“Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for mercy on the grounds that he's an orphan. The Bush administration's updated version of that was starting a wholly illegal, immoral, and devastating war and then dismissing all kinds of criticism of its action on the grounds that 'we're at war.” MenKindWarActionRememberYoungAsksParentExampleJudgingCriticismMercyStartingVersionsAll KindsAdministrationYoung ManClassicIllegalImmoralOrphan Book:America's Deadliest Export: Democracy – The Truth about US Foreign Policy and Everything Else Source: America's Deadliest Export: Democracy – The Truth about US Foreign Policy and Everything Else
“Terror is the poor man's war, war is the rich man's terror. Ultimately, all wars will end either in annihilation or at the negotiating table. (#) A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but can't afford an air force.” MenWarEndsForcePoorRichAirTablesTerrorTerroristBombsRich ManPoor ManAnnihilationAir ForceNegotiating Author:William Blum
“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