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A Nation of Assassins
Call It What It Really Is: Sick
by Douglas Valentine
July 26, 2003
What do you call it when George W. Bush, without provocation and based =
on false pretenses, sends an army to invade a foreign nation; and then, =
without any attempt to negotiate a surrender, effect an arrest, or put =
this nation's leaders on trial and present evidence of their crimes, =
instead puts multimillion dollar bounties on their heads, relies on =
collaborators and spies to track them down, and then corners them and =
blows them away in their homes, in their own country?
Do you call it what the Israelis, who lately have done it hundreds of =
times, call it?
A targeted kill?
What would you call it if Saddam Hussein hunted down and killed George =
Bush's daughters in Texas?
Cold-blooded murder?
How about calling this sort of behavior assassination?
Why call it anything? A rose by any other name, right?
And don't even ask if targeted kills, cold blooded murders, and =
assassinations are legal or moral. Who the hell cares?
They're popular. It's so much fun, you can even find death cards on the =
Internet, naming the people that Bush plans to kill in Iraq. It's like a =
videogame, or that old Steve McQueen show, Wanted Dead or Alive.
Bush really gets into it too; "Bring 'em on," he said, playing the role =
of Paladin in Have Gun Will Travel; and since then a couple of GIs have =
gotten killed every day. But what the hell, it's a volunteer army, and =
it isn't you or me. So they die for Bush's vainglory. Who cares? It's =
the vicarious thrill that counts.
Back when the CIA was assassinating foreign leaders all over the world, =
in the 1950s, '60s, and 70s, they secretly liked to call it Executive =
Action. Those were the bad old days, when the CIA had to secretly go =
about its dirty business of mass murder. Back then they had to resort to =
euphemisms to get the job done.
In the Republic of Vietnam, first the CIA called the mass murder of its =
enemies, in their own country, elimination. But that sounded too harsh, =
so it changed the term to neutralize.
In 1967 the CIA created the infamous Phoenix Program to neutralize -- =
which meant to hunt down through informants and then kill, capture, =
torture and detain indefinitely -- a revolving annual door of some =
70,000 members of Communist and Nationalist insurgents, and anyone =
supporting them politically or administratively, in their own country.
The United States government admits that the CIA killed some 25,000 =
people through the Phoenix Program. It did successfully and gleefully =
neutralize some hundreds of thousands altogether. They know how to do it =
and they're ready to cast the Phoenix spell worldwide.
Now we have it from Richard Perle -- one of the corrupt cabal that rules =
the White House, and makes Israeli policy American policy in cahoots =
with the Bush oil r=E9gime, whose loyalty lies not to the American =
public but to its own self-enrichment -- that America will not leave =
Iraq as long as some 30,000 members of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party, in =
Perle's words, remain active.
So now maybe they're gonna change the term to inactivating?
By inactivating, Bush, Perle, Wolfowitz and the other members of their =
criminal r=E9gime mean the planned mass murder of some 30,000 Iraqis in =
Iraq. If they do it the way they did it in Vietnam, just like Bob =
Kerrey's little mission in Thanh Phong, they also plan to inactivate the =
families and friends of these 30,000 people.
You can't terrorize insurgents into submission unless you do it this =
way, as the Israelis have taught us so well. You have to terrorize =
everyone. Just like the Israelis terrorized the Palestinians into a =
state of submission.
The newspaper and TV commentators applaud this Iraqi experiment in =
targeted kills and mass murder as boosting the morale of the American =
occupation army.
Just today the headlines hailed the inactivating of Saddam Hussein sons =
as a righteous act that was more than merely morally justifiable, but =
something akin to Divine justice.
And no one is astounded, because the vast majority of Americans were =
ethically inactivated a long time ago, through 50 years of government =
propaganda. In order to enjoy their SUVs and cell phones, they will =
rejoice while George W. Bush, in his role as God Almighty, cuts a swath =
of righteous savagery through the world, mass murdering everyone he and =
the cabal designate as their personal enemies -- just like George W. =
Bush, all by his little lonesome, tried convicted and sentenced Saddam =
Hussein and his family to death, and then went out and killed them.
>From now on, Bush alone chooses who lives or dies, and no one can stop =
him. It is the One Commandment that the American empire is based upon. =
And that's how we have become a nation of assassins, void of conscience.
Call it Apotheosis by the Divine Right of Execution. Or call it what it =
really is: sick.
Douglas Valentine is the author of The Hotel Tacloban, The Phoenix =
Program, and TDY. His new book The Strength of the Wolf: the Federal =
Bureau of Narcotics, 1930-1968 will be published by Verso. Valentine was =
an investigator for Pepper on the King case in 1998-1999. For =
information about Valentine and his books and articles, please visit his =
website at
http://www.douglasvalentine.com/. He can be reached at: =
redspruce@???=20
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<DIV><BR>Read it!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>A Nation of Assassins<BR>Call It What It Really Is: Sick</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>by Douglas Valentine</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>July 26, 2003</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>What do you call it when George W. Bush, without provocation and =
based on=20
false pretenses, sends an army to invade a foreign nation; and then, =
without any=20
attempt to negotiate a surrender, effect an arrest, or put this nation's =
leaders=20
on trial and present evidence of their crimes, instead puts multimillion =
dollar=20
bounties on their heads, relies on collaborators and spies to track them =
down,=20
and then corners them and blows them away in their homes, in their own=20
country?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Do you call it what the Israelis, who lately have done it hundreds =
of=20
times, call it?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A targeted kill?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>What would you call it if Saddam Hussein hunted down and killed =
George=20
Bush's daughters in Texas?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Cold-blooded murder?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>How about calling this sort of behavior assassination?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Why call it anything? A rose by any other name, right?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And don't even ask if targeted kills, cold blooded murders, and=20
assassinations are legal or moral. Who the hell cares?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>They're popular. It's so much fun, you can even find death cards on =
the=20
Internet, naming the people that Bush plans to kill in Iraq. It's like a =
videogame, or that old Steve McQueen show, Wanted Dead or Alive.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bush really gets into it too; "Bring 'em on," he said, playing the =
role of=20
Paladin in Have Gun Will Travel; and since then a couple of GIs have =
gotten=20
killed every day. But what the hell, it's a volunteer army, and it isn't =
you or=20
me. So they die for Bush's vainglory. Who cares? It's the vicarious =
thrill that=20
counts.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Back when the CIA was assassinating foreign leaders all over the =
world, in=20
the 1950s, '60s, and 70s, they secretly liked to call it Executive =
Action. Those=20
were the bad old days, when the CIA had to secretly go about its dirty =
business=20
of mass murder. Back then they had to resort to euphemisms to get the =
job=20
done.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In the Republic of Vietnam, first the CIA called the mass murder of =
its=20
enemies, in their own country, elimination. But that sounded too harsh, =
so it=20
changed the term to neutralize.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In 1967 the CIA created the infamous Phoenix Program to neutralize =
-- which=20
meant to hunt down through informants and then kill, capture, torture =
and detain=20
indefinitely -- a revolving annual door of some 70,000 members of =
Communist and=20
Nationalist insurgents, and anyone supporting them politically or=20
administratively, in their own country.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The United States government admits that the CIA killed some 25,000 =
people=20
through the Phoenix Program. It did successfully and gleefully =
neutralize some=20
hundreds of thousands altogether. They know how to do it and they're =
ready to=20
cast the Phoenix spell worldwide.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Now we have it from Richard Perle -- one of the corrupt cabal that =
rules=20
the White House, and makes Israeli policy American policy in cahoots =
with the=20
Bush oil r=E9gime, whose loyalty lies not to the American public but to =
its own=20
self-enrichment -- that America will not leave Iraq as long as some =
30,000=20
members of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party, in Perle's words, remain =
active.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So now maybe they're gonna change the term to inactivating?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>By inactivating, Bush, Perle, Wolfowitz and the other members of =
their=20
criminal r=E9gime mean the planned mass murder of some 30,000 Iraqis in =
Iraq. If=20
they do it the way they did it in Vietnam, just like Bob Kerrey's little =
mission=20
in Thanh Phong, they also plan to inactivate the families and friends of =
these=20
30,000 people.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>You can't terrorize insurgents into submission unless you do it =
this way,=20
as the Israelis have taught us so well. You have to terrorize everyone. =
Just=20
like the Israelis terrorized the Palestinians into a state of =
submission.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The newspaper and TV commentators applaud this Iraqi experiment in =
targeted=20
kills and mass murder as boosting the morale of the American occupation=20
army.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Just today the headlines hailed the inactivating of Saddam Hussein =
sons as=20
a righteous act that was more than merely morally justifiable, but =
something=20
akin to Divine justice.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And no one is astounded, because the vast majority of Americans =
were=20
ethically inactivated a long time ago, through 50 years of government=20
propaganda. In order to enjoy their SUVs and cell phones, they will =
rejoice=20
while George W. Bush, in his role as God Almighty, cuts a swath of =
righteous=20
savagery through the world, mass murdering everyone he and the cabal =
designate=20
as their personal enemies -- just like George W. Bush, all by his little =
lonesome, tried convicted and sentenced Saddam Hussein and his family to =
death,=20
and then went out and killed them.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>From now on, Bush alone chooses who lives or dies, and no one can =
stop him.=20
It is the One Commandment that the American empire is based upon. And =
that's how=20
we have become a nation of assassins, void of conscience.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Call it Apotheosis by the Divine Right of Execution. Or call it =
what it=20
really is: sick.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Douglas Valentine is the author of The Hotel Tacloban, The Phoenix =
Program,=20
and TDY. His new book The Strength of the Wolf: the Federal Bureau of =
Narcotics,=20
1930-1968 will be published by Verso. Valentine was an investigator for =
Pepper=20
on the King case in 1998-1999. For information about Valentine and his =
books and=20
articles, please visit his website at <A=20
href=3D"
http://www.douglasvalentine.com/">
http://www.douglasvalentine.com=
/</A>. He=20
can be reached at: <A =
href=3D"
mailto:redspruce@attbi.com">redspruce@???</A>=20
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