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THE FOUR KARMIC SORROWS FACING AMERICA
"Not the faults of others, nor what others have done or left undone, but one's own deeds, done and left undone, should one consider.": 50th Stanza from the Dhammapada (The Path of Wisdom)
Because of the Cheney/Bush administration's illegal needless war with Iraq ~ where arrogance fully embraced incompetence and where thousands of innocent civilians have been killed and maimed ~ America has reached the tipping point for its own sorrowful downfall.
We are now beyond the point of no return for we have yet to acknowledge our own deeds ~ both done and left undone.
Chalmers Johnson, Sorrows of Empire , calls it the coming of the four sorrows and , it would appear, we are well on our way toward meeting these inevitable karmic messengers.
Allen L Roland
Four sorrows ... are certain to be visited on the United States.
Chalmers Johnson, Sorrows of Empire
Their cumulative effect guarantees that the U.S. will cease to resemble the country outlined in the Constitution of 1787.
First, there will be a state of perpetual war, leading to more terrorism against Americans wherever they may be and a spreading reliance on nuclear weapons among smaller nations as they try to ward off the imperial juggernaut.
Second is a loss of democracy and Constitutional rights as the presidency eclipses Congress and is itself transformed from a co-equal 'executive branch' of government into a military junta.
Third is the replacement of truth by propaganda, disinformation, and the glorification of war, power, and the military legions.
Lastly, there is bankruptcy, as the United States pours its economic resources into ever more grandiose military projects and shortchanges the education, health, and safety of its citizens.":
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