Thursday, December 21, 2006
Pacifica Commentary For December 20, 2006
Wise Men From the East
The puppet rulers within empire know where their bread is buttered and they know exactly whom they can kill with impunity. The masters in Washington say, "OK to use cluster bombs in Lebanon and the bombs fall in Lebanon and continue to tear the heads off of children long after the initial assault." And such was the case with King Herod. Imperial Rome had made it clear to him that he could kill within his jurisdiction especially if it would increase fear which is the glue holding empire together.
So Herod entertained the Wise Men from what are now called Iraq and Iran and Syria and eagerly urged them to let him know the exact location of this anti-imperialist King who was born in Bethlehem. When Herod realized that the Wise Men were on to him and had rejected his request, he ordered that every child in Bethlehem under the age of two be massacred.
The parents of the Jesus were warned by an angel that their infant son was in extreme danger so they left Bethlehem in haste and entered Egypt without papers. And there they stayed until Herod dropped dead, which may have been the most constructive act of his life.
And today the emperor residing in the United States considers the head of state in Lebanon as an ally after authorizing a blitzkrieg on that land. And the emperor in the US is surprised that for some reason, most of the people in Lebanon are not pleased with their head of state. Such ingratitude!
And similarly Bush is not happy with his selected leader in Iraq so he is going to send in more U.S. troops to fight the Sadr Militia, which is simply another segment of the same Islamic sect which Bush has been supporting. Nothing could be more counterproductive.
It would also help if some Wise Men explained to Bush that the so-called sectarian attacks conducted by people dressed as Iraqi troops and Iraqi police were quite simply Iraqi troops and Iraqi police.
So what does this all demonstrate? That imperial leadership and its surrogate puppets quickly develop a serious political psychosis; we might call it sociopathic necrophilia.
This illness is indicated by a lack of concern for others be they friend or foe together with a fixation on killing. The only reality for these sickos is their own power and that power is limited by their own tenuous hold on life. Fear of losing their own life and their own power leads them to take life from as many others as possible.
Mr. Bush please step down before you destroy all life on the planet. Caesar did not have a nuclear button in his hand but unfortunately, you do.
The puppet rulers within empire know where their bread is buttered and they know exactly whom they can kill with impunity. The masters in Washington say, "OK to use cluster bombs in Lebanon and the bombs fall in Lebanon and continue to tear the heads off of children long after the initial assault." And such was the case with King Herod. Imperial Rome had made it clear to him that he could kill within his jurisdiction especially if it would increase fear which is the glue holding empire together.
So Herod entertained the Wise Men from what are now called Iraq and Iran and Syria and eagerly urged them to let him know the exact location of this anti-imperialist King who was born in Bethlehem. When Herod realized that the Wise Men were on to him and had rejected his request, he ordered that every child in Bethlehem under the age of two be massacred.
The parents of the Jesus were warned by an angel that their infant son was in extreme danger so they left Bethlehem in haste and entered Egypt without papers. And there they stayed until Herod dropped dead, which may have been the most constructive act of his life.
And today the emperor residing in the United States considers the head of state in Lebanon as an ally after authorizing a blitzkrieg on that land. And the emperor in the US is surprised that for some reason, most of the people in Lebanon are not pleased with their head of state. Such ingratitude!
And similarly Bush is not happy with his selected leader in Iraq so he is going to send in more U.S. troops to fight the Sadr Militia, which is simply another segment of the same Islamic sect which Bush has been supporting. Nothing could be more counterproductive.
It would also help if some Wise Men explained to Bush that the so-called sectarian attacks conducted by people dressed as Iraqi troops and Iraqi police were quite simply Iraqi troops and Iraqi police.
So what does this all demonstrate? That imperial leadership and its surrogate puppets quickly develop a serious political psychosis; we might call it sociopathic necrophilia.
This illness is indicated by a lack of concern for others be they friend or foe together with a fixation on killing. The only reality for these sickos is their own power and that power is limited by their own tenuous hold on life. Fear of losing their own life and their own power leads them to take life from as many others as possible.
Mr. Bush please step down before you destroy all life on the planet. Caesar did not have a nuclear button in his hand but unfortunately, you do.
