{"id":58469,"date":"2021-07-03T07:37:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T12:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58469"},"modified":"2021-07-03T07:37:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T12:37:37","slug":"the-system-isnt-there-to-protect-us-from-criminals-its-to-protect-criminals-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58469","title":{"rendered":"The System Isn\u2019t There To Protect Us From Criminals, It\u2019s To Protect Criminals From Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2021\/07\/01\/the-system-isnt-there-to-protect-us-from-criminals-its-to-protect-criminals-from-us\/\">The System Isn\u2019t There To Protect Us From Criminals, It\u2019s To Protect Criminals From Us<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-10117\" class=\"post-10117 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-news tag-imperialism tag-iraq tag-rumsfeld tag-war\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/medium-1200x782.jpeg?ea9430&amp;ea9430\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/medium-1200x782.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/medium-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/medium-768x501.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/medium-1024x668.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/medium.jpeg 1600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"782\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/the-system-isnt-there-to-protect-us-from-criminals-its-to-protect-criminals-from-us\"><em>Listen to a reading of this article:<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1079455483&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxwidth=1060&amp;maxheight=1000\" width=\"1060\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RumsfeldOffice\/status\/1410315512966434818\">has died<\/a>. Not in a prison cell in The Hague, not murdered by bombs or bullets, but peacefully in his home, surrounded by loved ones, a week and a half shy of his 89th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The imperial media are giving their fallen master a king\u2019s tribute, with headlines describing the psychopathic war criminal as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/chicago-bears-donald-rumsfeld-iraq-middle-east-biden-cabinet-f581fcc40afc5736e415de5380c8bdab\">a cunning leader<\/a>\u201c, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/rumsfeld-iraq-legacy\">a man of honor and conviction<\/a>\u201c, or simply as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/donald-rumsfeld-dead\">Former defense secretary at helm of Iraq, Afghanistan wars<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/jeff-bezos-at-helm-democracy-dies-at-washington-post-editorial-board\/277738\/\">cancerous<\/a><em>\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>, who just the other day mocked the life of the late antiwar hero Mike Gravel with an obituary branding him the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1409138761884110848\">gadfly senator from Alaska with flair for the theatrical<\/a>,\u201d describes the child killer Rumsfeld as the \u201c<span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/1hifK\">influential but controversial Bush defense secretary<\/a>\u201d in its headline about his death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0wasn\u2019t much better. Take\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/MGhmA\">the headline<\/a>\u00a0\u201cMike Gravel,\u00a0Unconventional Two-Term Alaska Senator, Dies at 91 \u2014 He made headlines by fighting for an oil pipeline and reading the Pentagon Papers aloud. After 25 years of obscurity, he re-emerged with a quixotic presidential campaign.\u201d Compare this to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Hfinv\">the headline<\/a>\u00a0\u201cDonald Rumsfeld,\u00a0Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Mr. Rumsfeld, who served four presidents, oversaw a war that many said should never have been fought. But he said the removal of Saddam Hussein had \u2018created a more stable and secure world.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1410323482525700097&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2021%2F07%2F01%2Fthe-system-isnt-there-to-protect-us-from-criminals-its-to-protect-criminals-from-us%2F&amp;sessionId=2d75c99414cc4c464919e6befa4a705da2c84440&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1410323482525700097\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s been criticism as well, of course; online sentiments about Rumsfeld\u2019s death have not been nearly as worshipful and hagiographic as they\u2019ve been toward other disgusting war whores like John McCain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The System Isn\u2019t There To Protect Us From Criminals, It\u2019s To Protect Criminals From Us Listen to a reading of this article: Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld\u00a0has died. Not in a prison cell in The Hague, not murdered by bombs or bullets, but peacefully in his home, surrounded by loved ones, a week and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17039,8638,512,1302,862],"class_list":["post-58469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-donald-rumsfeld","tag-media","tag-status-quo","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58470,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58469\/revisions\/58470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}