tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519418903407202773.post1534021085190487165..comments2011-04-03T01:34:52.787-06:00Comments on Mormons for Peace: The Imperial Elephant in the RoomDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02005947277425774328noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519418903407202773.post-10222591776816088992008-02-08T16:30:00.000-07:002008-02-08T16:30:00.000-07:00Excellent insights.Even though we supposedly don't...Excellent insights.<BR/><BR/>Even though we supposedly don't take anybody's land, it's occupation just the same. That is the definition of empire. That is the definition of imperialism.<BR/><BR/>If we have the wrong opinion about the Iraq war (the right opinion is that we should never have gone there), we are compelled to overlook all of the other places we have squatted (Korea, Japan, Uzbekistan, Djibouti, Kuwait, etc.)<BR/><BR/>That's got to eat at honest peoples' hearts. We're everywhere. And that is NOT the American way, despite what the Establishment wants us to think these last (nearly) 100 years.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I linked you on my blogroll (Simple Utah Mormon Politics).Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.com