tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post1138514183852117033..comments2023-07-17T02:33:39.109-07:00Comments on The Lion of the Left Speaks: Whitened SepulchersLion of the Lefthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01452320468745423207noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-17400546716185532342011-06-04T03:31:59.311-07:002011-06-04T03:31:59.311-07:00Douglas MacArthur should never have tried to take ...Douglas MacArthur should never have tried to take the whole Korean peninsula; the Chinese had already decided that they wouldn't allow it. 80 percent of the UN casualties were incurred after China sent in troops to save Kim Il-Sung.<br /><br />However, given the heinous nature of the North Korean regime since, the UN rescue of South Korea per se was noble and justifiable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-24294552169108455352011-06-03T23:36:58.703-07:002011-06-03T23:36:58.703-07:00Bernie, you have done a thorough detailing of the ...Bernie, you have done a thorough detailing of the inconsistencies between theory and practice in the structure of the R C Church. It should not be a great surprise that church officials are subservient to the assumptions of the government in power.<br />The 'enemie du jour' changes every few years. <br />I can remember the Nazis and the Japs. Then the Wops were enemies too. After the big war, it was those atheistic Commies in the USSR, but most wicked of all were the Chinese Commies, the Red Chinese, and so we had to support the UN Police Action in Korea.<br />Then the next Bad Guy: Ho Chi Minh, who was our ally in defeating the Japanese in Southeast Asia in the 1940s, but he had the 'nerve' to study in Moscow and became a Communist. <br />So we cut Vietnam in half, Wasted almost 60,000 American dead and how many wounded, and THREE MILLION Vietnamese -- Well they didn't count, because they were Viet Cong or VC sympathizers. That makes everyone an enemy combatant who resists the takeover of their nation by -- by whom? Excuse me? <br />You say if you don't fight and win in Vietnam then all the Dominoes will fall over in Southeast Asia. Strange, last time I looked, Saigon was Ho Chi Minh City and Thailand and Laos still have their kings and there's not a sign of Communism in Cambodia, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, ... but I digress. So keep going through the 1980s and 1990s, see how one president after another justified the activities of CIA (economic hit-men) , Black Ops of all kinds, School of the Americas, the military -- so that only the oppressive dictators are allowed to stay in power, not people like Allende of Chile or this president in Venezuela who dares to criticize the U.S. --- He can't be allowed to stay in power, can he?<br />-- I notice I am rambling and ranting.<br /><br />It is just that we need to focus on the Mother of All Issues, because that is what led to this assumption that ANYTHING for 'National Security' is not subject to review, much less 'spending cuts'. That is unthinkable! <br /><br />SO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH will never speak out, but individuals like Phil and Dan Berrigan, Dorothy Day, Ammon Hennacy, the Sojourners, and many in the apostolic tradition, rather than in the Constantine tradition. <br />Just try this one link, spend a few hours, and see where you go with it when you are willing to objective and not married to your preconceived assumptions... <br />http://www.wanttoknow.info/911information<br /><br />Then pass on to the world what you learn there.<br />[It takes courage and the ability to get over being called names.]James F Holwellhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/learningcoach/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-8032287216164986212011-05-29T16:14:38.995-07:002011-05-29T16:14:38.995-07:00Oh Bernie, it's good to hear your voice once a...Oh Bernie, it's good to hear your voice once again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com