“Blind faith in technology, combined with a sense of infallible righteousness.”
by digby
.... also known as American exceptionalism:
Bill Moyers Essay: When We Kill Without Caring
February 7, 2013
In a web-extended version of his broadcast essay, Bill Moyers gives examples of how indiscriminate killing by our military forces not only cuts down innocent bystanders, but drives “their enraged families and friends straight into the arms of the very terrorists we’re trying to eradicate.” Bill says the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and President Obama’s prolific use of drones all share a “blind faith in technology, combined with a sense of infallible righteousness.”
It's short, watch it.
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