tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176006268302183776.post5185902676701923732..comments2024-03-20T10:14:19.071-04:00Comments on The Shipler Report: Human Rights: Wiping Away the SmirkDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305265860388931637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176006268302183776.post-848040389209858332013-04-16T12:11:26.329-04:002013-04-16T12:11:26.329-04:00Thank you, Dave, for detailing the pedigrees of th...Thank you, Dave, for detailing the pedigrees of these individuals, which seem to exemplify "self righteous individualism", compared with the paranoid individualism you wrote about in your previous article.<br /><br />What is disheartening is the apparent purpose, focus, and robust vigor with which these individuals and their respective governments accomplished these abuses. The dollars involved must be staggering. These individuals don't even qualify for the rogue/villian that American audiences have historically loved to idolize in movies and literature and, yes, homeland security. They are dark and dirty.<br /><br />After WWII our country applied purpose, focus, and robust vigor to helping others with programs like the Marshall Plan and the Food for Peace Program (PL480). Our heads were held high be those we were helping; no smirking was required. I'd bet the $$$ we spent overall on those programs would turn out to be only a fraction of what has gone down the proverbial drain in the abuses you describe. Our leaders in Washington seem mesmerized by clandestine activities rather than seeing the big picture of hunger, poverty, and decaying infrastructure in our own country. We need a domestic Marshall Plan and Food For Peace program for our national wellbeing. Until then we cannot smirk or hold our heads up in our own country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com