‘Good
Parents’ Who Kill Strangers
By Philip
A Farruggio
August
24, 2017 "Information
Clearing House"
- Adolf Hitler never had any children, but
most historians reveal how much he
apparently loved the little ones … IF they
were of pure Aryan blood. He also loved,
they say, his dog Blondi,
appropriately being a German Shepherd
Most,
if not all, of the top Nazis in his regime
were devoted family men. One wonders if
Heinrich Himmler, after his trips to the
concentration camps to view the
half-starved, pajama-wearing inmates, and of
course the gassing and incineration system
he supervised, came home to his lovely
daughter Gudrun, whom he affectionately
called Puppi (Dolly).
Did
his deputy Reinhardt Heydrich find time to
play with his children — Heider, Silke and
Marti — after he planned the operation of
the “Final Solution” for Himmler? As to the
man who kept the “Cattle Cars” rolling on
schedule to and from the myriad of
concentration camps, did Adolf Eichmann sit
his young ones — Klaus, Horst and
Dieter — on his knees and read them bedtime
stories? The historians tell us that all of
these men were devoted and caring fathers,
and in Hitler’s case, was looked upon as
“Uncle Adolf.”
We
know from our American historians that
Richard Nixon loved Trisha and Julie, his
devoted daughters. Did he spend a quiet
Christmas eve and Christmas day with them
while his Operation Linebacker II (Dec.
18-29, 1972) sent the heaviest in
decades B-52 bomber assault upon Hanoi? Did
he exchange wonderful gifts with the girls
while thousands of civilians were killed
during the raids, the most since World War
Two?
Fast
forward to the 1980s and the “great”
inspiration of fearless President Ronald
Reagan. Behind his excuses and later with
U.S. weapons and training, the
ultra-right-wing Salvadoran death squads
were murdering anyone, including
priests (such as Archbishop Oscar Romero)
and nuns who showed dissent. Yet, Ronnie had
time to spend time with his
children — Michael, Christine, Patti,
Maureen and Ron Jr. He was, from many
accounts, a good dad.
So
supposedly was Poppy Bush, the first
President Bush. He must have spent lots of
time with his five children, even when he
ordered the bombing of Iraq during “Desert
Storm” (August 1990-February 1991), which
included obliterating a bomb shelter
containing scores of women and children.
As for
the U.S. military, would “Poppy” like it if
his sons or daughter came down with “Gulf
War Syndrome” (a very different kind of
“syndrome,” i.e, debilitating and even fatal
health ailments)? This condition, according
to many scientific experts, was most likely
caused by the U.S. forces detonating
chemical weapons and the clouds of residue
“blowing back” on U.S. troops.
William Jefferson Clinton became President
in 1993, continuing the economic sanctions
against Iraq. We know how much Bill and his
wife Hillary loved their only child,
Chelsea. Most likely, as with many parents
of an only-child, she was spoiled in a
loving way. Well, the harsh U.S.-led
sanctions against Iraq left many Iraqis
half-starved and sickly. So much so that
thousands, perhaps tens, even hundreds of
thousands died during Clinton’s eight
years in office.
Clinton’s United Nations Ambassador and
later Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright
was asked in 1996 by reporter Leslie Stahl: “We
have heard that half a million children have
died. That’s more children than died in
Hiroshima. And you know, is the price worth
it?” Albright’s response: “I think this is a
very hard choice, but the price, we think
the price is worth it.”
In
2003, George W. Bush ordered — or rather
was told by his handlers to sign off
on — an immoral (and illegal) pre-emptive
attack on another country. As the embedded and
servile mainstream media cheered the “shock
and awe” bombing of Iraq, Bush Jr. most
likely was doting on his twin daughters,
Jenna and Barbara. After all, it doesn’t
matter how many of other people’s loved
ones, including young children, our bombs
and depleted uranium weapons destroy, it’s
our family values that matter, isn’t it?
Finally, we come to our last two presidents.
We know both of them love their
children. President Obama obviously loved
his girls more than he did the
children of Libya. He allowed Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton to convince him to
sign off on another bombing campaign of
another country that wasn’t threatening the
United States, this time Libya.
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Obama
must have been proud, as he shot some hoops
at the White House, with how the U.S.
contributed to the destruction of one of
Africa’s wealthiest and – in many ways –
most progressive nations. Did he sit with
his girls to watch the deadly chaos that he
caused, with Secretary Clinton topping it
off her celebration of Muammar Gaddafi’s
grisly murder by quipping: “We came, we saw,
he died.” Did Obama teach his daughters how
much of the chaos in Syria was exacerbated
by what his administration did in Libya and
then by arming “rebels” who fought side by
side with Al Qaeda and other jihadist
groups?
Then,
Obama gave way to Donald Trump, who may know
as little about world affairs as Bush Jr.
did. Yet, we do know how much this man has
doted on his children, giving his Ivanka the
leg-up to become a mega-millionaire. She is
claimed to be his close adviser as well –
and a devoted mother to her three children.
Ivanka reportedly urged his April 6 missile
strike in Syria because she saw images of
children apparently dying from chemical
exposure, although President Trump’s
rush to judgment
– blaming the incident on the Syria
government – led him to unleash 59 Tomahawk
missiles, including some that veered off
course and reportedly killed a number of
Syrian civilians, including children.
A few
days later, Trump dropped the largest
conventional ordnance known to mankind, the
so-called “Mother of All Bombs,” on a target
in Afghanistan.
Just
like the other aforementioned presidents,
Trump will – in the end – do what the “Deep
State” actors allow him or tell him to do.
That is the real family that
these men belong to.
Philip
A Farruggio is a son and grandson of
Brooklyn longshoremen – and a freelance
columnist since 2001, with over 300 of his
work posted on sites such as Information
Clearing House, Nation of Change, World News
Trust, Op Ed News, Dissident Voice,
Counterpunch, Activist Post, Sleuth Journal,
Truthout and many others. His blog can be
read in full on World News Trust., whereupon
he writes a great deal on the need to cut
military spending drastically and send the
savings back to save our cities. Philip has
a internet interview show, ‘ It’s the
Empire… Stupid’ with producer Chuck Gregory,
and can be reached at paf1222@bellsouth.net