Howard Zinn (The Progressive): Humpty Dumpty Will Fall

[Dudley_DUright]

The "victory" over an already devastated and disarmed Iraq led Bush, Rumsfeld, and their teammates into a locker-room frenzy of exultation and self-congratulation. I half expected to see Bush joyfully pouring beer on Rumsfeld's head and Ashcroft snapping a towel at Ari Fleischer's derrière.

But it turns out that the war did not bring order to Iraq, but chaos, not crowds of cheering Iraqis, but widespread hostility. "No to Saddam! No to Bush!" were the signs, as Iraqis contemplated their ruined historic treasures, their destroyed homes, and the graves of their dead--thousands and thousands of civilians and soldiers, with many more men, women, children wounded. And it goes on as I write this in mid-June--an ugly occupation. I see a headline: "U.S. Troops Kill 70 in Iraqi Crackdown."

With each passing day, the Bush Administration's lies are being exposed. There were the lies about war being necessary to destroy Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction." But an American army of 200,000, moving aggressively throughout the country, cannot find them. The only weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have been the bombs and missiles raining down by the thousands, the cluster bombs spewing out their deadly pellets, the arsenal of the greatest military power on Earth visiting destruction on a country ruled by a murderous tyrant, but militarily helpless.

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http://www.progressive.org/aug03/zinn0803.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. thanks

After yesterday's shennanigans on the floor I was feeling
pretty low...

Zinn has made my day... err my week

:evilgrin:

[revcarol]

2. Resistance is futile...you are the Borg...NOT!!

Thanks, I needed that. Our efforts are worth it, and we do need to be reminded of this every once in a while.

[Khephra]

3. Excellent article!

Thanks for posting it!

[indepat]

4. Howard Zinn gives me hope that if this nation is worth saving, that if

the government of the people, by the people, and for the people (the people and its institutions) have not become too craven, and that could be forcefully argued, maybe our nation will be saved.