Torture, Rape and Murder Continue

https://youtu.be/R96jRnBYymU

Cheney and Bush bet they could get away with two two wars of choice, proxy wars on Gaza and the West Bank, illegal wiretapping in America… along with torture, rape and murder for the corporate bottom line.

And we let them.

“Bush, Cheney and company took us into some very, very dark places after 9/11, and the detention of hundreds of innocent people solely on the basis of their race or religion is just the tip of the iceberg of what they did.

They lied us into illegal wars that killed thousands of Americans and millions of Iraqis and Afghan civilians. They also tortured terrorism suspects, many of whom turned out to be innocent, in violation of international and US law.”

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34032-court-rules-bush-administration-can-be-sued-for-war-on-terror-conduct

But the Obama administration made Cheney and Bush look like pikers. Not only did the Obama administration refuse to prosecute anyone in the Bush administration, they adopted the
Bush techniques and refined them. They took us into 28 wars of choice while doing illegal global wiretapping as well as more torture, rape and murder for the corporate bottom line.

And we let them.

https://youtu.be/71Gt46aX9Z4

“The president maintains a “global system of kidnapping, torture, rape and murder” to demoralize and coerce those who would oppose the American-led neoliberal empire”

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/obamas_terror_campaign_20130422#below

Now we are at a tipping point. After years 36 years of aggression, spending trillions, killing millions, creating more enemies and making us less safe… everyday people in America have failing schools, decreased incomes, jobs shipped overseas, deteriorating infrastructure, and crippled human services. America is understood to be the primary exporter of munitions and terror on the planet. We are now defined, globally, as a nation whose economy is based on destabilization, attacks, invasions, occupation, exploitation and avoidable wars for corporate profit.

Yet too many continue to vote for the war parties, knowing they are not on our side.

https://youtu.be/r5If816MhoU

“Available economic, educational, and military data indicate that, when it comes to U.S. global power, negative trends will aggregate rapidly by 2020 and are likely to reach a critical mass no later than 2030. The American Century, proclaimed so triumphantly at the start of World War II, will be tattered and fading by 2025, its eighth decade, and could be history by 2030.”

http://www.salon.com/2010/12/06/america_collapse_2025/

So where do we go from here?

https://youtu.be/L5jI9I03q8E

“A revolution has been unleashed across the globe. This revolution, a popular repudiation of the old order, is where we should direct all our energy and commitment. If we do not topple the corporate elites the ecosystem will be destroyed and massive numbers of human beings along with it. The struggle will be long. There will be times when it will seem we are going nowhere. Victory is not inevitable. But this is our best and only hope. The response of the corporate state will ultimately determine the parameters and composition of rebellion. I pray we replicate the 1989 nonviolent revolutions that overthrew the communist regimes in Eastern Europe. But this is not in my hands or yours.”

see Hedges entire article at the Alliance…

http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/hedges

“An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Overthrowing the Corporate Elite”

Editor’s note:

As Mr. Hedges has advised, go ahead and vote this November, but don’t waste more time or energy than it takes to get to your polling station and pull a lever for a third-party candidate. Voting against corporate wars matters. We can do more than register resistance, defiance and rebellion. We must continue the struggle with alternative media, radio and back in the streets. This is where real power will be decided. With courage instead of fear and commitment instead of compromise, we can steal victory from the jaws of defeat and take back this nation from the racists, haters and fascists at the helm.

~Tim Flanagan: No fear, no compromise and no surrender.