Monday, November 12, 2007
Pacifica Commentary For November 7, 2007
Much of the work of the Office of the Americas over the past twenty-four years has been trying to stop our government from killing people. The focus of our work is on the foreign policy of the United States. We have found that policy to be dictatorial and counterproductive. The daily outrages of the current administration have reached a state of intolerability.
We firmly believe that our nation must go through an exercise of international repentance. Over a space of time we have been responsible for far more unnecessary deaths than the Third Reich. But Germany has gone through a long and effective period of national repentance. The horrors of The Fuehrer's rule are now forbidden by law.
We must follow the example of Germany's repentance. The list of terror tactics developed by the presidential imposter George Bush must be codified as federal offenses. Yes, this includes so-called preventative war, rendition, torture and most certainly one of its ugliest forms called water boarding. Any aspiring public servant who cannot identify water boarding as torture is unqualified for office and most especially for the office of Attorney General...thank you for your interest Judge Michael Mukasey, you are incompetent and morally challenged.
And in a new era of repentance, a list of required Federal Crimes will be forthcoming. Any plot of citizens or office holders to bomb another nation should be taken as seriously as a plot to attack our own country.
All people intending to go into public service should be required to take a course in Civics 101. This would help them to understand that they are seeking to become a servant of the people, not a Godfather of organized crime.
The current brood of nut case neo-cons conspiring to attack Iran should all be arrested for their intent to foster terror against civilians.
We at the Office of the Americas, together with a massive and like-minded international movement for justice and peace, are dedicated to confronting the daily outrages in which we live. You are the people who make this critical work possible.
We look ahead to a new era of planetary justice and peace. Join us on Sunday, November 11, at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica as the Office of the Americas honors Peace Activist Frank Dorrel, Academy Award winner Paul Haggis and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh. KPFK is a media sponsor of this event.
We firmly believe that our nation must go through an exercise of international repentance. Over a space of time we have been responsible for far more unnecessary deaths than the Third Reich. But Germany has gone through a long and effective period of national repentance. The horrors of The Fuehrer's rule are now forbidden by law.
We must follow the example of Germany's repentance. The list of terror tactics developed by the presidential imposter George Bush must be codified as federal offenses. Yes, this includes so-called preventative war, rendition, torture and most certainly one of its ugliest forms called water boarding. Any aspiring public servant who cannot identify water boarding as torture is unqualified for office and most especially for the office of Attorney General...thank you for your interest Judge Michael Mukasey, you are incompetent and morally challenged.
And in a new era of repentance, a list of required Federal Crimes will be forthcoming. Any plot of citizens or office holders to bomb another nation should be taken as seriously as a plot to attack our own country.
All people intending to go into public service should be required to take a course in Civics 101. This would help them to understand that they are seeking to become a servant of the people, not a Godfather of organized crime.
The current brood of nut case neo-cons conspiring to attack Iran should all be arrested for their intent to foster terror against civilians.
We at the Office of the Americas, together with a massive and like-minded international movement for justice and peace, are dedicated to confronting the daily outrages in which we live. You are the people who make this critical work possible.
We look ahead to a new era of planetary justice and peace. Join us on Sunday, November 11, at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica as the Office of the Americas honors Peace Activist Frank Dorrel, Academy Award winner Paul Haggis and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh. KPFK is a media sponsor of this event.
