Seizing an alternative: Obviously unlawful US/UK wars of the present (2 of 7)
The following is my paper for the Claremont Colleges’ conference, Seizing an Alternative Toward an Ecological Civilization, with open registration to the public on June 4-7, 2015.Paper title:
‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ political collapse: Seizing an alternative to OBVIOUS unlawful wars, bankster looting, lying corporate media
I’ve divided the paper into sections:
Recognizing The Emperor’s New Clothes as THE STORY of today (1 of 7)
Obviously unlawful US/UK wars of the present (2 of 7)
Obviously unlawful Israel wars on Gaza (3 of 7)
War lies to hide obviously unlawful wars: propaganda as usual (4 of 7)
Bankster looting: fundamental fraud that “debt” is “money” (5 of 7)
Lying corporate media: required propaganda trying to hide naked empire (6 of 7)
Integrity for the whole truth, and nothing but the truth (7 of 7)
This section is: Obviously unlawful US/UK wars of the present (2 of 7)
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US/UK/Israel unlawful wars all started with lies:
“No treaty, however much it may be to the advantage of all, however tightly it may be worded, can provide absolute security against the risks of deception and evasion.” – President Kennedy, June 10, 1963
Unlawful Wars of Aggression: The US/UK/Israel “official story” is that current wars are lawful because they are “self-defense.” The Emperor’s New Clothes fact here is that “self-defense” means something quite narrow and specific in war law, and US/UK/Israel armed attacks on so many nations in current and past wars are not even close to the definition of “self-defense.”
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