Daniel Ellsberg spoke on June 26, 2011, to members of the American Library Association in New Orleans. I wooshed into town in time to attend his early Sunday morning lecture, which succinctly covered the Pentagon Papers, American foreign and military policy from 1945 to the near future, the US-Vietnam War, Iraq, Afghanistan, WikiLeaks, and more. I thoroughly enjoyed his cogent, well-argued presentation.
Bottom line: US policmakers overall tend to do the same blindered things over and over again as part of a consistent whole, without worrying too much about the historical consequences. Ellsberg sees most of US war making since 1945 as a big mistake, more about serving corporate military-industrial-political interests than anything else.
Ellsberg, now eighty, has a lot of energy and focus and makes many good points. Here's a link to his website: http://www.ellsberg.net/
Today's Rune: Flow.
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