We watch amazed as dictators fall in the Middle East because the common people rose up, finally free of their fear, and claimed their rights. Sound familiar? Dig out your history books. What's happening in Tunisia, Egypt and Syria is what happened here, a couple hundred years ago. But we're not the pure sweet revolution that can stand shoulder to shoulder with these heroes. Oh no. We're the rich bastards who propped up the tin pot dictators who made them live without hope, without dreams, without any reasonable chance for a good life, because they were good for business. We supported every one of those murderers. We gave them glory, welcomed them to the White House. We did business with them. Face it. Take it in. Think about it.
And get off your left-right horse here. Both sides played nicey nicey with those bastards because it made money, and that's what America is all about and nothing else. There are countries in the world that are about other things, things like spiritual awakening, oneness with the environment, but we've corrupted most of those. We've reduced it all to business, and we will reap the whirlwind.
George W. Bush and his neo-con terrorists set the nation on the path of war claiming we wanted to "bring democracy" to the middle east. We were just doing business. We brought death and destruction. Iraq will be the next nation to fall in this taking back of control by the people. Mark my words. And Afghanistan is and always has been and always will be a lost cause. Nobody wins a war in Afghanistan. Five thousand years of history tell us that. Not surprising that we didn't know. We don't do history, do we?
What will be the result of this uprising of human spirit? Guess what? Nothing we can predict, or control. We are not in control! The people, if we let them, and we must because we're out of soldiers and guns and planes and bombs and money, will muddle through and try. Maybe they'll succeed in making the home they want. Maybe they won't. But they'll do it like we did, back in the day, and my true deep hope is, that they keep it true longer than we did. Our revolution was over a long time ago. We are not the shining light on the hill. We're just another bunch of spoiled rich folks who've been shitting on the world for too long, and now we watch, as the people rise elsewhere, their hearts full of courage and hope, and wonder what it means.
Because we now live in a kleptocracy where no vote means a damn thing. When the last ragged example of the stars and bars is lowered, and the last sorry American tries to fold it properly, the majestic soldier who hands him the tattered pennant will say the most evil words ever spoken by a human being...
"It's just business."
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