What I see in different shades of gray, from behind my reading glasses
The horrifying story of Joshua Milto Blahyi of Liberia, better known as General Butt Naked, who is now a pastor who visits his victims & begs for their forgiveness. When asked “How many victims were there?” during a hearing, his chilling response:
“I don’t know the entire… the entire… the entire number… but if I… if I… were to calculate it… everything I have done… it would be… it shouldn’t be fewer than 20,000.”
Read on to contemplate the depths to which the only species can do so can sink to.
A grim reminder. The rest of the world stands by, condemning the attacks, & planning more.
An interesting view by Maj Gen. H. R. McMaster, a US military commander on the misinformation about war:
Our record of learning from previous experience is poor; one reason is that we apply history simplistically, or ignore it altogether, as a result of wishful thinking that makes the future appear easier and fundamentally different from the past.
Around the 10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion by the US, investigative reporter from Al Jazeera discusses how the US has left behind a legacy and cancer:
Dr. Samira Alani actually visited with doctors in Japan, comparing statistics, and found that the amount of congenital malformations in Fallujah is 14 times greater than the same rate measured in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in the aftermath of the nuclear bombings. These types of birth defects, she said—there are types of congenital malformations that she said they don’t even have medical terms for, that some of the things they’re seeing, they’ve never seen before. They’re not in any of the books or any of the scientific literature that they have access to. She said it’s common now in Fallujah for newborns to come out with massive multiple systemic defects, immune problems, massive central nervous system problems, massive heart problems, skeletal disorders, baby’s being born with two heads, babies being born with half of their internal organs outside of their bodies, cyclops babies literally with one eye—really, really, really horrific nightmarish types of birth defects. And it is ongoing.
See for yourself the horrifying impacts, nearly a decade later mind you, that the stuff they use in the bombs has on the human body. And the powers that be continue to want to “shock & awe” the “enemy”
Glenn Greenwald expresses dismay, on the occasion of Martin Luther King’s birthday commemoration, that MLK’s anti-war advocacy (as well as his economic views) are entirely ignored – while he is remembered only for his civil rights achievements. King, during an anti-Vietnam war speech on 4 April 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City, called the US government the “largest purveyor of violence in the world” – a tag that is even more applicable today than ever before. Greenwald also contrasts that while Obama has been an inspiring by-product of King’s civil rights work, Obama’s policies are a manifestation of exactly the militaristic mindset which King denounced.
The Petraeus Affair, literally, is in pretty much everyday news. What about the wives of the generals accused? Rebecca Sinclair, whose husband is another general accused of sexual misconduct puts forth her view. Read on.
You know something’s terribly wrong when a person’s idea of “being a man” is killing people & justifying it by calling them the “enemy”.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kyle-usn-ret/american-sniper_b_1237669.html#s645829