Freedom's Just Another Word for Blowing Shit Up

Why are we bombing Libya? For freedom!

BARACK OBAMA: For generations, the United States of America has played a unique role as an anchor of global security and as an advocate for human freedom....for generations, we have done the hard work of protecting our own people, as well as millions around the globe. We have done so because we know that our own future is safer, our own future is brighter, if more of mankind can live with the bright light of freedom and dignity.

Why has al Qaeda bombed places around the world? For freedom!

AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI: ...when we wage Jihad in Allah’s path, we aren’t waging Jihad to lift oppression from the Muslims only, we are waging Jihad to lift oppression from all of mankind...I invite all the world’s weak and oppressed ones to Islam, the religion of freedom...

Why has Libya bombed lots of people? For freedom!

MUAMMAR GADAFFI: It is one of our basic principles to support nations that are struggling for the sake of their freedom, to support those exploited and oppressed...We are morally responsible to stand by these just causes...We have no objections as far as we are able to aiding with arms and money nations struggling for the sake of their freedom.

Other leaders with a powerful interest in freeing other people include Napoleon and Hitler.

P.S. Here's Samantha Power, apparently one of people in the Obama administration who pushed for war in Libya, in 2004:

Much blood was shed in the last century by United States forces or proxies in the name of righteous ends. Because every state justifies its wars on the grounds of self-defense or altruism, Chomsky is correct that any ''profession of noble intent is predictable, and therefore carries no information.''

—Jonathan Schwarz

Posted at May 14, 2011 07:38 PM

