CITIZEN ALERT v1.127AMERICA'S INTEREST

One thing that is mentioned by Baker and Hamilton again in the Study Group Report is taking care of "American interests". That's one place where no one right or left seems to differ. Everyone is always concerned about "American interests".

This is in fact, when you look at it in its context where ever it is used, a euphemism for "other people's property". It is a filtered-for-television version of hegemony. It is imperialism thinly disguised in the sheeps wool of "defense".

I refer you to a CITIZEN ALERT from back in September of this year where I wrote of General Smedley Butler who said:

I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight.

Now, there is an honest defense. There is a national security policy honestly concerned with the safety of its citizens. Because what we have now, is a "defense" policy that protects American lives by protecting "American interests" and it is the privilege of these elected officials to determine for us what we are or are not interested in at the moment.

Who among you was that interested in Iraq after 9/11? Who out there thinks a democracy in the middle east will provide you a nights peaceful rest? I know the counter argument will be to fight them over there instead of here, but how do you know who is really in the fight when the battle line is drawn for you half way across the globe beyond your sight, beyond a clear perspective?

So, whenever you hear Washington talk about protecting "American interests", don't think they mean your interest. Just go ahead and substitute the word "corporate" for "American".