Monday, April 28, 2008

What about Kieth Olberman?

Kieth Olberman is one of my favorite, if not the best commentators, but after watching his news cast about Reverend Wright, I really had to wonder if he watched all of what Wright had to say. I just don't see how you can read one or two paragraphs of a speech, and think you understand the whole thing. I don't think most of the people commenting on Rev Wright listened to him from beginning to end. Wright is lending himself to the defeat of Obama, which will be a tragedy. One of the things Wright asserts is that America has terrorized other countries. On first blush this statement would seem terrible, but when you consider the dictators the United States supported in Iran, Iraq, Cuba, and Chile, it is true. Our country at one time stood behind Sadam, we stood behind Pinochet, we stood behind Batista. If you know your history every one of these men were brutal dictators. If you know the complete history of Vietnam, you know we got started in that country supporting the dictator of South Vietnam. It is certainly an unpleasant fact to confront, but that doesn't make it untrue. Anyone who has read anything knows we are supporters of the current kingdoms in Saudi Arabia. These kingdoms are terribly repressive regimes. Please someone tell me I am crazy or wrong. This is what Wright is being criticized for. Wright said "The Chickens are coming home to roost" or "What you reap is what you sew" who could deny that we have planted the seeds of hate in Iran when we used to support the Sha of Iran? Sadam used to be our sorragate against Iran, at the behest of the CIA. Is this not true? So when Wright goes on television and says this, he is a crazy man saying radical things? Sure they are radical, but history shows they are true.

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