Congressman Dennis Kucinich wants Sy Hersh’s assertion about the Bush WH operating black assassination squads,accountable to no one,a practice if proven would represent a new level of barbarism.
IMO,this shows the two strands of thought in American public life.The American people,by and large,devoted to their economic concerns and the well being of their children,stay away from imperial delusions.In fact,they have powerful motivations to avoid foreign wars because it is their children that fight and die.
The other strand is represented by an elite that seeks hegemony worldwide and wants to achieve this by state-of-the art military force.One method Bush and Cheney hve devised is to nullify American Democracy before and after demonstration elections so that their hegemonic dreams can proceed regardless of the expressed wishes of the American people.If this situation becomes a permanent fixture of the American political landscape,say goodbye to that this country stands for.
Problem is The American people,by and large,devoted to their economic concerns and the well being of their children,stay away from politics.
for years (the last POTUS election being slightly different) around fifty percent of the eligible voters didn’t bother to vote in POTUS elections.
why not? because they see little to no difference between the “two” parties.
whatever the reason, when citizens stop caring about/paying attention to their government, the government assumes it has permission to do whatever
it wants– which is exactly what is happening in the
U.S.
“…black assassination squads,accountable to no one,a practice if proven would represent a new level of barbarism.“
Not really. It would represent more or less business as usual. Political assassination, and, of course, torture, are as American as apple pie. They did not begin with George W. Bush, and they will not end with George W. Bush.