The Barbarians Are Inside the Gate

War as state sponsored terrorism, in the name of Exxon

At what point do 16,000 nuclear warheads controlled by megalomaniacs constitute terrorism and extreme coercion?

At what point do illegal invasions and multi-decade occupations constitute terrorism?

Drone attacks, cluster bombs, land mines, napalm, depleted uranium munitions?

Junk food and junk culture contaminating children?

Mega-corporations destroying local businesses en masse?

Overt and covert support for dozens of ultra-corrupt Fascist dictators?

At what point does exploiting Third World poverty for corporate profit become de facto slavery? Or are we doing them a favour by treating them like an endless array of disposable widgets.

State sponsored torture? "How the CIA Torture Report Became a Bestseller"

At what point does funding corrupt governments across the Middle East who then fund terrorism, reflect upon our own lack of moral fortitude. At what point does the failure to invest in alternative energy for decades straight reflect on our own indifference to terrorism, torture, drone attacks, endless warfare, CIA subversion and ongoing degradation of Islam.

We attack their countries and then act outraged when they attack ours.

The Barbarians are inside the gate. They always were.

"The ancient Rabbis contrasted God's sovereignty with the rule of Rome. Rome seeks its own glory, wars against other peoples to subjugate them, revels in material existence, lives off the work of slave labor, allows many to die of poverty and starvation, and promotes entertaining circuses and gladiator spectacle. The Rabbis, picturing redemption, remark that the messianic age will be recognized when an end is brought to the rule of wickedness." - Solomon Schechter

The Circus is ending