Comments on: CNN: Daniel Ellsberg on Iraq/Vietnam and Whistleblowing http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/cnn-daniel-ellsberg-on-iraqvietnam-and-whistleblowing Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:52:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Susan http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/cnn-daniel-ellsberg-on-iraqvietnam-and-whistleblowing/comment-page-1#comment-3258 Susan Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:14:19 +0000 http://www.ellsberg.net/?p=282#comment-3258 While watching "The Most Dangerous Man in America" I kept thinking, "that is what's happening now with Iraq/Afghan". I also kept thinking, the press wouldn't behave in that way now. I liked what you said Mr. Ellsberg in this interview, but the CNN commentator conducting the interview didn't want to hear about the media's role in allowing Iraq and Afghanistan. We need an independent media and press to have a functioning Democracy - and we don't. While watching “The Most Dangerous Man in America” I kept thinking, “that is what’s happening now with Iraq/Afghan”. I also kept thinking, the press wouldn’t behave in that way now. I liked what you said Mr. Ellsberg in this interview, but the CNN commentator conducting the interview didn’t want to hear about the media’s role in allowing Iraq and Afghanistan. We need an independent media and press to have a functioning Democracy – and we don’t.

]]> By: Dom Jermano http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/cnn-daniel-ellsberg-on-iraqvietnam-and-whistleblowing/comment-page-1#comment-2137 Dom Jermano Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:30:54 +0000 http://www.ellsberg.net/?p=282#comment-2137 Dear Dr. Ellsberg, I wonder your insight to the event of 911? How is it that Building 7 collapsed? How is it that the fire from the Jet fuel is impossible to reach the temperature to melt steel...yet both Towers collapsed? How is it that so much Thermite residue was present throughout ground zero? How is it that with so many unanswered questions, GW Bush had the authority to launch War on two countries when he had no solid proof they did it? Why would terrorists strike the World Trade Center? It was not an American Symbol. There are so many other locations that would have been targeted instead. The reason is that everyone knew the WTC was full of asbestos.....and office space was emptying out....along with the inability to sell the buildings because of the asbestos cost in removal. Also I think Obama is certainly not a true American like you are... I have great respect for you...in what you did in ending the war in Vietnam...If it was not for you....I would not have the opportunity to be teaching Vietnamese Kids English in my class room today. Obama is not a true American because he does not want answers to questions....he wants to push everything under the rug....forget about today and always look forward to tomorrow......but tomorrow never comes.....it becomes Yesterday while he thinks that is change.... Things are so bad....that I truely believe America is a Terrorist State.... It is the Military Controlling everyone's lives in the world. The people in the world are not meant to be militaristic...... Working or living in America you automatically give support to the Miltiary Machine...so they can make more bombs and drones, and H-Bombs..... I know about your father who did not want to work for making the H-Bomb... I want you to know I feel the very same.....I am ashamed to be American.... I do not want people fearing me......The US Military along with Bush and Obama....use the very tactics only Terrorists would..... They have people write articles to scare the people that the CIA is targeting civilians to assassinate them if they oppose the Military, or the Wars they always deem is right. We have terror in the world....because of the USA..... because of the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Japan.....targeting those innocent civilians.... I cringe when I think about that....It is so terrible....a reflection from my past.... I neither want to accept that, or be part of the American Establishment......That is unless America became that nation that spoke out against Militarism....even in the face of terorism..... But America never supports anti guns, anti-violence, anti Military.....or having an Anti- War President..... I firmly believe wars are started and ended by the USA.....They make up some lie feed it to the News Media....go to War......and attempt to say they are winning.....When Wars are never winnable.......They can't win.... One of the real things that bothers me is America will recognize the Unknown Soldiers, or soldiers killed in action.....but we never honor the innocent people we kill in the battle field.... Thousands died in Japan....Do we have a memorial for them? Are they not people? How many innocent people died in Vietnam? Yet we have a wall that remembers the soldiers in Washington DC..... Literally thousands died in Iraq and Afghanistan....yet we are still there occupying them......Is there a Memorial for the many villagers who were gunned down in Mai Lai Vietnam? And yet Lieutenant Cally walks the streets today somewhere in America... . There is something horrorific about that. Tell us the truth.....Obama will never remove troops from Iraq or Afghanistan......it is the same with Japan..... We have not left there after dropping the Atromic bombs.....and that was 65 years ago... That is nearly your entire life time. I am utterly dismayed as an American Citizen.....People say things are Political..but the fact is, we do not make things political unless someone is forcing other people to do something they don't want... In other words forcing us to accept Murder as legitimate....forcing us to accept that the Impeachment Process is fake.....forcing us to believe that Famous people such as Bush and Cheney, and Rumsfled, and others are exempt from their wrong doings. I don't want to live as the hypocrites do.....I can't live in America....because of the hypocrisy... I have no say to where my tax dollars go.....and do not go to.... Without having this protection it violates my Freedom of Religion. In America there is no freedom of religion except the Relgion to the God of Gun....the US Military Religion who believes in Guns and Wars...... Society can not be based upon a War, nor think we all should support lethal weapons of destruction..while we wipe out other societies who believe they need protection from the United States. Ending Terrorism begins in the USA......Not in other countries of the world...... who only seek to protect themselves from the American Killitary Establishment. America is not a Society in my view.... It is an out of control Mob of High Tech Military Gangsters......ready to do anything to control God's resources in the world.... America people have no idea the cultural differences in the world...... America needs to learn that America is not a shoe that fits all sizes and people.... In fact the American gun does not fit in the world period..... I am happy to know Dr. Ellsberg......I remember well as a child the Vietnam War......and how LBJ is a bad memory in the American psyche......I also know how Dr. Ellsberg is a good name in the American psyche....and it is my hope your great life will be a Northern Star on the compass of National Directions toward a better and sane world by working against the flow of the Military Corporation. Mr. Dom Jermano Dear Dr. Ellsberg,

I wonder your insight to the event of 911? How is it that Building 7 collapsed? How is it that the fire from the Jet fuel is impossible to reach the temperature to melt steel…yet both Towers collapsed? How is it that so much Thermite residue was present throughout ground zero? How is it that with so many unanswered questions, GW Bush had the authority to launch War on two countries when he had no solid proof they did it? Why would terrorists strike the World Trade Center? It was not an American Symbol. There are so many other locations that would have been targeted instead.
The reason is that everyone knew the WTC was full of asbestos…..and office space was emptying out….along with the inability to sell the buildings because of the asbestos cost in removal.

Also I think Obama is certainly not a true American like you are… I have great respect for you…in what you did in ending the war in Vietnam…If it was not for you….I would not have the opportunity to be teaching Vietnamese Kids English in my class room today.

Obama is not a true American because he does not want answers to questions….he wants to push everything under the rug….forget about today and always look forward to tomorrow……but tomorrow never comes…..it becomes Yesterday while he thinks that is change….

Things are so bad….that I truely believe America is a Terrorist State…. It is the Military Controlling everyone’s lives in the world. The people in the world are not meant to be militaristic…… Working or living in America you automatically give support to the Miltiary Machine…so they can make more bombs and drones, and H-Bombs….. I know about your father who did not want to work for making the H-Bomb…

I want you to know I feel the very same…..I am ashamed to be American…. I do not want people fearing me……The US Military along with Bush and Obama….use the very tactics only Terrorists would….. They have people write articles to scare the people that the CIA is targeting civilians to assassinate them if they oppose the Military, or the Wars they always deem is right. We have terror in the world….because of the USA…..
because of the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Japan…..targeting those innocent civilians….

I cringe when I think about that….It is so terrible….a reflection from my past…. I neither want to accept that, or be part of the American Establishment……That is unless America became that nation that spoke out against Militarism….even in the face of terorism…..

But America never supports anti guns, anti-violence, anti Military…..or having an Anti- War President….. I firmly believe wars are started and ended by the USA…..They make up some lie feed it to the News Media….go to War……and attempt to say they are winning…..When Wars are never winnable…….They can’t win….

One of the real things that bothers me is America will recognize the Unknown Soldiers, or soldiers killed in action…..but we never honor the innocent people we kill in the battle field…. Thousands died in Japan….Do we have a memorial for them? Are they not people? How many innocent people died in Vietnam? Yet we have a wall that remembers the soldiers in Washington DC….. Literally thousands died in Iraq and Afghanistan….yet we are still there occupying them……Is there a Memorial for the many villagers who were gunned down in Mai Lai Vietnam? And yet Lieutenant Cally walks the streets today somewhere in America… . There is something horrorific about that. Tell us the truth…..Obama will never remove troops from Iraq or Afghanistan……it is the same with Japan….. We have not left there after dropping the Atromic bombs…..and that was 65 years ago… That is nearly your entire life time.

I am utterly dismayed as an American Citizen…..People say things are Political..but the fact is, we do not make things political unless someone is forcing other people to do something they don’t want… In other words forcing us to accept Murder as legitimate….forcing us to accept that the Impeachment Process is fake…..forcing us to believe that Famous people such as Bush and Cheney, and Rumsfled, and others are exempt from their wrong doings.

I don’t want to live as the hypocrites do…..I can’t live in America….because of the hypocrisy… I have no say to where my tax dollars go…..and do not go to…. Without having this protection it violates my Freedom of Religion. In America there is no freedom of religion except the Relgion to the God of Gun….the US Military Religion who believes in Guns and Wars……

Society can not be based upon a War, nor think we all should support lethal weapons of destruction..while we wipe out other societies who believe they need protection from the United States.

Ending Terrorism begins in the USA……Not in other countries of the world…… who only seek to protect themselves from the American Killitary Establishment.

America is not a Society in my view…. It is an out of control Mob of High Tech Military Gangsters……ready to do anything to control God’s resources in the world…. America people have no idea the cultural differences in the world…… America needs to learn that America is not a shoe that fits all sizes and people…. In fact the American gun does not fit in the world period…..

I am happy to know Dr. Ellsberg……I remember well as a child the Vietnam War……and how LBJ is a bad memory in the American psyche……I also know how Dr. Ellsberg is a good name in the American psyche….and it is my hope your great life will be a Northern Star on the compass of National Directions toward a better and sane world by working against the flow of the Military Corporation.

Mr. Dom Jermano

]]> By: Steve Salese http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/cnn-daniel-ellsberg-on-iraqvietnam-and-whistleblowing/comment-page-1#comment-1728 Steve Salese Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:19:03 +0000 http://www.ellsberg.net/?p=282#comment-1728 Dr. Ellsberg, Last night Mr. Obama said that comparing Iraq to Vietnam is a misreading of history. I don't agree, as it seems there are so many parallels. Perhaps he should read your book. Particularly pages 110-115. Dr. Ellsberg,
Last night Mr. Obama said that comparing Iraq to Vietnam is a misreading of history. I don’t agree, as it seems there are so many parallels. Perhaps he should read your book. Particularly pages 110-115.

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