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In reply to the discussion: ''Looking Forward'' not only cleared war criminals Bush and Cheney, but the Banksters, as well. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)17. ''...appearances are all that most people will notice.''
A portion of David Talbot's remarks at the Duquesne Conference:
''The younger Dulles saw no separation between his business and the country's business.''
...As young men, the two brothers developed a passion for the game of chess and they would play one another with a single-minded intensity that blocked out everyone and everything around them. They would apply the same fervent gamesmanship to their global law practice and then to the world itself when they took their commanding positions in Washington.
The younger Dulles saw no separation between his business and the country's business. Long before he ran the CIA and toppled governments in Iran and Guatemala, and targeted leaders for assassination in Africa, Latin America and even Europe, Allen Dulles was carrying out similar, clandestine work on behalf of his wealthy corporate clients. In 1932 as a Sullivan & Cromwell fixer, he flew to Colombia at the request of the Mellon family, whose rich oil and mineral fields were in danger of being nationalized, and he helped arrange the election of a Mellon-friendly presidential candidate.
"There's a thin line," he said, "between high finance and the shadowy underworld."
When the Dulles brothers targeted a sovereign nation, they invariably did so by couching their mayhem as part of the global crusade against the spreading evil of communism. But, the leaders they overthrew or murdered were generally reformers, whose only sin was a devotion to improving the lives of their poverty-stricken people. When these foreign leaders moved to nationalize resources owned by U.S. and European corporate empires, they often aroused the lethal instincts of the Dulles Brothers. Because these multinational companies, whether it was United Fruit in Guatemala or the ARAMCO oil consortium in Iran, were also clients of the Dulles Brothers' law firm.
For the Democrats who do notice such things, Dallas and its aftermat officially put them on notice as to which side they should be on: the Money Trumps Peace side.
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''Looking Forward'' not only cleared war criminals Bush and Cheney, but the Banksters, as well. [View all]
Octafish
Mar 2014
OP
Excellent post. I just mentioned the devotion of the Neocons, Ledeen in particular, to Machievellian
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#72
Of course it's a metaphor. I was following from Obama's use of that metaphor.
Jackpine Radical
Mar 2014
#33
Maybe he doesnt have a choice. He appears to have been given some leeway on social issues
rhett o rick
Mar 2014
#12
And the banksters are still at it. There is at least examples of that in our history so it would not
jwirr
Mar 2014
#7
Remember how the passed a law to retroactively protect telecoms from prosecution? Let's do the
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#19
That's one of the positive things to keep in mind. There seem to be more and more
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#82
They put children out on the streets so they could hoard billions they will never use.
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#18
When the SC appointed Bush. When Bush invaded Iraq. When we were forced to...
polichick
Mar 2014
#24
"They are dogged in their defense of their guy." Because you folks are dogged in your persecution...
phleshdef
Mar 2014
#28
Wish it weren't so, but it's Year Six and there's no Justice for Banksters, even on the horizon.
Octafish
Mar 2014
#34
Hey buddy, can you spare a newb a kick and tell him what the "Safe Zone" is? n/t
fleabiscuit
Mar 2014
#38
No, there were many crimes of fraud. These were even exposed on right wing liars 60 Minutes.
Enthusiast
Mar 2014
#66
Then that is what they are being told. Because anything less isn't justice at all.
Solly Mack
Mar 2014
#80