Letters to the Editor
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bethincary
Well re the Marxist discussion - there is value in history, no doubt about that, if only as a point of reference, but hopefully for much more. We wouldn't be in this mess (in Iraq, at home) if more Americans had more of clue of history. History is relevant, as far I am concerned.
As for the rest, sure the actions of the Bush Admin and the military-industrial complex are what they are, I expect nothing different.
What has been far more upsetting to me is the failure of the system ( ie us, no one but us, our gvt, our money) to correct itself, as it were. You know, checks and balances, etc. That all went out the window with one, count it one (granted huge) terrorist act. And voila, we've become something else altogether. Either that, or our true nature has shown its face.
I remember posting somewhere - after 9/11, before the invasion - in response to what I thought a wacko proposition, that "no way Europe/US would venture back into colonization, the people of our countries wouldn't tolerate it". I was dead convinced it just couldn't happen. Yet, it dit. US/UK went and did it.
We've got to look at ourselves, first and foremost. We.did.let.it.happen.