As Hero Finally Gets Medal of Honour, Some Question the Delay
Wall Street has infested the country with the spirit of reckless greed and the gospel of pride and selfishness. And the government provides the example for the people.
Every empire in its official discourse has said it is not like the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest 'mission civilisatrice.' Edward W. Said