A War To Spread Terror
CounterCurrents.org, India By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich 20 April, 2007
“The Strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must� | - Thucydides, The Melian Dialogue
Unchallenged, America’s pursuit of global hegemony bears an eerie resemblance to the building of empires in the past. As this Administration expands its international dominance, the dictates of the Athenians to the Melians come to mind in which they are told that their submission to the rule of the Athenians would be of mutual benefit.
Melians: “And how, pray, could it turn out as good for us to serve as for you to rule?�
Athenians: “Because you would have the advantage of submitting before suffering the worst, and we should gain by not destroying you�.
This is the tacit dialogue between Mr. Bush’s coalition of willing and Iran today – and Iraq before that. This is an ongoing dialogue between any free nation that stands in the way of imperialist ambitions of this White House and their neo-con cohorts. And so it is that terrorism is defined by the strong in order for a ‘a war of terror’ to be declared so that the innocent may be wiped out, and their resources stolen should they fail to hand them over willingly. (Afghanistan is beyond the scope of this writer’s knowledge at present).
Not content with the failed covert operations that have been the hallmark of U.S. foreign policy, it has become necessary to use a new justification for a colonial raid, sanctions and warfare under the pretext of nuclear threat and terrorism. Intimidated by fear, propaganda, and coercion, the world body condemns the victim and puts its muscle behind the aggressor, only to realize later that it was mistake. This tardy realization that comes with the so much blood and carnage, has shame as its intimidator; forcing one to delude oneself that the decision made had been the right one. More blood continues to spill to cover the shame of flawed decisions, of a restless consciousness. [more]