THE ROGUE STATE

[dudeness]

Legendary foreign correspondent JOHN PILGER on America's bid to control the world




FOR 101 days, Royal Marines have been engaged in a farcical operation as mercenaries of the United States whose lawlessness now qualifies it as the world's leading rogue state.

Shooting at shadows, and the occasional tribesman, blowing up mounds of dirt and displaying "captured" arms for the media, all have been part of the Marines' humiliating role in Afghanistan - a role foisted upon them by the Blair government, whose deference to and collusion with the Bush gang has become a parody of the imperial courtier.

Gang is not an exaggeration. The word, in my dictionary, means "a group of people working together for criminal, disreputable ends". That describes accurately George W Bush and those who write his speeches and make his decisions and who, since their rise to power, have undermined the very basis of international law.




snip..http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12005343&method=full&siteid=50143

Pilger nails it again..

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Any way Shrub can be tried for war crimes?

With the Repukes lock on Congress, we can't impeach him, which is what he deserves. But is there any way the world can do something, like an international warrent for his arrest?

[jackofhearts]

2. When will Americans open their eyes...

...and see this for what it is. This article describes bush and the fascists perfectly. How is it the half the electorate is still ready to cast a vote for this fuck? What will it take to get the christian base to realize that murdering children is not OK just because our war preznit says it is. What will it take to make otherwise reasonably intelligent people to see that invasion and murder has only made things worse as far as terrorist threats.

It has become insanity.

[teryang]

3. Is speaking the way?

Is that enough? I hope so. Because this war is about to spread uncontrollably throughout Asia if it isn't.

Incidentally, did anyone see the interview Pilger tried to do of John Bolton? Unable to respond to the candid questions of the journalist, Bolton simply rudely dismissed him as a "communist" and terminated the interview.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Maybe not enough

because the original date of the article was 4th July, 2002. It's still fairly relevant, but the past 2 years shows that we, the public, have to listen and act to have any chance of stopping the warmongers.

[dand]

5. With a corrupt Corporation and PAC owned Congress,

Executive branch, and Supreme Court and a State controlled Press,we have a lot to overcome. This is a fine article, thanks for posting it dudeness.