GUILFORD-Military in our streets, masked agents disappearing our fellow workers, social programs gutted, health care and food aid in peril: Where have Americans seen this before?
Oh, yes: in the governments the U.S. has foisted on other peoples around the world over the past century, from Chile to Vietnam, from Guatemala to Iran.
We did not seem to notice when our CIA and military created coups and supported bloody dictators. Well, we should have had more empathy, as the chickens have come home to roost. We now live in just such a banana republic. Time for us to get a taste of our own medicine, I guess.
Did we not know the old lesson from history: You cannot export tyranny and hope to have democracy at home?
Here's a thought: Our government and taxes support the genocide in Gaza. Should that scare the hell out of us? Is Gaza the future our rulers have in mind for our children?
Bert Picard
Guilford
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