Obama’s speech on Monday was a shocker! Not for its failure to convince anyone that Oil, gas and eliminating Gaddafi are not the primary objectives of the Libyan intervention, but for the fact that ruling Corporatist and Banker elites in the US no longer find it necessary to hide their true character or intentions.
Obama, puppet president
The revealing line in an otherwise cumbersome, meandering speech was like a cymbal-clash shattering a funeral silence. Obama justified future unilateral military action -- without approval from Congress -- on the basis of the usual arguments: “I will never hesitate to use our military swiftly, decisively, and unilaterally when necessary to defend our people, our homeland, our allies, and our core interest.” No surprises here, but Obama quickly followed with an historically familiar, but shocking nevertheless, ‘justification’ for future unilateral military intervention; “when our safety is not directly threatened, but our interests and our values are!” [Emphasis added.]
The (intentional) message couldn’t have been clearer; the US will engage in a pre-emptive attack on anyone it chooses, whenever it chooses and for whatever reasons it chooses; “values” is a VERY BROAD header, notwithstanding that “interests” is also broad but is generally interpreted as Corporate/PROFIT related!
In effect the US executive has given itself carte blanche to invade, murder and steal whatever it wishes from whomsoever it decides to target – any nation, group or individual! [Are you reading this, Russia and China?]
It is NOW a matter of urgency that the WORLD familiarise itself with American ‘values.’
One need only review the recent past to gain a VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.
President Bush regarded the American Constitution and Bill of Rights as, “pieces of paper” and did everything in his (Cheney’s) power to make the Executive a law unto itself and answerable to no one. The ‘values’ that directly flowed from increased Executive power and minimised accountability are; pursuing a pre-emptive military strike on Iraq based on LIES, the consequent deaths of over ONE MILLION INNOCENT CIVILIANS, the displacement of over three million civilians and the destruction of a once viable State!
The USA is now indisputably the world’s leading civilian killing, therefore terrorist, nation -- FACT! Should we add legalising TORTURE and (illegal) INDEFINITE DETENTION without charge or trial; how about intrusive surveillance on America citizens or the loss of rights and freedoms our forefathers battled and died to implement and preserve? The above are the REAL ‘values’ of TODAY’S America, THE HISTORICAL RECORD bears TRAGIC TESTIMONY to the FACT!
The list of American criminal activity increases by the day; Drone warfare is by nature a crime against humanity, as it indiscriminately kills INNOCENT civilians, yet current US ‘values’ allow CIA agents and the military to launch deadly missiles FULLY COGNISANT of the fact that innocent people will die. What do you think of REAL American ‘values’ NOW, people? The bitter taste in your mouth is the new flavour of American F-A-S-C-I-S-M; no difference exists betweens Nazi ideology and that expressed by Obama in his speech Monday, none whatsoever!
So, where do the WORLD’S moral, law abiding MAJORITY stand in relation to current American values? DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED, of course!
In no way or by any demented stretch of the imagination do we support the US in its current role as the world's leading criminal nation. However, we do support bringing those responsible for mass murder and other crimes against humanity to trial. We also support RESTORING REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY and the rule of LAW.
As for your speech Obama -- you reprehensible PUPPET -- you can blow it and Y-O-U-R criminal ‘values’ out your arse!
by suk 2011-03-31 21:26:30
The shamelessly servile, groveling and submissive Oz Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, accused Oz Greens leader and sexual deviant Bob 'poof' Brown, of not reflecting Australian values -- she was not referring to his homosexuality! Gillard made this accusation immediately after Obama's Libya ('values') speech -- do You believe in coincidences?
See link for lesson in servility and spinelessness.
Gillard herself has already LOST the next election -- of that outcome there is absolutely no doubt BUT America got its huge military bases and that's all that counts -- Gillard is actually guilty of TREASON, she had no mandate to compromise the nation and make it a PRIME nuclear target. The 'secondary' matter of making Oz a primary nuclear target was not even mentioned by ANY local commentator or media outlet; such is the pervasive influence of the elites, at this point in time -- though that situation could change in a flash and the elites know it!
Maybe Gillard is suffering from a 'values' dilemma herself - she clearly has no traditional sovereign Oz identity and feverishly laps the last drop of wet propaganda Washington offers. Her media managers are clearly 5th rate and its all but over for her. The party would do well to rectify this problem well before the next election, unless of course they wish to emulate the thrashing they got in NSW.
Astute politicians know that a REAL leader who reflects traditional Oz cultural values and represents the people instead of the Corporations or US interests would romp into office -- major party 'cocksuckers' (though this is not the language that would be utiised if such an event were to occur) -- beware!
This is not America and the Labor Party would do well to understand that American methods gain very little traction over here -- astute media managers are well aware of this FACT. Howard utilised local media assistance and maintained popularity for years, including his use of the obscene race card, but they knew it would work, and it did!
Times and tactics change but methods do not -- good luck, LOSERS!
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