pragmatic naturalism

"this disclosure is not just an attack on america's foreign policy interests. it is an attack on the international community."
hillary clinton on wikileaks 11-29-2010

a couple of things leap to mind here...what are "america's foreign policy interests"? saddam and manuel noriega both played their parts in those "interests" at one time...but were jettisoned when the priorities of the "interests" changed and their usefulness was done...so america obviously has no permanent friends...only permanent interests...a series of "goals in view" to borrow a phrase from john dewey's ethical system ( the blog title...just so you know)...no objective good or bad...just relativist goals and situational ethics that shift from good to bad to good...whatever works for empire...if you can help you're our friend...get in the way and some sort of invasion, arrest, coup, execution is what's next...whatever is necessary to clear a path to the current goals...this has been america's foreign policy for at least a century and it still is the foundation of how "diplomacy" works...i have been perusing some of those cables and they shine a light on this philosphical viewpoint...the government talks alot about freedom and transparency when they are pointing fingers...no stomach for the truth about their own behaviors...history is rank with hired bullshit...never trust anything but primary sources....that's what these cables are...have a look before the goons shut them down...this is what freedom looks like...the real stuff...not the distortions the media feed you...we live in interesting times.


tuesday morning 5:45 am

i've just been reading a cable about the honduran coup last june...the u s has recognized the govrernment of porfiro lobo as legitimate ( not the original usurper
roberto micheletti ) yet the cable at the time clearly labels manuel zelaya's removal as "illegal and unconstitutional"...just one more central american military junta disguised as civillian...nothing new about the u s having a military client in central america...and no sense rocking the boat by pointing out that the honduran constitution says removal of the president is a judicial matter, not a legislative or military one...we've caused enough grief there, right? political pragmatism trumps freedom and legality in "diplomacy" again...hillary toes the monroe doctrine line.