November 18, 2006

The end of the Vietnam War marked the beginning of global terrorism. Senator Fulbright called the war as ‘the arrogance of power’. After the first Indo-China War, Vietnam was partitioned. Elections were to be held in 1956 for the unification of Vietnam. North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh was sure to win the elections. South Vietnam under Ngo Din Diem refused to take part in the elections and the war started.
The North Vietnamese forces fought a guerrilla war with Russian military hardware (…)

When the emperor has to go for elections, the subjects have to face the music. Nero was not the only one who fiddled when he let his capital being burnt down. The emperor of today cannot afford to let his capital being burnt down, because it is the only prize he covets—the acquisition of capital, that is, wealth. But to win the election, he is prepared to bomb out innocent unarmed men and women in far-away countries.
As part of his Presidential election campaign, Clinton hit upon three (…)