Dear Pentagon

[morgan_dhu]

Yes, you.


You're probably reading this.

Just in case you had any doubts, yes I am a socialist, a queer, a radical, a subversive, an activist, an environmentalist, a bleeding-heart tree-hugger, altogether the sort of person you don't want in your country.

I disapprove heartily of almost every piece of foreign policy your governemnt has ever adopted, beginning with the Monroe Doctrine (you maybe thought we hadn't noticed your attempts to annex Canada back in the good old days?) and working up to preemptive strikes and invasions.

I also think you have the worst record of civil rights abuses of any developed country, and I rather suspect you do much worse than a good many developing countries, too. (And that's saying a lot, because most developed countries, including my own, have some pretty serious problems in this regard.)

Your internal social and economic policies look pretty much like a disaster to me, but that's up to your citizens to deal with, I'll just boo and hiss from the sidelines on that one.

But don't worry, I have no intentions of risking my health, life and liberty by visiting your country, at least not while the current dictatorship is in power. Yes, I know that if all your master's plans work out properly, that's going to be a very long time.

So just go fuck yourself, OK?

Thanks, and have a nice day.

Me.

Comments

[victoriacatlady.livejournal.com]

mbassadors for Christ in uniform . According to the OCF's executive director, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Bruce Fister, it means that "the people around a military leader ought to see the characteristics of Christ in that leader." It is a national tradition reflected in "hundreds of writings and proclamations issued down through the ages by American leaders who claim divine protection for our nation, place our nation's trust in God and claim God as our source of strength."

It sounds uncannily like the divine right of kings to me. Leaders as god-kings. Of course, it should go without saying that the Republic of the United States of America was specifically established as a king-free zone. But I grew up there in the '50s and '60s, and he's right that it's been a strong, strong tendency for a very long time -- the indoctrinated belief that the leader, especially the President, must not be challenged because (by definition, seemingly) he can do no wrong.

We need loud-mouths like Mikey Weinstein.

[morgan-dhu.livejournal.com]

I think you might have meant to reply to another post I made, rather than this one.

Although it's an apt comment in this location as well - because the current administration in particular seems to really believe it rules by divine right, it's easy for them to justify anything - after all, God is on their side.

America has been doing that for quite some time now, and it just seems to keep getting worse.