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From Hiroshima to Syria, the enemy whose name we dare not speak : Comments
By John Pilger, published 12/9/2013With Al-Qaida now among its allies, and US-armed coupmasters secure in Cairo, the US intends to crush the last independent states in the Middle East.
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I have a great admiration for Enlightenment values, and the ideas on which the US was founded. One of the greatest works of political science is the 'Federalist Papers' which I am now reading. The papers outline the philosophy behind the US Constitution. The authors of those papers saw religion as a divisive force and advocated separation of church and state. The subsidising of religious schools and chaplains in the non-public schools in contemporary Australia would be illegal in the US.
As far as the Fascists making the trains run on time that is myth. The Fascist march on Rome in 1922 was partially done by train, and the Fascists got to Rome on time. As Gaetano Salvemini pointed out the Italian trains ran on time before the Fascist takeover and continued to run on time after the takeover.
The US in addition to imperialism has an anti-imperialist tradition which sometimes makes its weight felt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Anti-Imperialist_League is one example.