[Peace-discuss] Diana Johnstone on Libya

[Carl G. Estabrook]

It's worth noting that the Michael Berube mentioned in Johnstone's  
piece is not (as many think) the Canadian pop singer responsible for  
the 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible (altho' that's probably the best  
that Berube might be called for his political opinions, of which  
Johnstone gives a sample). Berube's irresponsibility includes helping  
to cast the PoMo pall (now thankfully receded) over UIUC when he was a  
faculty member here - and publishing a truly awful neocon book, The  
Left at War (2009), which presents Chomsky at the center of a  
"Manichean Left."

Wayne's quotation is Ps. 45:8-11 (Vulgate)--

"The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our protector. Come  
and see the works of the Lord. What wonders he has done upon the  
earth, making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall  
destroy the bow and break the weapons, and the shield he shall burn in  
the fire. Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the  
nations, be exalted on the earth."

A modern prophet,  the much-maligned Chomsky, points out that two  
major crises are looming, nuclear war and global warming, and the US  
public has a decisive role in each. That's why we are subjected to  
such a barrage of corporate, government, and academic propaganda  
(including the irresponsibilities of Berubes).


On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:15 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:

> Very nice piece, David.
>
> The United States is Characterized by its military-industrial complex.
>
> "The American War Machine"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ7Hz7WCQE8
>
> It is the Duty of the American people to alter or abolish its  
> government,
> junk the War Machine, and establish new guards...
>
> If somehow the Americans are unwilling and unable to stop the war  
> machine
> there are forces greater, inexorable, that will bring about the  
> ultimate
> destruction of this evil empire...  (I keep looking at my watch.)
>
> The war on terra...
>
> Dominus virtutum nobiscum susceptor noster Deus Iacob diapsalma
> venite et videte opera Domini quae posuit prodigia super terram
> auferens bella usque ad finem terrae arcum conteret et confringet  
> arma et scuta conburet in igne
> vacate et videte quoniam ego sum Deus exaltabor in gentibus  
> exaltabor in terra.
>
> "Reality hinges on moral foundations." - mlkjr (1954).
>
> On 12/9/2011 11:06 AM, David Green wrote:
>>
>> For my part, the key issue which motivates my opposition to the  
>> Libya war is what it means for the future of the United States and  
>> of the world. For well over half a century, the United States has  
>> been cannibalized by its military-industrial complex, which has  
>> infantilized its moral sense, squandered its wealth and undermined  
>> its political integrity. Our political leaders are not genuine  
>> leaders, but have been reduced to the role of apologists for this  
>> monster, which has a bureaucratic momentum of its own –  
>> proliferating military bases around the world, seeking out and even  
>> creating servile client states, needlessly provoking other powers  
>> such as Russia and China. The primary political duty of Americans  
>> and their European allies should be to reduce and dismantle this  
>> gigantic military machine before it leads us all inadvertently into  
>> “the supreme international crime” of no return.
>>
>> http://www.zcommunications.org/here-s-the-key-question-in-the-libyan-war-by-diana-johnstone
>>
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