landscape for a long time. his comments are as true as they ever have been. I agree wholeheartedly that the U.S.A. has pushed the snooze button a few too many times. We are wired on consumerism and meaningless lifestyle addictions, it is time to rethink our values as citizens of the U.S.A.

The truth of war is never as attractive as the fable of war. During Vietnam, we saw the horror of war every night on the evening news, and the result was American revulsion at the carnage and inhumanity. If Americans had this type of exposure to the Iraq war, or occupation, it would have ended long ago. Using ‘shock and awe’ or ‘operation Iraqi freedom’ is an attempt to glorify death and destruction through the manipulation of language. It is nondifferent from naming eradication of civil liberty PATRIOT or discrimination and reduction of curricula standards No Child Left Behind. In particular, ‘shock and awe’ implies divine reverance, a theological association meant to invoke God’s punishment against evil. Oliver Stone’s observation is telling. Platoon and Full Metal Jacket were the result of popular disgust with Vietnam. We will have to wait until the smokescreen clears before we see films of this nature about Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon.