Comments by "SkyRiver" (@SkyRiver1) on "Neocon Iraq War architect Bill Kristol destroyed in debate with anti-war writer Scott Horton" video.

  1. Why would you want to corrupt him?
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  2.  @ivanwalker3391  Therefore all the peoples of the earth are sick, because no government is free of corruption and corruption is the sickness.
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  3.  @platosbeard4449  Can you tell me of a hegemony or even nation of secondary power that has not also expressed the human failings common to all men of whatever race or creed? That is of course: had they the power that results in notable corruption. I frequent many progressive forums and the people I run into who consider themselves progressives, are frequently surprised to the point of denial to find out that the American First Nations or Native Americans were not only not the environmentalists that is held forth in their pop persona in the media, but were hideously barbaric and blood thirsty in their near continuous warfare among themselves in pre and post columbian eras. Further when it is pointed out to them that such behavior is common to all the vying nations and even some NGO and religious organizations, inevitably they have to divert the conversation. To ascribe the common failings of all men to the current hegemony, though always a crowd pleaser among those outside of said hegemony, or out of power inside of it, is simplistic and naive. Which is not to say that the USA is not deserving of such criticism. The USA is apparently corrupt on many national levels, but what nation is not? True, the corruption in the USA presently has more of a universal effect than say the corruption you may find in a monastery in Tibet, but do you doubt that the young initiates in such a circumstance are exploited, beaten, and abused, even in this apparently most benign of cultures? The USA could do well to have a government upgrade, no doubt, something that excluded psychopaths, or people who are unable to distinguish fact from fiction, from public office would be good for a start. But barring that, real campaign finance reform is the lynch pin that will end the normalized corruption that holds America in its thrall, and is the most beneficial legislation that could occur. All other political issues in the USA are basically red herrings that keep the same old power-elite bumbling along.
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  4. I would really have liked to hear the entire debate. As presented, this is not a debate at all, just a statement. Scott is expressing my view, I am interested in hearing an attempt at a critical deconstruction of it: if that is what followed.
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