April 20, 2009
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How does our
world remember
US American
History?
It can only overcome its historical reputation when it faces the realities of today!
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Delusion, as we know, has become an integral part of our lives. If we took time to analyse what and why we needed to believe, an honest appraisal might bring about changes in our lives. Such an appraisal would also prove to be quite dangerous, especially if a person was to alter their behaviour, and support, of those elements that require delusion in order for them to exist and enjoy their status.
The easy ones, of course, are Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, and Angels. Now that we have these minor delusions out of the way, how about getting serious?
Perhaps our greatest delusion in this new century is the omnipotence of US America by US Americans who can't believe that so many people throughout the world actually despise US America.
The world was watching
Perhaps it would be easier if US America and its staunch followers would realize that the rest of the world was watching as US America condoned, supported and pursued immoral activities that victimized most of the rest of our world – and some of those at home.
I believe it starts with the conditioning US Americans receive as children.
US America won the Indian wars. The only guys waging war wore the blue uniforms of the US military. The Indians retaliated and, like in hockey, the referees penalized the retaliator. Of course, there were no referees to oversee US America's savage and immoral murder of millions of Indians. The “bad guys” are still glorified in US America.
Our problem is that while US America may acknowledge some of their atrocities, it fails miserably in recognising that similar atrocities are taking place today.
US America also waged war in Korea, Viet Nam, Central America and, most recently, in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some of the atrocities from Korea and Viet Nam have been emerging during the last 40 years. Facts about what took place in Central America fail to gain an audience in US America while US American complicity for the reign of terror in South America has only made it onto the motion picture screens where audiences don't want to believe that US America could be so bad. After all, if the filmmakers were willing to look further, they would find out that US America had reasons. Most often you will find that those reasons were that wealthy US American's had to make more money.
I doubt that a foreign pilot shot down and captured in US America could have been treated as well as McCain whose claim of torture is shady at best, although it makes great publicity for US American audiences, especially at election time.
On their father's knee
I believe that few will conclude that the conditioning process starts by sitting on your father's knee and listening to his stories, especially those that vindicate daddy's role in an atrocity. It doesn't matter how many Viet Nam civilians he murdered, the child grows up believing daddy was a hero by killing those communists.
The same most likely happened when daddy had a few extra dollars because he collected Indian bounties as late as 1905, or, was successful during the 1700s and 1800s in his regular hunting expedition – not for game – but for Indians for which he could collect a good bounty. The US American claim of a harmonious Thanksgiving celebration with the local natives is one of those delusions and conditioning activities. For a real account of what was happening in US America at that time, read Ronald Wright's What is America?
Yes, I agree that these are things of the past that can be forgotten. Unfortunately, burying these facts from the past fails to help us understand that similar things are happening today. Our grandchildren will be called on to bury things that are taking place right now and, of course, they will get their version of this history by sitting on their father's knee.
US America had grown to be a country that needs to believe it is the land of the good. It shapes its publicity to cast a good light on everything it does. I would like to remind them that the world is watching. They may claim that they are “One Nation Under God!” but, since I believe that gods are no more than man's delusions run amok, we can't expect much more from US America than its continued need to be worshipped while it goes about its nasty business of attempting to control the world.
President Obama may make a difference, but how much of a difference is a matter for conjecture and, eventually, history. Writing in the UK Guardian, Jonathan Steele cautioned the world against comparing Obama to JFK. He expects much more of President Obama, and should.
While I like what Obama says, and some of the things he had done, he has a huge task ahead if he is going to enjoy his world-wide popularity for the next four years. His failure to take the bad guys to task for their misdeeds is being noticed by the rest of the world. US presidents have a tradition of excusing their predecessors no matter what atrocities they condoned or promoted.
I can also appreciate that if he starts to level justice against Bush and Cheney, where does it stop? German prisoners of war were chided because they defended their actions by stating that “they were acting under orders.” They should make a rubber stamp for this defence as millions of US American front line soldiers can make this same claim. So, we don't punish the soldiers. I was never in favour of such an action, but, if anyone bothers to remember, US Americans hung or shot the Japanese and German leaders who gave the orders.
If you have trouble living without US America, perhaps you should take lessons from some us who live . . . without gods!
Anton Kozlik
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