Has gone on wrong in the USA. So many people have fallen for the excuses for war that have come from the elite political minority. There are a lot of people who say "my country right or wrong" and by saying that, say they don't understand the true meaning of 'liberty'. People see the wrong. They say it. They get bashed for saying it. When I was 13 years old, "Freedom Riders" rode buses in the American South in order to hasten desegrigation. They were beaten by the locals and the FBI looked on and took notes. Kennedy didn't want to upset the southern democratic politicians. So he stood silently and let the people who said a change needed to come get beaten for their beliefs and a LAW that said they the constitutional right to the freedoms they sought. It took a lot of blood shed so that a black person could eat at the same table as a white person. They were unsung heros. And still today they are ridiculed and called antagonizers. Why? Because the white people still want supremacy. They know brutality and want to be the giver instead of the receiver. Its all they know. In my lifetime blacks were slain for their political right to speak, eat, and live with respect and dignity. And slavery went back to the beginning of the history of the USA. Thats a long time. But thats not the major thrust of my blog. The machinery that created the society that supported slavery, and WANTS class discrimination still exists! It just recently showed itself again in the war in Iraq. Everyday we were told for several years that the ARAB onslaught was coming. That they were gonna terrorize us in a new and unimaginable way with horrendous weapons of mass destruction.
    While I have no doubt in my mind that Arabs who have been unjustly shot, imprisoned, and disenfranchised, are seeking revenge, I think that until they can get camels to fly, were pretty safe. But they aren't.  And the rhetoric goes on. Mohammed Kharzai was appointed president of Afghanistan by Bush. He was upholstered by the US government, and recently when his re-election was in question, he said he'd accept a recount of votes, and fraud was proved. A runoff election was scheduled then the opposition bailed out leaving him president. No run off. Problem solved. What did they do? We don't know, but we do know that this stuff is not spontaneously generated. People talk to people about what the real power wants, then different decisions are made. Kharzai was an oil company  executive linked to the Bushes.  He still has his job even though Obama is president. And he has his job inspite of an officially announced corrupt election.  This says to an old man like myself...nothing has changed. NOTHING The people in power are still there, and stronger than ever. Who is dying in Afghanistan? Afghani's and American soldiers. Even Hillary Clinton says that the people in the region don't extend themselves to extinguish the terrorists. Why? Because they are in the loop too. Religion? maybe...but money for sure. The Saudi's have a lot to spend.The alliances are deep rooted and ancient. And linked to American Business. And the powers that be do what they like with money, people, and governments. Same old story....