This is the problem, the Hollywood version of "the good fight" begins to take hold, never mind any minor issues like domestic or international law.
As we see by the actions of our governments, any of these legal issues can be waived away. "Might makes right". Somehow, that sounds familiar. The profiteers and warlords are running this show, worldwide.
We are the good guys, says Edward Teller not too long ago, and that's why he thanks God we developed the hydrogen bomb. He then isn't asked about the Russians, which is the next question, maybe something about the goose and the gander.
So now, at the moment, in our own minds we're the good guys, with unimpeachable information, infallable truth, justice, and the "armed incursion way", to hopscotch around the planet blowing in the doors at various locations that used to laughingly call themselves "sovereign countries", but which we call "targets of opportunity", otherwise known as "future oil fields".
The language of debate has adopted Schwarznegger plot with Pixar special effects. I think we've forgotten a bit of the few million words of our Founders.
Doesn't anybody read history, or law?
I thought the Taliban were bad, with primers for children showing tanks and bombs for counting exercises. We've got our vaunted media with grown-ups using military attacks and takeover of entire countries as idle conversation. |
