WHY I SUPPORT JULIAN ASSANGE AND WIKILEAKS
Although many in the US government and general populous want Julian Assange assassinated, jailed or at least silenced, I support his efforts to unveil the secrecy of my government which has spent a good deal of my 66 years running amok on the world stage in support of American exceptionalism for the enrichment and power of the war party.
The secrecy of our senseless fourteen year involvement in Vietnam (1961-1975) was finally punctured in 1971 when US intelligence official Daniel Ellsberg risked a lifetime in jail to expose the lies used to maintain this war in his release of the Pentagon Papers. The Nixon Administration tried to destroy Ellsberg but only succeeded in beginning their own destruction by burgling his psychiatrist's office; a crime spree that ended with Watergate.
While the Vietnam War killed over a million Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans, it was just a blip of insanity on the American economic juggernaught during the 1960's and 1970's. But the insanity of our Middle East wars is infinitely more damaging to a homeland which has already passed its prime as an innovative economic power. Even the most morally blind of us should realize we are sinking, and hell bent to emulate the Soviet collapse with our endless and bankrupting wars.
With a mercenary military composed of deluded youngsters, war lovers or folks who simply can't get a job in a crumbling economy, America's wars, unlike Vietnam, are bleeding us dry out of the glare of mass student protests and national malaise. They are as silent a killer to the American body politic as high blood pressure is to the individual.
Julian Assange has released more than a few hundred thousand documents. He has released a little bit of that national high blood pressure and maybe delayed the upcoming American stroke for a bit.
Always trust a good doctor, Uncle Sam; and Julian Assange, who may not possess an MD, has a PHd in courage. He might just save your life.
The secrecy of our senseless fourteen year involvement in Vietnam (1961-1975) was finally punctured in 1971 when US intelligence official Daniel Ellsberg risked a lifetime in jail to expose the lies used to maintain this war in his release of the Pentagon Papers. The Nixon Administration tried to destroy Ellsberg but only succeeded in beginning their own destruction by burgling his psychiatrist's office; a crime spree that ended with Watergate.
While the Vietnam War killed over a million Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans, it was just a blip of insanity on the American economic juggernaught during the 1960's and 1970's. But the insanity of our Middle East wars is infinitely more damaging to a homeland which has already passed its prime as an innovative economic power. Even the most morally blind of us should realize we are sinking, and hell bent to emulate the Soviet collapse with our endless and bankrupting wars.
With a mercenary military composed of deluded youngsters, war lovers or folks who simply can't get a job in a crumbling economy, America's wars, unlike Vietnam, are bleeding us dry out of the glare of mass student protests and national malaise. They are as silent a killer to the American body politic as high blood pressure is to the individual.
Julian Assange has released more than a few hundred thousand documents. He has released a little bit of that national high blood pressure and maybe delayed the upcoming American stroke for a bit.
Always trust a good doctor, Uncle Sam; and Julian Assange, who may not possess an MD, has a PHd in courage. He might just save your life.
posted by Walt Zlotow at 9:28 AM
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