Friday, April 14, 2006
Pacifica Commentary for April 12, 2006
Captain Ahab Has Lost It
Last week I spoke of how the British Press released material on a plot for a U.S. attack on Iran.
And now Seymour Hirsch writing in the New Yorker issue for April 17, 2006 has identified another component to this outrage. He writes that this plot is not simply an attack by conventional bombs like the mass murder weapon called BLU-28. This is a clear plan to use genocidal B61-11 nuclear bombs. And of course all of this will be directed at a nation that does not have nuclear weapons.
Has there ever been a dictator who has acted in a more unilateral fashion than George Bush? I don't think so. This person is armed and dangerous. History teaches us that it is commonplace for a failing dictator to attempt to cover his scandals by directing the population's attention to some imagined exterior foe. And George might just see this massacre as a way to divert attention from his other crimes.
The plan as described by Seymour Hirsch in this week's New Yorker is simply unacceptable by any sane person. Whether President or peon, every individual involved in such a genocidal conspiracy against Iran should be in prison.
What to do? The marches of immigrants are leading the way. They will conduct a major work stoppage on May 1st to remind our government of their essential role in the economy of the United States.
Rather than joining in the plot to murder the children of Iran I would suggest that we plan a similar work stoppage or General Strike. Such a direct action is the essence of democracy, one person, one vote. By withholding our labor we make it clear to this den of thieves that they had better start working for us. We don't work for them.
Unfortunately we do pay taxes to them. We give them our hard earned money in good faith and they use it to murder people. They have done nothing to fix Iraq and they have shown scant will to fix New Orleans or the rest of the rotting infrastructure of the United States.
A national strike or refusal to work would be a clear message to Washington that this administration must cease and desist its mindless militarism and stop being a threat to the existence of this planet.
Regardless of what Washington thinks, a nuclear attack on Iran conducted by the United States or by Israel will be considered a declaration of war on Islam and will be in fact a declaration of war on the human race.
Last week I spoke of how the British Press released material on a plot for a U.S. attack on Iran.
And now Seymour Hirsch writing in the New Yorker issue for April 17, 2006 has identified another component to this outrage. He writes that this plot is not simply an attack by conventional bombs like the mass murder weapon called BLU-28. This is a clear plan to use genocidal B61-11 nuclear bombs. And of course all of this will be directed at a nation that does not have nuclear weapons.
Has there ever been a dictator who has acted in a more unilateral fashion than George Bush? I don't think so. This person is armed and dangerous. History teaches us that it is commonplace for a failing dictator to attempt to cover his scandals by directing the population's attention to some imagined exterior foe. And George might just see this massacre as a way to divert attention from his other crimes.
The plan as described by Seymour Hirsch in this week's New Yorker is simply unacceptable by any sane person. Whether President or peon, every individual involved in such a genocidal conspiracy against Iran should be in prison.
What to do? The marches of immigrants are leading the way. They will conduct a major work stoppage on May 1st to remind our government of their essential role in the economy of the United States.
Rather than joining in the plot to murder the children of Iran I would suggest that we plan a similar work stoppage or General Strike. Such a direct action is the essence of democracy, one person, one vote. By withholding our labor we make it clear to this den of thieves that they had better start working for us. We don't work for them.
Unfortunately we do pay taxes to them. We give them our hard earned money in good faith and they use it to murder people. They have done nothing to fix Iraq and they have shown scant will to fix New Orleans or the rest of the rotting infrastructure of the United States.
A national strike or refusal to work would be a clear message to Washington that this administration must cease and desist its mindless militarism and stop being a threat to the existence of this planet.
Regardless of what Washington thinks, a nuclear attack on Iran conducted by the United States or by Israel will be considered a declaration of war on Islam and will be in fact a declaration of war on the human race.
