On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 14:19 +0000, pffend Fend wrote:
the complete lack of spine of the US military about the disgraceful act of a soldier gone, they say, "amok"; the least we could do would be a court-martial of the soldier and, as Wolfgang pointed out, his commanding officers
Peter, that's not exactly what I meant. The commanding general actually has been trying to calm down his troops, as Robert Fisk observed in a recent article: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-madness-i...
What I meant was the _systemic madness_ of a stupid neo-colonial war that cannot be won. Who wants to be the last one to die for this idiocy? There are some good reasons Afghanistan has been called the graveyard of empires. So far, nobody but Ghengis Khan managed to stay there for any length of time.
Meanwhile, here in downtown New York, one the occasion of the half-anniversary of the OWS movement, some people congregated at Zucotti Park. I decided to exercise my constitutional right to free assembly and joined them in the evening. When I arrived, a crowd of perhaps 500 peaceful people were hanging out. While chatting with some old friends (Rene Gabri was there and some people from the Mayan Spring Training), I noticed a disproportionate force of NYPD troopers massing on the eastern side of the park. Then, without giving any reason (the park ostensibly has 24 hours public access, so the assembly was perfectly legal) they suddenly announced with a bullhorn that they were going to clear the park and if we wouldn't leave immediately we'd be subject to arrest. Some people sat down and the cops moved in with drawn batons and started arresting people. Those who didn't move were dragged away by force and loaded into waiting vans.
Let's face it, the US is a failed state, run by a gang of thieves out of 200 West Street, the one thing Alessio Rastani was right about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC19fEqR5bA
If you try to reason with them, you look like Kermit the frog.
Nothing left but to join the occupation.
Have a nice day,
Wolfgang
