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green for victory

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Sat Dec 29, 2012, 03:37 AM
Dec 2012
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Here it is explained 11 years ago.

This is one of the best articles explaining US Foreign policy I have ever come across.

It is more timely than ever.

It explains why, for example, it was a big deal to announce that Cinnabon (...) was the first corporation to establish itself in the "New Libya". As if Libyans couldn't wait for cinnamon rolls.

Backing up Globalization with Military Might

by Karen Talbot Covert Action Quarterly, Issue 68, Fall 1999
http://www.globalissues.org/article/448/backing-up-globalization-with-military-might#McDonaldsNeedsMcDonnellDouglastoFlourish

McDonald's Needs McDonnell Douglas to Flourish

An article by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times entitled "What the World Needs Now" tells it all. Illustrated by an American Flag on a fist it said, among other things: "For globalism to work, America can't be afraid to act like the almighty superpower that it is....The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist-McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps...(Much Much More...)

It is a long, detailed article that few have bothered to read.

But if you read it you will understand more than 96% of the people in the United States about what is actually happening with these invasions.

PNAC Lives!

"Cinnabon has many international franchise operations, and its largest branch outside the United States and Canada is in Stars Centre in Cairo. The restaurant is noted for being the first U.S franchise to open in Libya after the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011."
I don't care what anybody says. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #1
I agreed before I read the sheeps clothing part flamingdem Dec 2012 #3
It is time that progressives on the left talked to crazies on the right AverageMe Dec 2012 #7
Einstein? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #2
Does Bastiat explain why he considers the loss of moral sense as bad as loss of respect for the law? JVS Dec 2012 #4
Depends. I tend to agree with you, insofar as allowing torture or indefinite detention without legal AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #5
^ green for victory Dec 2012 #6
Great post! dreamnightwind Dec 2012 #9
+100 Taverner Dec 2012 #12
An excellent comment Ian62 Dec 2012 #13
The Patriot Act was wrong... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #8
Is Oliver Stone a DU troll too? A closet Republican sowing dissent? Bonobo Dec 2012 #10
That depends. It depends on whether your ethics are situational or not. Iow sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #11
Oliver Stone is correct Ian62 Dec 2012 #14
all the same DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #15
I lost all respect for Oliver Stone after his completely whacked out CT movie RomneyLies Dec 2012 #16
I don't think the movie JFK was ever intended to be a documentary. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #17
The problem is, Stone believes most of the nonsense presented in the film. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #18
Even the greats of film-making can be assholes. Archae Dec 2012 #19
Have you seen his new documentary Taverner Dec 2012 #20
I haven't seen it, now will I see it. Archae Dec 2012 #21
I like it, Taverner, Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #22
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