Of Hamster Wheels and Men

Of Hamster Wheels and Men

By Charles Sullivan

09/27/07 "ICH " -- - It is evident that the US or Israel is going to launch an unprovoked attack on Iran in the near future, just as it did against Iraq and countless other defenseless nations within recent memory. As a result, untold numbers of innocent people will die and huge sums of money will change hands. Both the U.S. and Israel will consolidate their power in the Middle East and injustice and death will follow in their wake.

Bush’s co-conspirators in Congress are standing down, leaving little doubt as to whom they serve. As always, the mainstream media is preparing the way by serving as an organ of the Military-industrial complex by beating the drums of war and perpetuating lies.

Outside of a small number of citizens, few people seem capable of plumbing the depths of our conundrum. Under the umbrella of capitalism, business is the business of America, and death, inequity, and misery are its chief byproducts. Thus the rich are getting richer and the wealth generated by the producers is being concentrated into fewer hands than ever before.

War and class warfare are among the offshoots of capitalism. They are opposite sides of the same coin, like Democrat and Republican. Significant change will not occur until the people rise up in revolt and take matters into their own hands—a state of affairs that is virtually unimaginable. Nothing less than a fundamental paradigm shift from capitalism to a just an equitable socio-economic system is required.

It is not difficult to know what kind of response the present threat demands of us—yet only a handful of thoughtful and courageous people will act appropriately against them.

I am quite certain that indifference, apathy, belligerent nationalism, and dumb-foundedness are not appropriate responses to the cancer that is festering in the Pentagon, the halls of Congress, and America’s corporate board rooms and political think tanks.

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Right on as Always, babylonsister!!!

Is the Nazi holcaust against the Jews (And Union Leaders, dissidents, gays, etc)
then you don't have the part of your conscience working that will force an awareness of the absolute wrongness in killing for the sake of power and greed.

To me, it has become more and more apparent that the main reason for the war in Iraq and even the war in Palestine, Lebanon etc, is for the armanent dealers to make money.

Do you know that between 1985 and 1999, more than eighteen MODERATE groups were destroyed in Israel -
sometimes by the thugs from the Palestinian side, and sometimes suspected to have occurred because of the thugs in Israel.

The thugs of the Bush Crime Family rule our country and similar thugs though from different crime families seemingly prevail everywhere where normal everyday people try and work things out peacefully.

We only have to turn on our TVs to watch Buddhist monks being mowed down in a Buddhist country.