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Showing Original Post only (View all)"There is an even bigger lie: the arrogant idea that this country is the center of the universe .... [View all]
[font size="4"]..... exceptionally virtuous, admirable, superior.
If our starting point for evaluating the world around us is the firm belief that this nation is somehow endowed by Providence with unique qualities that make it morally superior to every other nation on Earth, then we are not likely to question the president when he says we are sending our troops here or there, or bombing this or that, in order to spread our values -- democracy, liberty, and let's not forget free enterprise -- to some God-forsaken (literally) place in the world."[/font] -- Howard Zinn
The complete piece, "Lessons of the Iraq War start with U.S. history", is at: http://progressive.org/media_mpzinn030806
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"There is an even bigger lie: the arrogant idea that this country is the center of the universe .... [View all]
marmar
Sep 2013
OP
And how will bombing the shit out of Syria help stabilize the region and end the threats?
Scootaloo
Sep 2013
#8
Did you know the Iranian President condemned Assad for using chemical weapons?
Bolo Boffin
Sep 2013
#15
"We knock over Assad." Another straw man. That's not an aim with these strikes.
Bolo Boffin
Sep 2013
#19
"Patriotism is the most foolish of passions and the passion of fools." Schopenhauer
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2013
#28