Printed in NYT 10, August 2015

Printed in NYT 10, August 2015 It is past time that the US confronts its own dark history before slewing darts at other nations who have engaged in acts of brutality, perhaps beginning with the genocide of our native Indians who were constantly vilified as savages in Hollywood Westerns. We have stolen their land and decimated their beautiful culture; it is no surprise that their young are ending their lives in such large numbers. We have constantly meddled in other countries domestic affairs overthrowing and replacing popular leaders with US puppets who have tortured and killed dissidents, treating the world in Cohen’s word ‘like some diabolical chessboard”. Remember our overthrow of Iran’s democratic leader Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953 which has radicalized the Shias? Our support for the maniacal General Yaya Khan of Pakistan which resulted in the genocide of the Bengalis; our unconditional support for Israel who have stolen land from the indigenous Palestinians; 3-6 million killed in Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia, still suffering multi-generational birth defects from Agent Orange. The US orchestrated the 1965 genocide in Indonesia that left between 1 to 3 million people dead. The glass encased US seems content at throwing stones at other nations shortcomings instead of getting our own house in order.