Comments for Silent Scream: Anguish Grows in the Terror War's Forgotten Victim at http://www.chris-floyd.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.chris-floyd.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:39:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1455/135/#comment-7057 Despite this, people still look at me funny when I root for the downfall of the US. I do not wish for mass deaths or destruction; I just don't think it would be a horrible thing should the dollar collapse, the economy go into the shitter, and all our allies abandon us. - Ryan Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:44:26 +0100 http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1455/135/#comment-7056 I could not agree more. How can the US say anyone else is a "terrorist" group when we just drop bombs on villages in foreign countries that kill innocent people? Or we tell everyone not to get nukes but we have more than anyone and are the only country to ever use one? The ego and lack of compassion from our leaders and the voters who support them is downright deplorable. I love the site and your great perspective. - Mac G Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:13:49 +0100 http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1455/135/#comment-7052 Executive Orders issued by presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan have outlawed political assassinations. The ban, however, did not prevent the Reagan administration from dropping bombs on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's home in 1986 in retaliation for the bombing of a Berlin discotheque frequented by U.S. troops. Additionally, the Clinton administration fired cruise missiles at suspected guerrilla camps in Afghanistan in 1998 after the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. Following the September 11. 2001, attacks, the White House said the presidential directive banning assassinations would not prevent the United States from acting in self-defense -- "the ban on political assassination does not apply to wartime." They also contend that the prohibition does not preclude the United States taking action against terrorists. http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/04/us.assassination.policy/ Israel has a similar assassination policy which has resulted in the deaths of four hundred people. The problem is not "the reality of the Terror War" it is the very acceptance of the "Global War on Terror." As long as the American people and their politicians accept the existence of a war on a minor world activity (terrorist acts) which is better pursued by intelligence and police forces then there will be the militarization of the world for profit, with its concomitant killing of innocents. The idea that the US seeks stability in the world is wrong. Instability pays better. The "Global War on Terror," which they have told us will go on for generations, gives us a dictatorial president, limitations on liberty, undeclared aggression and boundless military budgets. If we accept the "GWOT" then we get the whole package, all-inclusive. I say f**k the "GWOT." All sorts of people, INCLUDING PRESIDENT BUSH AND OTHERS IN GOVERNMENT, have declared that the "GWOT" is a farce. Dump it, and all that goes with it. That would enable us to get back to the rules of law that are followed by the other countries in the world (Israel excepted). - Don Bacon . . Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:40:05 +0100