Peter Dale Scott, an author and poet whose books have focused on “deep politics,” the intersection of economics, criminality and national security, and Robert Parry,a veteran Washington investigative journalist, talks about the "dark side" of US history--conscious, rather wicked, counterinsurgency doctrine.
"October 10,... 2010 -- There is a dark -- seldom acknowledged -- thread that runs through U.S. military doctrine, dating back to the early days of the Republic.
"This military tradition has explicitly defended the selective use of terror, whether in suppressing Native American resistance on the frontiers in the 19th Century or in protecting U.S. interests abroad in the 20th Century or fighting the "war on terror" over the last decade."
Editor's Note: Many Americans view their country and its soldiers as the "good guys" spreading "democracy" and "liberty" around the world. When the United States inflicts unnecessary death and destruction, it's viewed as a mistake or an aberration. In the following article Peter Dale Scott and Robe...
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