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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Bill Rood" |
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09 Jun 2007 12:47:57 AM |
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PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS -- Are Americans moral degenerates? |
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Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan
administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal
editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He says,
"That the American people and their elected representatives continue to
tolerate a war that has killed and maimed thousands of their own
soldiers, destroyed the infrastructure of a country, killed hundreds of
thousands of Iraqi civilians and created 4 million refugees for no known
reason raises serious questions about the morals of the American people.
"Is the impotence of the peace movement due to the power of the Israel
Lobby or have Americans become morally degenerate as commentators
increasingly assert?
"One indication would be the response of presidential candidates to the
gratuitous and failed war. What we saw at the Republican presidential
candidates' debate on June 5 is inconsistent with the self-esteem of the
American people. All of the leading Republican presidential candidates
openly and nonchalantly endorsed using nuclear weapons against Iran
unless Iran abandons its right to enrich uranium under the
non-proliferation treaty, to which Iran is a signatory (unlike
nuclear-armed Israel, India, and US puppet Pakistan).
"What is moral degeneracy if it is not using nuclear weapons to murder
masses of innocent civilians and spread deadly radioactivity over vast
areas merely in order to force a country to do as we order? If this
isn't barbarism, what is barbarism?
"Do the American people realize that the frontrunners for the Republican
presidential nomination are monsters who want to murder people who have
done us no harm?
"After five years of war that has achieved no noble purpose, no valid
aim, indeed, no aim at all except perhaps Osama bin Laden's aim of
stirring up uncontrollable strife in the Middle East, how can
Republicans cheer for candidates who preach a wider war and the use of
nuclear weapons against defenseless people?
"Is the approval lavished on Republican presidential candidates, who are
willing to use nuclear weapons as means of terrorizing Muslim peoples,
an indication that the American people have morphed into inhuman monsters?
"If not, what does it indicate? Ignorant fanaticism? Paranoia? Blind
hatred? The belief that no one is of any value but Americans?
....
"An administration that resurrects the threat of nuclear Armageddon so
that its cronies in the military-security complex can become still
richer is evil beyond compare."
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<b><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Paul Craig Roberts</font></b><font
face="Verdana" size="-1"> was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in
the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street
Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He
says, <br>
<br>
"</font><font face="Verdana" size="-1">That the American people and
their elected representatives continue to tolerate a war that has
killed and maimed thousands of their own soldiers, destroyed the
infrastructure of a country,</font><font face="Verdana" size="-1">
killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and created 4 million
refugees for no known reason raises serious questions about the morals
of the American people.</font>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1">"Is the impotence of the peace
movement due to the power of the Israel Lobby or have Americans become
morally degenerate as commentators increasingly assert?</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1">"One indication would be the response
of presidential candidates to the gratuitous and failed war. What we
saw at the Republican presidential candidates' debate on June 5 is
inconsistent with the self-esteem of the American people. All of the
leading Republican presidential candidates openly and nonchalantly
endorsed using nuclear weapons against Iran unless Iran abandons its
right to enrich uranium under the non-proliferation treaty, to which
Iran is a signatory (unlike nuclear-armed Israel, India, and US puppet
Pakistan).</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1">"What is moral degeneracy if it is
not using nuclear weapons to murder masses of innocent civilians and
spread deadly radioactivity over vast areas merely in order to force a
country to do as we order? If this isn't barbarism, what is barbarism?</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1">"Do the American people realize that
the frontrunners for the Republican presidential nomination are
monsters who want to murder people who have done us no harm?</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1">"After five years of war that has
achieved no noble purpose, no valid aim, indeed, no aim at all except
perhaps Osama bin Laden's aim of stirring up uncontrollable strife in
the Middle East, how can Republicans cheer for candidates who preach a
wider war and the use of nuclear weapons against defenseless people?</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1">"Is the approval lavished on
Republican presidential candidates, who are willing to use nuclear
weapons as means of terrorizing Muslim peoples, an indication that the
American people have morphed into inhuman monsters?</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1">"If not, what does it indicate?
Ignorant fanaticism? Paranoia? Blind hatred? The belief that no one is
of any value but Americans?<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1">...<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1">"An administration that resurrects
the threat of nuclear Armageddon so that its cronies in the
military-security complex can become still richer is evil beyond
compare."<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="-1"><a
href="http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts06082007.html">http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts06082007.html</a><br>
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