Humanitarian Killers

Just how utterly confused and contradictory U.S. governmental policies are can be seen in the spectacle of American planes dropping bombs on people in Iraq while, at the same time, dropping food, water, and other “humanitarian” aid to persons victimized by the consequences of the post-9/11 insanity loosed, by Washington, upon that country. I am reminded of those World War II photos of American soldiers distributing candy to the children of towns destroyed by the war-system. “Hey, kid, I know that our bombers and artillery have leveled your village, and that the rest of your family may be buried beneath tons of rubble, but here, have a Hershey-bar!”

Efforts by the media to reconcile the contradictions that statism always produces might be greatly improved by bringing into the charade those well-known Marxists, . . . Groucho, Harpo, and Chico. So, too, might the 19th century poet, William Thackeray, be updated to include members of the 21st century media in his criticism of the poets and historians of his age who romanticized war:
And ever since historian writ,
And ever since a bard did sing,
Doth each exalt with all his wit
The noble art of murdering.

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9:41 am on August 11, 2014