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Saint Augustine
on America, NATO...

“...and what are kingdoms but fair thievish purchases? For what are thieves’ purchases but little kingdoms? For in thefts the hands of the underlings are directed by the commander, the confederacy of them is sworn together, and the pillage is shared by the law amongst them.

“And if those ragamuffins grow up to be able enough to keep forts, build habitations, possess cities, and conquer adjoining nations, then their government is no more called thievish, but graced with the eminent name of a kingdom, given and gotten, not because they have left their practices, but because now they may use them without danger of law.

“Elegant and excellent was that pirate’s answer to the great Macedonian Alexander, who had taken him. The king asking him how dare he molest the seas so, he replied with a free spirit:

‘How dare you molest the whole world? But because I do it with a little ship only, I am called a thief; you, doing it with a great navy, are called an emperor.’”

— St. Augustine
City of God, iv.4

And today, the greatest terrorist organization on Earth,



the United States military-government,

can molest the whole world — “without danger of law”.

Bibliography

Pirates and Emperors, Old and New:
International Terrorism in the Real World
by Noam Chomsky

Body of Secrets:
Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency
by James Bamford

In 1962, U.S. military leaders had a top-secret plan for committing terrorist attacks on Americans in Miami and Washington D.C., while blaming Cuba. Codenamed “Operation Northwoods”, the plan was intended to provide the propaganda necessary to create popular support for an invasion of Cuba.

The Sword and the Dollar:
Imperialism, Revolution and the Arms Race
by Michael Parenti

The Real Terror Network:
Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda
by Edward S. Herman

The Fire This Time:
U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf
by Ramsey Clark

Desert Slaughter:
The Imperialist War Against Iraq
by the Workers League

Apocalypse 1945:
The Destruction of Dresden
by David Irving

Against Empire
by Michael Parenti

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
by Gore Vidal

Rogue State:
A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower
by William Blum

Killing Hope:
U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since WWII
by William Blum

Western State Terrorism
Alexander George, editor; essays by Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman, Gerry O’Sullivan and others

Terrorizing the Neighborhood:
American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era
by Noam Chomsky
Pressure Drop Press, 1991

The Culture of Terrorism
by Noam Chomsky

What Uncle Sam Really Wants
by Noam Chomsky