JASON MILLER: How the West and the West Bank Were Won

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by Jason Miller -- World News Trust

As I write to you from the heart of the Midwest, the epicenter of one of history's most egregious and shameful genocides, I watch with horror and moral revulsion as the U.S. military industrial complex underwrites and supports a similar act of social extermination in the Middle East. CNN informed me yesterday that the mighty U.S. military had killed eighteen civilians in Pakistan due to "bad intelligence" in the ongoing "war on terror." As an ally in this "war on terror," Pakistani leaders were justifiably upset. Can you imagine the repercussions if Pakistan killed eighteen American civilians on U.S. soil in a "strike against terrorists" based on "bad intelligence?" There would certainly be hell to pay. Yet in this instance, the Pakistanis will be lucky to receive an apology.

It is NOT terrorism when we do it

While the propaganda, lies, and white-washed accounts in American history books have often portrayed the Native Americans as "savages" who deserved to be "conquered" (while glorifying "how the west was won"), mainstream media frequently informs us of "acts of terrorism" by militant Palestinian individuals and groups. Concurrently, the abhorrent acts of state terrorism committed by the US and Israeli governments are usually presented as "necessary" and "acceptable."

The undeniable fact is that the United States is an imperial power that almost extinguished the Native American population and is working toward a similar result with the Palestinians through their proxy in Israel. Despite professing acceptance of diversity, racism, bigotry, and religious intolerance are deeply ingrained into the sociopolitical structure of the United States. Dehumanizing the human "obstacles" to accomplishing its imperialistic goals has enabled the United States to murder and abuse various groups throughout its history.

If they aren't human, it isn't murder

Viewing Vietnamese as "gooks," "dinks," or "termites" enabled the U.S. military to slaughter at least 2 million of them during the Vietnam invasion. Considering Iraqis as "ragheads" and "cockroaches" enabled the agents of the U.S. government to wipe out 55,000 of their children during the Gulf War and 30,000 to 100,000 Iraqi civilians (and counting) during the illegal occupation of Iraq.

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