In his inaugural address President Obama referenced Martin Luther King’s words “that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on earth.”
It is hoped that Obama’s embrace of an encompassing internationalism will transcend the narrow nationalism that separates the United States from the rest of the world. The belief of our exceptionalism, our moral superiority, and our right to set the world’s agenda is a barrier to the peaceful resolution of international conflicts and a rationale for militarism and war. The earth and its inhabitants are interconnected and are to be preserved and nurtured.
When a news report informs us that 147 children have been killed in Pakistan by drone strikes, we should mourn and empathize with their families as we would empathize with the families of U.S. troops who have lost their lives in the senseless carnage of war. Compassion and empathy should recognize no boundaries and should not be circumscribed by race, class, gender, or nationality.
We can hope that the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street Movement, the uprisings in Europe and throughout the world are harbingers of a transformation taking place in which narrow, parochial nationalisms are being supplanted by a broader, universal internationalism that proclaims we are citizens of the world. We are one people dedicated to living in harmony with the earth and with each other.
If the above internationalist perspective does not evolve into our reality and we continue down the path of resource depletion, of wars, of extreme inequality, and of class conflict, we might well be the inadvertent destroyers of our planet and the life it sustains.
Don T.
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What is sad is the same anti dear leaders and Soros are in reality the same coin one side is "Corp are People (and banksters) too MY FRIEND" according to the 5 SUPREME CT Justices(all members of the ROMAN church of Predators, Mason P 2 lodge, Mafia,and banksters). The other side or Soros wing who makes his fortune on insider betting on currency manipulation aka austerity that the same Vatican and Wall street banksters manipulate.The anti dear leaders iconic banksters on this thread for example and the pro leader or Soros funded opposition win both ways,in both the war to end wars and the next war they were on both teams in each conflict also,Neither Soros nor the other Kosher banksters get their fingers dirty or get into the trenches with the nasty nitwits who prefer carpet bombing to Drones,The low info anti dear only respond to Mossad -FOX VERSIONS of news rather than the Bain Clear channel oops they are the same what's the point, But I do not remember Dear leader holding hands and kissing the Saudi King that was the Guy whose VP was the leader of the pro gay log cabin GOP who created the phony crisis in Iraq-Iran and Afghanistan for starters then cut their taxes and had the nitwits pick up the slack! He did BOW DOWN that was in the days he was a Muslim or was it Indonesian or Kenyan it gets confusing but anyhow he won!
The best place for u Zionist GOLDEN CALF worshipers is Miami , where the Christian Charlatan governor and his JEW RUSSIAN GANGSTERS, Cuban and Hill billy meth users steal the old Jews and Goys identities and write this shite!
Or on the East coast many lives were destroyed by a raging mother nature and now are going to be a lot worse because the dirty little secret in any CAPITALIST draft dodger TPARTY Insurance POLICY IS TO AVOID compensation on massive claims or they lose their CAYMAN ISLAND PO BOX ADDRESS, they are doing what TPARTY GRIFTERS DO BEST SCREWING AMERICAN workers and Middle class , their latest grift is deeming it a flood not Hurricane.
One intelligent and with punctuation, the other....good lord Come up from the basement, butch Mom says the meatloaf is ready
You prefer the mind control version on issues because you are an investor in Bain and or other Cayman islander JOBS in Bainland China? I only get 18,000 guesses but will try to guess it each of the next 18,000 days maybe make that hours eh! U log cabin COWARD come out of the closet! Mom gave up cooking when the Alzheimer movie star was laying the groundwork for the looting of America.
Is it a Roundtable Reagan-Bush 41- 43 Kitchen cabinet or a Cheney energy partner in the Eurasian pipeline ?
BAINLAND CHINA where ROBME and Adelson send hi and low tech jobs u never heard of that? ARE U an Ostrich and Shameless! If u are clueless why are u on these threads or are u just pretending to be so ignorant/ Is it the TYLENOL or cheap Scotch? Maybe u are u Kerry the simpleton or VERA? Incredible how old are u what a sheltered life U never heard of a GRIFTER ? Or that 666 is RON WILSON REAGAN the POTUS with Alzheimer? If this is true what the hell happened in this corner of hell, even in Florida they understand some of these things! Simply pathetic but I'll carry on undeterred with a stiff upper lip!
This is what it's become.
U failed to mention Fidel and his small band of Guerrillas who has outlasted 9 POTUS going on 55 years and the Bainland Commies who gave us the Manchurian candidates of the TPARTY and are winning due to the treason of it and their death squad allies of the United Fruit Company and the Drug cartels, other than that it is ok especially the war to end all wars and the next war where the greatest generations fought and the rest of the wars for the Zionist state-Drugs-terror and now Ammoland or Guns which will go on PAYEING for into eternity!
But without turnover in the peoples house where the Bainland Chinese have come close to destroying the American dream they will finish the job,the easiest way to solve the debts of the state and Fed and sequestation is to cut the pensions of all double dippers in government and put everyone in Illinois and the Federal govt on SSA and then part E medicare for all. Right now the POTUS needs to take it to the limit and get these TPARTY welfare QUEENS back to work it is in the constitution and is critical to amend the RYAN sequestation LAW but that would help America.