October 1, 2005
The appearance of fully-armed mercenaries on the streets of New Orleans
tells us that the city is currently under occupation. Whenever foreign
troops are deployed within an urban area it can only mean one thing; the
loss of sovereignty. It's no different here. Blackwater mercenaries are part
of a privately owned army that has seized control of the streets from their
rightful owners, the people of New Orleans. They are an integral part of a
much broader plan to militarize the nation and turn America into a
garrison-state.
Blackwater employees may work for the United States government, but, in
fact, they represent the exclusive interests of an elite cadre of corporate
globalists who are transforming America into a base for future operations.
New Orleans is simply the testing-grounds for their radical theories of
establishing order. It provides a pilot-program for working out the kinks
that inevitably arise from revamping society from the ground up. So far, the
project is moving ahead better than anyone could have expected, mainly due
to the media's skillful diversion of the public's attention from the
militarization-process to the many human-interest stories of suffering and
rebirth. It is a cynical way of exploiting misery and obfuscating the truth.
Just like Iraq, the propaganda-system has been the most successful part
of the entire campaign; working flawlessly to provide a storyline that runs
counter to the facts as we know them.
New Orleans is the first American city to come under the direct control
of the global-corporate oligarchy. By taking advantage of loopholes in the
current law created by terrorist legislation, Rumsfeld has been able to
insert both the military and private security organizations into a major
metropolitan area without as much as a peep from his critics. There's simply
been no opposition from any quarter to a draconian move that will have
sweeping affects on the future of liberty in the US.
We can only imagine the gleeful reaction to these new developments at
America's many elite-bastions, like the American Enterprise Institute, the
Federalist Society, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the others, who
have worked so tirelessly to overturn the basic principles of personal
freedom and representative government. The emergence of a militarized
police-state is the victory they have sought for decades. Now, it has
materialized in the wreckage of the South's main port-o-call.
The soldiers and mercenaries will be part of a permanent military
contingent in New Orleans performing routine policing activities, assisting
NGOs, and executing various disciplinary functions. The Red Cross is already
being assisted by Blackwater employees; ensuring that vital assistance is
meted-out according to strict guidelines rather than mere need. These same
restrictions have been applied in Afghanistan and Iraq to make sure that
victims meet certain political criteria before they can get aid. This is how
the Pentagon enters NGOs into the overarching military goals of the
operation and turns relief into a subtle form of coercion.
Realistically, New Orleans can no longer be considered a part of the
United States. It now belongs to that confused jumble of quasi-states like
Kosovo, Afghanistan, Haiti and Iraq that toil beneath the corporate banner
of the new world order.
The pattern emerging in New Orleans is no different from the one we see
wherever the corporate globalists extend their grip. The social safety-net
is savaged, the public infrastructure is destroyed, and the path is paved
for the multinational parasites to descend on their prey and reap their
windfall profits from "no-bid" contracts.
The shifting political realities in New Orleans are bound to create a
growing sense of unease and horror among the public. In Iraq, Afghanistan
and Haiti, that disquiet has evolved into indigenous resistance movements.
We expect the same will take place in New Orleans. The deployment of troops
is a deliberate provocation and a direct threat to the fundamental
principles of a free society. It cannot stand. Democracy is incompatible
with occupation; whether it's in Iraq or New Orleans. Any talk about freedom
in America is pointless until every soldier and mercenary is removed from
the streets of our cities.
Courtesy & Copyright © Mike Whitney
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