A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn

greenhell666 Says:

Nov 5, 2009 - hypocrisy i guess

whitesox889 Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - The American empire with no colonies...

whitesox889 Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - We weren't attacked because of our bases in the middle east. The Soviet Union did much more than us, attacking Afghanistan, sold more weapons to Iraq and Iran during their war, and suppling the Serbs in their genocide of muslim albanians. If the terrorists weren't terrorist because of their religion, then the idea of them being mad because of "U.S imperialism" isn't a good explanation either.

DuffmanIRL Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - Because they can. Because its profitable. Because people will go and die for an ideal they don't even understand. War will only end when the people themselves refuse to go to war. Einstein said that.

DuffmanIRL Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - Tell that to the people who suffered in hurricane Katrina.

deanrazorback322 Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - ok..the united states is almost always first when a disaster happens. maybe im missing something, was another country their first? no. so whats your point? dont try and tell me we didnt nothing to help the victims because thats bs.

deanrazorback322 Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - well..hate to tell you but they do understand that idea, and they know it full well. its why my brother is fighting right now and why my grandpa fought the japanese it WWII. its called freedom.

123philhenderson Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - Do you really believe that the "War on Terror" has any kind of freedom as its goal?

strangedojo Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - b/c all systems we make (so far) emerge in reaction to another system, which has to be 'the bad' way, and the new way is the 'good way'. the big religions, the US government (reaction to old europe), che on the t-shirt - but then something created as a reaction to something negative, depends on the energy of the negative to exist. It was formed stealing energy from the negative, and was therefore formed stealing energy from something negative - if it doesn't exist it must be created.

ironbirgade Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - Red Commie BS. Talk about lying to the American Youth.

deanrazorback322 Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - yes, i would say the people of iraq are more free now than before. the country is more dangerous but things cant change overnight in a country that has been so backwards for so long. hopefully in the future the afgan people will be free as well, free to do as the will without fear of radical muslims attacking them.

DuffmanIRL Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - And what is freedom exactly? Are you free?

123philhenderson Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - Or American attack? But you have effectively dodged the question, you refused to say point blank that this was your government's goal. Certainly that was never said until it became clear that Saddam had no WMDs, and the ultimatium given to the Taliban after 9/11 mentioned nothing of human rights violations or peaceful government, they only asked for Bin Laden to be handed over.

deanrazorback322 Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - yes

whitesox889 Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - Who?

Dodecahedral Says:

Nov 14, 2009 - You should have written "...when it "freed" the REST of the Greeks from control of the Macedonians..." cause, in todays terms, it was something like "...when it "freed" the REST of the Americans from control of the Texans..."

evilsanta1989 Says:

Nov 14, 2009 - This video is so simplistic and bias, I really hope this guy does not have a history major.

DuffmanIRL Says:

Nov 16, 2009 - So long as you don't try to change the system you are "free". You'll get police and military attention if you strain at the leash.

saileddragonfly Says:

Nov 16, 2009 - its the truth

EltBerserker Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - uihiu

kittycatsmiley Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - i did a report on thanksgiving, but i used all the truthful things and i failed it because it was "false"

blowtorchacurlyfry1 Says:

Nov 19, 2009 - i knew that was viggo narrating within 3 words..does this make me weird?

eye0thetiger Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - @evilsanta1989 care to expound? your response is so simplistic and biased I can't help but scoff at it

evilsanta1989 Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - well thanks for asking eye0thetiger. let me first add I am humored to see that my comment of a different view is not viewable now so I am not sure what i said word for word but to your question when you sum up more then 100 years of american history with most of the wars being explained in less then 30 seconds I view it as very simplistic and frankly pointless

pem82sox Says:

Nov 21, 2009 - viggo mortensen can go fuck himself