It has never REALLY changed..

In class the other day, studying Contemporary Issues in Global Politics, my professor made reference to the bombing of Dresden in World War II by British and American forces. The fire storms caused by these fires killed over 20, 000 innocent civilians in a matter of days. The drafts were so strong from these fires that people were actually sucked into them. While searching through various links and related web sites I came across and excerpt from "Rogue State - A Guide to the World's Only Superpower" by William Blum. Not unlike the sequence from Fahrenheit/911 which displays various pictures associated with the many questionable acts taken by former presidents in their foreign policy, this section of the book describes various acts of harshness by leading American figure heads, past and present. The list is long and disturbing and shows the length of time over which these atrocities have been taking place. As long as humans run our governments these kinds of things will take place, no doubt. I, however, often make the mistake of thinking that things must have been pretty peachy "back in the day" when the Allies stood for justice, freedom and everything good in the world. Whatever, one day I'll be the president, and everyone will eat chocolate ice cream for free!