The Real Danger Lies Within (Eric Margolis)

[Nancy Waterman]

The year 2003 dramatically and dolefully illustrated Lord Acton's famous dictum that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

An almighty United States, unrestrained by any rival, international body, or world opinion, bestrode the globe, a belligerent colossus determined to monopolize global oil reserves and use its vast military power to crush lesser nations or malefactors that disturbed the Pax Americana.

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Mankind's three worst scourges are religious fanaticism, nationalism and imperialism. Each of these three evils has been whipped up by the Bush administration to justify domination abroad, repression of dissidence at home and, of course, re-election.

http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/margolis_jan4.html

[Manix]

1. The rest of the world gets it but the dittoheads may never.

nt

[gator_in_Ontario]

2. great link...thanks

the US is indeed a scary place these days. I think by the time most folks realize what is going on, it will be too late.

[jbfam4]

3. Thanks for posting this

Margolis last paragraph says it all.

"Those who truly love and respect the United States, like this writer, a conservative and U.S. Army veteran, see the very qualities that made America a beacon to the world - its very soul - now under heavy assault by a cabal of religious fanatics, foreign-leaning ideological extremists, and self-enriching Enron-Republicans. That is a danger considerably greater than al-Qaida."

[Nancy Waterman]

4. He really minces no words

and says it all with no embroidery.