Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Afghan War Just Needs a Better Sales Pitch

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Afghan War Just Needs a Better Sales Pitch

Click here to access article by Peter Hart from Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.

The author's survey of opinion indoctrinators among the One Percent's mainstream media blames Obama for the poor public support of the war in Afghanistan. It appears they are getting desperate. After this longest war, which still continues, in US history, the political operatives of the One Percent refuse to admit that they are pursuing a war that their own citizens reject. Hence, it's all a matter of misunderstanding.