REALPOLITIK AND TERRORISM

Webster's New World Dictionary

Realpolitik -- practical politics; a euphemism for POWER POLITICS

power politics -- international political relations in which each
nation attempts to increase its own power or interests by using
military or economic coercion

terrorism -- 1. the act of terrorizing; use of force or threats to
demoralize, intimidate, and subjugate, esp. such use as a
political weapon or policy 2. the demoralization and intimidation
produced in this way

[Realpolitik = power politics = terrorism?]

Noam Chomsky, Necessary Illusions

If the agenda can be restricted to the ambiguities of Arafat, the
abuses and failures of the Sandinistas, the terrorism of Iran and
Libya, and other properly framed issues, then the game [fooling
the American public] is basically over; excluded from the
discussion is the unambiguous rejectionism of the United States
and Israel, and the terrorism and other crimes of the United
States and its clients, not only far greater in scale but also
incomparably more significant on any moral dimension for American
citizens, who are in a position to mitigate or terminate these
crimes. -- p. 49

Noam Chomsky, What Uncle Sam Really Wants

The use of terror is deeply ingrained in our [US] character. . .

The first step is to use the police. They're critical because they
can detect discontent early and eliminate it before "major
surgery" is necessary. If major surgery becomes necessary, we rely
on the army. When we can no longer control the army . . . it's
time to overthrow the government.

The second step is to use the military. The US has always tried to
establish relations with the military in foreign countries,
because that's one of the ways to overthrow a government that has
gotten out of hand.

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Letter to United Nations
Ambassadors

Two months have passed since the Security Council last reviewed
the murderous sanctions against Iraq and more than 20,000 human
beings have died as a direct result of its failure to end the
sanctions that time. More than 10,000 of those who died in March
and April are infants and children. The entire population of Iraq
has suffered. Millions will not overcome the effects of the
sanctions in their lifetimes which have been shortened by years.

The history of this violent century does not reveal a more deadly,
cruel, inhumane and degrading torture of the whole population of
an entire nation inflicted by foreign power for so long a period
of time. -- May 1, 1996

Wielding Aid, U.S. Targets Sudan, The Washington Post

Nearly $20 million in surplus U.S. military equipment will be sent
to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Uganda, the officials said, adding that
the three countries support Sudanese opposition groups preparing a
joint offensive to topple the government of Sudan. -- November 10,
1996

Mark Zepezauer, The CIA'S Greatest Hits

Despite its name, the Central Intelligence Agency's main purpose
is -- and has always been -- carrying out covert operations
involving economic warfare, rigged elections, assassinatons and
even genocide. -- Introduction

Head US Special Forces, 60 Minutes

[The special forces are used] to put down rebellions or to start
one. -- April 30, 1995

William Blum, Killing Hope: U.S. Military And CIA Interventions Since World
War II

The U.S. bombing of Iraq, June 26, 1993, in retaliation for an
alleged Iraqi plot to assassinate former president George Bush,
"was essential," said President Clinton, "to send a message to
those who engage in state-sponsored terrorism . . . and to affirm
the expectation of civilized behavior among nations."

Following is a list of prominent individuals whose assassination
(or planning for same) the United States has been involved in
since the end of the Second World War. The list does not include
several assassinations in various parts of the world carried out
by anti-Castro Cubans employed by the CIA and headquartered in the
United States.

 1949 - Kim Koo, Korean opposition leader
 1950s - CIA/Neo-Nazi hit list of numerous political
        figures in West Germany
 1955 - Jose Antonio Remon, President of Panama
 1950s - Chou En-Lai, Prime Minister of China, several
        attempts on his life
 1950s - Sukarno, President of Indonesia
 1951 - Kim Il Sung, Premier of North Korea
 1950s (mid) - Claro M. Recto, Philippines opposition
        leader
 1955 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India
 1957 - Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt
 1959 and 1963 - Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia
 1960 - Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, leader of Iraq
 1950s-70s - Jose Figueres, President of Costa Rica, two
        attempts on his life
 1961 - Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, leader of Haiti
 1961 - Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo
        (Zaire)
 1961 - Gen. Rafael Trujillo, leader of Dominican
        Republic
 1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam
 1960s - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, many attempts
        on his life
 1960s - Raul Castro, high official in government of Cuba
 1965 - Francisco Caamano, Dominican Republic opposition
        leader
 1965 - Pierre Ngendandumwe, Prime Minister of Burundi
 1965-6 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France
 1967 - Che Guevara, Cuban leader 1970 - Salvador
        Allende, President of Chile
 1970 - Gen Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army,
        Chile
 1970s, 1981 - Gen. Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama
 1972 - General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Panama
        Intelligence
 1975 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire
 1976 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica
 1980-1986 - Muammar Qaddafi, leader of Libya, several
        plots and attempts on his life
 1982 - Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of Iran
 1983 - Gen. Ahmed Dlimi, Moroccan Army commander
 1983 - Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua
 1984 - The nine comandantes of the Sandinista National
        Directorate
 1985 - Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, Lebanese
        Shiite leader (80 people killed in attempt)
 1991 - Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq

-- Appendix III

David B. Kopel, Hearings on Wiretapping and Terrorism

Analyst at the Cato Institute testifies before the Judiciary
Committee of the United States Senate that there is no terrorism
crisis.