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A Long History of America's Dark Side
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Quote:"You did argue that the president can legally order a village of civilians massacred," a KQED radio host asked John Yoo, now a professor at Berkeley. "Do you stand by that?"
"If, I thought it was militarily necessary," Yoo replied. "All you have to do is look at American history.... Look at the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

http://www.deeppoliticsforum.com/forums/...php?t=3253

Quote:“It became necessary to destroy the town to save it,” a U.S. major said Wednesday.

http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/02/i...wn-to.html
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."

Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon

"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
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A Long History of America's Dark Side - by Jan Klimkowski - 11-10-2010, 05:16 PM

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