“From 1945 to 2003, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements fighting against intolerable regimes. In the process, the US bombed some 25 countries, caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.” PeopleEndsCountryStatesGovernmentAmericaFightingProcessUnitedMillionsUnited StatesMovementDespairCrushRegimesAgonyEnd Of LifePopulist Author:William Blum
“The Soviet Union and something called communism per se had not been the object of Washington's global attacks. There had never been an International Communist Conspiracy. The enemy was, and remains, any government or movement, or even individual, that stands in the way of the expansion of the American Empire; by whatever name the US gives to the enemy - communist, rogue state, drug trafficker, terrorist.” WayGivingStatesGovernmentNamesIndividualEnemyMovementObjectsDrugRemainsUnionsInternationalTerroristCommunismEmpiresCommunistSovietConspiracyExpansionSoviet UnionRoguesAmerican Empire Book:Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Source: Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
“The questions they ask usually in the polls is: do you support the President's attempt to overthrow the government of Saddam Hussein? ... If you ask a question like: do you support the dropping of powerful explosives upon the heads of totally innocent men, women and children, demolishing their homes and their schools and their hospitals, are you in favour of that? That would change the answers, I think, quite a bit.” IfsThinkingMenChildrenHomeGovernmentSchoolAsksBitsPresidentAnswersPowerfulSupportInnocentHospitalsSaddamFavourHusseinPollsDroppingMen WomenExplosivesInnocent Man Author:William Blum
“No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.” MatterGovernmentImagineConspiracyParanoid Author:William Blum
