And after the US attacked Iraq and engaged in the most outrageous ethnic cleansing of all, resulting in over 1 million deaths and 3 million refugees, with Baghdad literally walled into separate ethnic enclaves, how can any American complain about the imaginary Serb ethnic cleansing. Serbia today is still the most diverse place of the former Yugoslavia.

And, as the article you posted points out, the American habit of calling each new target the new “Hitler” was appallingly egregious in the case of the Serbs, who were victims of the Croats and the Muslims who allied with the REAL Hitler 50 years before, including some of the actual same people, who crawled from their holes, emboldened by American support, money and weapons, to repeat the actions in the 90s that they had in the 40s.

The attack on Yugoslavia was a new program rolled out to see how it would fly, calling armed attacks “humanitarian intervention”. You see it now as the US announces that it must send more troops to Afghanistan, “to save the women”. Never mind that the women are much worse off after 8 years of US occupation. Especially the brides bombed on their wedding days. We are to pretend that 8 years means nothing and that the US really means well.

Which brings us to Haiti. The propaganda is astounding! How can they talk about the poverty of Haiti without mentioning the years of attacks by France and the US.

And Obama has the nerve to appoint Bush and Clinton to lead the “relief efforts”.

Bush, who was the second Bush to support coups against the elected leader of Haiti, Aristide,
and Clinton, who put him back in power only after ensuring that he would go along with the neocon agenda?

Why is Haiti so poor? Maybe if the US wouldn’t have invaded and occupied it for so many years, supported the dictators, dumped cheap rice on it, throwing their farmers out of work and into crowded slums, where they work for 30 cents an hour, while the country is forced to pay $1,000,000 a week to the banksters.

Democracy Now pointed out that 30 years ago, Haiti was food self sufficient, but after 30 years of “aid” they were forced to eat mud earlier this year.

What an insult to the Haitian people to have two of the biggest living criminals against their country put in charge of “helping” them. This sends a clear message that Obama means no better for those people, no matter what his skin pigmentation is.

At the moment, American people are being exposed to strong indoctrination about Iran. They are being readied for war on another front by the President who stood on a platform of change.

The killing of the atomic scientist in Tehran was clearly set up by Western forces to further stir things up, to demonize Iran, to justify an attack which I sense is not too far away.

If that attack comes, the world will go up in smoke!

Cheers.

However, the U.S. does not share the same attitude toward homosexuals as the Islamic nations in the Middle East, Souheast Asia, and Africa. These places have a bloodthirsty, even savage approach toward gays. The U.S., like parts of Latin America, has a brand of machismo that permeates its identity. Gays here are often denied equality in housing and employment, fired from teaching jobs in most states, frequently disowned by their families, and subject to many other subtle forms of discrimination. And, of course, there’s the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” regulation in the military. But anti-gay activities in this country do not include the practice of publicly humiliating and executing known or suspected gay people. That’s the difference between here and there. I mentioned Iran as only one place where such atrocities take place, maybe not in the streets if downtown Teheran, but in other cities and towns in that huge country.

Understand, please, that my mention of Serbia was to illustrate that the USA is not the only country capable of wanton warfare. I could have mentioned any number of places in the world where violence and genocide have taken place. Unfortunately, the ringleader of perpetual war during this ugly period of history is the USA. Countless Americans are ashamed, frustrated, and angry with this state of violence, fueled by the military-industrial complex, the all-powerful oil companies, the fanatical support for Israel, and the well-provided for politicians. Unfortunately, countless more are brainwashed into thnking and saying out loud that if we weren’t fighting over there, we’d be fighting here.

I appreciate the dignity with which the commentators on this site are respectful and know how to disagree with decorum.

Grace, your question is an interesting one! I guess the answer lies in the amount of money the U.S. has invested in Israel!

Kristen, people generally seem to be immune to the horror and suffering that war causes. Not the folk who lived through WW2 of course. They felt the full horror. The U.S. has only had Pearl Harbor and 9/11 thus far, so they have largely escaped the reality.

If Americans suffered what the Iraqis and the Afghanis have for a few years, they mightn’t be so keen on war!

Cheers!

Yes.

It was just a ‘supposing if..” kind of question. I was sincere in my question. It is something I really want to know.

You say “nobody would be saved..” Interesting.