John Pilger on ISIS: Only When We See the War Criminals In Our Midst Will the Blood Begin to Dry
In transmitting President Richard Nixon's
orders for a "massive" bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger
said, "Anything that flies on everything that moves". As Barack Obama
ignites his seventh war against the Muslim world since he was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize, the orchestrated hysteria and lies make one
almost nostalgic for Kissinger's murderous honesty.
As a witness to the human consequences of aerial savagery - including
the beheading of victims, their parts festooning trees and fields - I
am not surprised by the disregard of memory and history, yet again. A
telling example is the rise to power of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge, who
had much in common with today's Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
They, too, were ruthless medievalists who began as a small sect. They,
too, were the product of an American-made apocalypse, this time in Asia.
According to Pol Pot, his movement had consisted of "fewer than 5,000
poorly armed guerrillas uncertain about their strategy, tactics,
loyalty and leaders". Once Nixon's and Kissinger's B52 bombers had gone
to work as part of "Operation Menu", the west's ultimate demon could not
believe his luck.
