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Unique No More
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Unique No More
opinion by Donald Torrence, contributor
The September 11 tragedy shattered the myth of an invincible America,
sheltered by two oceans and possessed of unequaled military might. The
Chilean writer, Ariel Dorfman, noted that the United States is �unique
no more� and as the sound of an aircraft overhead struck fear into the
hearts of Vietnam villagers and Nicaraguan peasants, that same sound
is now heard with a sense of trepidation by US citizens.
It is essential to US security managers that the American public does
not connect the dots between the Vietnam villagers, the Nicaraguan
peasants, and themselves. American military equipment, training and
manpower were instrumental in supplying and bring to fruition the
carnage and destruction in all three cases. A general consciousness
that could connect the dots might also raise questions about war
profits, the military-industrial complex and the benefits accrued to
influential elites who orchestrate US foreign and domestic
policies.
The War on Terrorism is being used, as was the anti-communist crusade
of the 1950s, to obscure the real intent of the power brokers to
enthrone corporate capitalism throughout the world. Also, the War on
Terrorism gives the powerbrokers a tool to bludgeon into silence those
who see our shattered myths of uniqueness and innocence as an
opportunity to reassess US foreign policy and domestic priorities.
Critical minds are stilled by the incessant rankings of the media
talking heads, who dutifully parrot the Bush dichotomy of good vs.
evil. They create a nationalist fervor, which in turn induces rage in
a populace that is ignorant of its own history and is indoctrinated by
the ethos of the governing elites. The populace falls prey to the
enticements of revenge and to the bonding rituals of a righteous
crusade. This explains why recent polls show president Bush at such
high approval ratings, as he and his cohorts shred the
constitution.
We must transcend these simplistic dichotomies of good vs. evil and
not allow the terrible tragedy of September 11 to be used as an
instrument to institutionalize fascist policies and to keep us tied to
the same old, tired swan song of free markets and corporate
beneficence. Vaclav Havel warns us that �Without a global revolution
in the sphere of human consciousness, nothing will change for the
better and the catastrophe toward which this world is headed, whether
it is ecological, social, demographic or a general breakdown of
civilization, will be unavoidable.� We must take up Havel�s challenge
and bring about a change in consciousness that will promote peace,
justice, cooperation and that will denounce life for profit as a
social pathology. We must seize this historical moment in the
aftermath of September 11 to dedicate ourselves to the creation of a
just and humane world.
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