[lbo-talk] powers of discernment

[Stephen E Philion]

michael pugliese wrote:
Why can't you see both the crimes of US imperialism (500,000+ in 
Indonesia in '65, 2.8 million Vietnamese casualties, 200,000+ 
Guatemalans, 
the Contras, the coup on 9-11-73 in Chile, and everything else that has 
been on the ledger of the USG AND the crimes of US allies turned "rogue 
state" enemies like the Ba'athist death machine of Saddam Hussein et. 
al.?

--I'd think a better ability is to discern how the US manipulates 
concerns about human rights to rationalise a war of choice and 
aggression.  I don't see how one can view today's headlines about 
alleged "mass graves" discovered by the US military in Iraq...

steve