Prof. Rodrigue Tremblay
Global Research
Am I alone in having the uneasy feeling, while listening to Barack
Obama’s speeches, that we are witnessing an actor playing the role of an
American president and carefully reading the script he has been given?
As time goes by, indeed, Barack Obama seems to be morphing more and more
into a Democratic George W. Bush. Those who write his speeches seem to
have the same warmongering mentality as those who wrote George W. Bush’s
or Dick Cheney’s speeches, ten years ago.
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“I believe in American exceptionalism
with every fiber of my being. But what makes us exceptional is not our
ability to flout international norms and the rule of law; it is our
willingness to affirm them through our actions.” President Barack Obama, May 29, 2014 commencement speech at West Point.
“War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.”, President Dwight Eisenhower, 1947 commencement speech at West Point.
“Politically speaking, tribal
nationalism always insists that its own people is surrounded by “a world
of enemies”, “one against all”, that a fundamental difference exists
between this people and all others. It claims its people to be unique,
individual, incompatible with all others, and denies theoretically the
very possibility of a common mankind long before it is used to destroy
the humanity of man.” Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
“…An empire is a despotism, and an
emperor is a despot, bound by no law or limitation but his own will; it
is a stretch of tyranny beyond absolute monarchy. For, although the will
of an absolute monarch is law, yet his edicts must be registered by
parliaments. Even this formality is not necessary in an empire.” John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd American President
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