11-20-2017, 11:39 AM
(11-20-2017, 11:07 AM)Cynic Hero 86 Wrote:(11-20-2017, 10:13 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:(11-19-2017, 01:44 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: > I question how different it is. There was plenty of government
> oppression and jailing in the US in and around the awakening era
> in response to civil rights and antiwar demonstrations. I'd
> suggest we have to wait until these countries get well into the
> unravelling era to see if there's anything fundamentally
> different.
You've gotta be kidding. Where did this come from? Have you even
read the articles I've written about these countries?
In DRC, government-sponsored milities are killing and mutilating
opposition civilians. 3.9 million people have been forced to flee
their homes to escape the violence, with hundreds of thousands in
Zambia, Angola and other countries. Nothing like that happened in
America.
In Burundi, a UN report has documented massive numbers of attacks on
political opponents, including torture, sexual violence, arbitrary
jailings, targeted assassinations and summary executions. Nothing
like that happened in America.
In Syria, the government has repeatedly used missile attacks on
innocent civilians in marketplaces, hospitals, schools, and ordinary
neighborhoods, and has even used Sarin gas on opponents. Nothing like
that happened in America.
In Cambodia, the governing party has succeeded in using the courts to
dissolve the opposing political party and arrest its leaders. Lyndon
Johnson may have wanted to do that, but in the end, nothing like that
happened in America.
So I don't know what political or ideological point you're trying to
make from this bizarre comparison, but America was nothing like these
countries.
Face it Xenakis, Americans and westerners in general don't want a "global nanny" international system.
Yes, many don't, and yet, many do.
