Napalm

Are We Hypocrites? Does Anyone Remember Napalm?

-by Helen KleinWe used chemical weapons against civilians big time during the Vietnam War. How can we claim the moral high ground and use this as a justification to initiate bombing in yet another country? I love our country and the high ideals to which we aspire. But, let’s do so with our eyes open and learn from our mistakes.It is hard to watch the Syria situation unfold with anything but disbelief.

Vietnam: From National Liberation to Trans-Pacific Vassalage 1975-2015

In 1975 the people of Vietnam successfully ended one of the longest and bloodiest anti-colonial wars in world-history – defeating the US, the world’s biggest imperial power, after 20 years of struggle.
Barely forty years later the Vietnamese regime signed off on the US-Japanese dominated Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement (TPFTA), which essentially converted Vietnam into a vassal state.

Hypocrisy of the Paranoid

Hypocrisy of the paranoid
 
 
 Paul Balles

 
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. –Andre Gide
 
Hypocritical behaviour:
(MANAMA, Bahrain ) -  Carry fire in one hand and water in the other. To be duplicitous, to engage in double-dealing; to be two-faced, to speak with forked tongue.