Love It or Leave ItSARTRE Now with the undying War on Terror as the trumped up cornerstone of government survival, the same old party line of jingoism rises again to smear any opposition of the all mighty war machine. The following is written by a student, Alex Bertsch, not back in the 1960s but this year. I cant question the actions of the military without being anti-American. I cant question events like the My Lai Massacre, in which U.S. Army soldiers killed between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in Vietnam, with virtually no punishment. I am barely allowed to question the Haditha Killings, in which U.S. Marines killed 24 civilians in 2006. Questioning these atrocities would be un-American. Start with a review of the violent history of our species and especially the involvements from our own country in its short existence. In the lifetime of the eldest living Americans, the Major Military Operations Since World War II gives a summary of the largest involvements. For a more comprehensive analysis of American conflicts, Were at War! And We Have Been Since 1776: 214 Years of American War-Making, provides an exhaustive list. If the goal is to build a global empire, all these campaigns fit a pattern of design and intention. But is this the true purpose of our founding as a nation? When John Milton Hay Secretary of State coined the phrase, A Splendid Little War Whose War Is It? he must have known that expansion to form an intercontinental realm was put irrepressibly in motion. This NeoConservative philosophy is pure Internationalism in its most raw form. It is the antithesis of traditional American policy, and attempts to foster a new imperialism that is totally out of step and discredited by civilized societies. The portrait of the Ugly American is one that needs to be relegated to the scrap heap of embarrassed memories. Regretfully, the entire last hundred years, billed as the American century, just continued an imperialism that kicked off with the Spanish American War. This foreign policy never made the world safe for some mythical Democracy, but actually set forth a domination culture of rhetoric and force that fostered the economic corporatist interests, protected by garrison outposts scattered around the world. So what sleight of hand or mental hypnosis keeps the gullible public from facing up to the indisputable facts that all these oversea adventures actually destroy our countrys real security? Libertarian Jacob G. Hornberger makes a striking argument in THE TROOPS ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY that help answers this question. This viewpoint goes directly to de-constructing the silly blind faith that the Puddnhead flag wavers keep following with every additional failed overseas venture. The mindset that is common to U.S. troops serving overseas is that they are all doing it for America, for us, for our rights and freedoms, for our safety and security. Theyll all tell you that they are doing it because they love their country. Theres one big problem with that mindset, however. The truth is that the troops, through what theyre doing over there, are indirectly destroying our country, our rights and freedoms, our safety and security, and our economic well-being. Once again, the justification is to keep us safe. Safe from what? From the people over there who are angry over what the troops are doing over there. The more people the troops kill and maim, the angrier people get, the greater the threat of terrorist retaliation, the greater the need to keep us safe, and the greater the infringements on our freedom and well-being. The troops have convinced themselves that theyre over there killing the people who would otherwise be coming over here to kill us. Thats ridiculous. If people wanted to come over here to kill us, they could easily circumvent the troops and come over here and kill us. With the open border approach in effect, the long forgotten Monroe Doctrine exempts the refugees from our hemisphere from colonizing our own land. Such acts of aggression go unpunished, while deploying foreign legions around the rest of the globe is defended as necessary. Wake up America! Where is the common sense to ignore the pontifications of government authorities and trained seal newspeak propagandists? Celebrating the gallantry of a Navy SEAL psychopath assassin like Chris Kyle defies the most rudimentary sense of moral scrutiny, even if one wants to argue the just war theorem. However, if you candidly research the covert connections in the creation, funding and training of the mythical terrorism threats, the conclusion will adopt the undeniable linkage to Western governments hidden hand behind the scenes. Ken OKeefe, a former US Marine discusses Washingtons major role in either generating or aggravating most of the current crises across the world and allowing groups like the ISIL Takfiri terrorists to foster and grow in the video US can no longer deny its support for ISIL. Much has been written about how the world has changed after 9-11. The three videos on 911 a saga of deceit and lies goe unanswered because the facts presented have no legitimate counter by the establishment warmongers. Chicken hawks, like Senator Lindsey Graham that routinely spread their drivel on Faux News are reprehensible. When his patron oracle Senator John McCain spills his vile indignation, the pompous faithful of the permanent warfare society rally round his banner. The Zero Hedge article asks important questions, 59% Of Americans Support Post-9/11 Torture Propaganda, Cultural Sickness, Or Both? The way you answer directly reflects your attitude about the supposed War on Terror. Whatever it takes to keep the homeland safe never includes questioning the factual circumstances that reveal the false flag nature, used for the phony justification to build a domestic police state. There is no place for the Truth Movement in the realm of the NeoCon right-thinking camp. One such Kool-Aid dispenser in the deadly disease of disinformation is Cliff Kincaid. His article, Lies of the 9/11 Truth Movement, published in Accuracy in Media is a classic in denial. The inside job theory of 9/11 is appealing to those holding a Marxist or anti-Semitic view that American foreign policy is secretly manipulated by imperialist or Zionist agents. On other occasions, the puppet-masters are global elites or members of secret clubs. These theories preclude serious thinking about why America is under attack and by whom. Facts and evidence dont matter when a theory about sinister secret agents with no names makes more sense. Paleo-conservatives are the genuine voice of authentic conservatism. The Love It or Leave It crowds of paper mache sword-waving jingoists who purport to be patriots are committed internationalists in the advancement of an American Empire. Their bellicose and warmongering mindset is no formula for genuine patriotism. More Liberty Now concludes and asks a question that few dare to confront. Love it or leave it admits that the government is a monopoly that claims ownership of us all. This ultimatum is not compatible with free market beliefs. It advocates settling for mediocrity and a monopoly. Worst of all, its a false choice since the very government we are urged to love will not allow anyone to leave its jurisdiction. That doesnt fit within any definition of patriotic Im aware of. Does it fit yours? People are so dumbed down about true national security since 911 and gleefully boast and demonstrate their pride in stupidity. Hypocrites who refuse to face reality about their government and foreign policy wickedness, while pretending to be champions of American principles, are mentally ill betrayers. Amerika is in a death spiral because denial is the new national anthem, sung to the tune of THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC, for an American nation that no longer exists. Original article archived here SARTRE is the pen name of James Hall, a reformed, former political operative. This pundits formal instruction in History, Philosophy and Political Science served as training for activism, on the staff of several politicians and in many campaigns. A believer in authentic Public Service, independent business interests were pursued in the private sector. Speculation in markets, and international business investments, allowed for extensive travel and a world view for commerce. SARTRE is the publisher of BREAKING ALL THE RULES. Contact batr@batr.org 