18-09-2013, 08:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-09-2013, 08:47 PM by Joseph McBride.)
Thanks, Peter and Tracy, for your comments. I appreciate your
insights and am glad Tracy is finding the book engrossing.
Our country has many aspects of a police state, and we have
lost many of our civil liberties, but I don't
think we are living in a completely totalitarian regime.
We still have some freedoms, such as being able to publish dissident
books or forums. And yes, the US has
been an imperial power for a long time. U. S. Grant wrote, "The
Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations,
like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our
punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times."
insights and am glad Tracy is finding the book engrossing.
Our country has many aspects of a police state, and we have
lost many of our civil liberties, but I don't
think we are living in a completely totalitarian regime.
We still have some freedoms, such as being able to publish dissident
books or forums. And yes, the US has
been an imperial power for a long time. U. S. Grant wrote, "The
Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations,
like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our
punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times."

