http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,733512,00.html
If it ever did, on the world stage America has lost it's moral high ground completely. Now some may say it doesn't matter, because no other country matters beside America. But, they would be wrong. The surge of international goodwill that emerged with the election of Obama has now subsided and we seem to be back to square one, with the US being no different to Russia, China, the UK, India etc. etc. The same underlying deceptions, all just wrapped up in different ways.I raised the question before on whether there were any nations that could be trusted. I don't think so anymore. They are all capable and willing to do terrible things. Even Obama comes in for heavy criticism. http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/03-12-2010/116041-valerie_plame_wikileaks-0/ In my recent article Ward Churchill: The Lie Lives On (Pravda.Ru, > 11/29/2010), I discussed the following realities about America's legal > "system": it is duplicitous and corrupt; it will go to any extremes to > insulate from prosecution, and in many cases civil liability, persons whose > crimes facilitate this duplicity and corruption; it has abdicated its > responsibility to serve as a "check-and-balance" against the other two > branches of government, and has instead been transformed into a weapon > exploited by the wealthy, the corporations, and the politically connected to > defend their criminality, conceal their corruption and promote their > economic interests; and, finally, that the oft-quoted adage "Nobody is above > the law" is a lie. Some critics were quick to dismiss my article as politically motivated > hyperbole. But with the recent revelations disclosed by Wikileaks, it > appears that this article did not even scratch the surface, because it is > now evident that BarackObama, who entered the White House with optimistic > messages of change and hope, is just as complicit in, and manipulative of, > the legal "system's" duplicity and corruption as was his predecessor George > W. Bush. [ ] This revelation invariably leads to three inescapable conclusions: these > so-called "exhaustive investigations" were a sham; the Obama administration > never intended to prosecute such crimes and, in fact, went to inordinate > lengths to cover them up; and the American government has the proven > capacity to influence the legal systems of other countries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332696 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
