Whether it be Vietnam, Central America, Chile, Iraq, Afghanistan or even Western Europe, the USA stands repeatedly convicted in the court of world public opinion. Yet nothing changes. Generations of US citizens are brought up to revere their President despite tons of contrary evidence stating that as a bunch they are among the most mendacious, untrustworthy and downright dangerous people on the planet.
The Pentagon's peculiar reaction to the latest Wikileaks revelations fit the template perfectly. Consider what the reaction would have been if the leaks had shown less civilian casualties and less atrocities whilst the US were in charge and so on. It would have been trumpeted from the rooftops about how good the US of A were and there would have been few qualms about the release of sensitive material.
Drones which kill hundreds of innocent civilians and turn their families into 'insurgents'? You got em. Bombing villages into dust and creating many more anti-NATO insurgents? You got it. Killing thousands of innocent people by 'collateral damage' - (one of the most obscene terms in modern usage)? Ditto.
A military who had to, "Destroy the village to save it from the Vietcong?' You got it.
A CIA who engineered countless revolutions and had dictator after dictator imposed on long-suffering civilian populations in Central and Southern America?
You got it - over and over and over again.
They have learnt nothing. Commanders babble on about 'hearts and minds' and then do everything possible to turn 'hearts and minds' into bitterness and hate.
A US who believe that Western Europe should co-operate with their military bases to the extent that at one point in the cold war there were many more American service personnel in the UK than British troops. It was not public knowledge then - how many are here now? What do you think the reaction in Hicksville would have been if it became known that there were more foreign soldiers on their sacred soil than homegrown ones?
And do not even mention the Chagos Islanders and the way the Wilson government removed them from their island paradise to make way for an American airbase. Also do not mention how successive governments ever since have fought tooth and nail through the highest courts in the land to maintain that immoral and sickening decision. Yes, that means you, Jack Straw, who used the arcane rules of Parliament to avoid even going to court to keep his tongue firmly embedded in the yankee arse.
Especial thanks should go to Mr T.Blair who took the UK further up the rectum of the USA than any previous Prime Minister. The latest revelations add further fuel to the charge that he should be indicted for war crimes immediately. Don't hold your breath. Although it is believed that he is very careful which countries he visits.
It is awful to appreciate the harm that has been done to our international standing and reputation for fairness by the egregious Blair and his supine cronies.
We will have to live with the consequences for generations. Thanks Tony.
And thank you Wikileaks for exposing the lies that we are told repeatedly by our leaders.
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