The
February 15 Globe article by Stephen Kinzer entitled "A root of
terrorism grew from Europe's colonization" was spot on correct. My
letter to the Globe was printed in today's edition. It is as follows.
As western head-scratching occurs trying to figure out why so many
Muslims are so angry and so violent to us, it seems impossible for the
west to admit that history counts. The legacy of colonialism and its
brutality, while, perhaps, not felt at first, did rear its ugly head
later. It is pitiful that the media rarely makes mention of it. The
gargantuan mistake of the Iraq War based on lies is simply another
example of western historical amnesia. The US illegally invaded a
foreign nation, Iraq, that did nothing to deserve it. Colonialism and
it have had disastrous consequences as American go shopping or watch the
Superbowl and almost instantaneously forget the consequences of that
history.
Human beings resent conquerors and they resent being
slaughtered especially when they are guilty of nothing except having the
world's most voluminous supply of oil and the west's insatiable
appetite for it. You want to know why the ugly barbarism of ISIS exists
I suggest you remember Shakespeare's immortal lines: "The fault dear
Brutus is not in our stars but in ourselves."
I
am hearing things I do not want to hear. I am hearing that they are
pushing MSNBC away from its progressive format. They are I have heard
but do not know if it is true that Chris Hayes may be given the door. I
HOPE this is not true. I ask you to write MSNBC or call MSNBC (phone
number is easily available if you Google it) and show him and MSNBC
support as they broadcast now. I have heard too that Joy Reid whom I
love is going to do other formats and that Al Sharpton's job is in the
crosshairs. DO NOT LET THE CORPORATIST Phil Griffin do what we all
feared he would when Olbermann left and Comcast bought MSNBC out. If
you let them they will decimate the ONLY major cable network that speaks
for the 98%. Their reporting and commentary is spot on correct and
excellent. If you think the Tea Party has been duped and hoodwinked by
this corporatist agenda you are right. They have and they do not even
realize it. The Republican Party is NOT about most of them. It must
appeal to the lesser angels of their human nature. It is racist,
mendacious and inhumane. Our nation is being taken over by them. DO NOT
LET IT. IT IS WHY YOU MUST VOTE BEFORE you will not have a nation for
which to vote!
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