{"id":39092,"date":"2016-05-30T18:26:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T22:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39092"},"modified":"2016-05-30T18:27:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T22:27:52","slug":"an-invitation-to-the-strong-of-mind-and-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39092","title":{"rendered":"An Invitation to the Strong of Mind and Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Santa Rosa, CA<br \/>\nMay 30, 2016<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>The following material is meant only for those who are strong of<br \/>\nmind, heart and spirit who can handle deeply troubling information.<\/p>\n<p>If you are someone who is truly interested in US foreign policy,<br \/>\nI invite you to listen carefully to the comments by Andrew Bacevich<br \/>\nin this presentation:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/26\/andrew-bacevich-talk-has-u-s-foreign-policy-since-the-end-of-the-cold-war-made-america-safer\/\">http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/26\/andrew-bacevich-talk-has-u-s-foreign-policy-since-the-end-of-the-cold-war-made-america-safer\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that this man&#8217;s credentials are excellent and include<br \/>\nthe fact that even though he lost his son in Iraq, he is able to speak<br \/>\nwithout publicly expressing any apparent animosity or bitterness in<br \/>\nhis remarks on these topics.<\/p>\n<p>After you listen, I have little reason to doubt you will be as saddened<br \/>\nas I have been for countless decades at the mindlessness, perfidy<br \/>\nand corruption underlying our failed foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>And, if you have an interest in &#8220;getting&#8221; how truly bad things are and\u00a0how deep the problems are&#8230;&#8230;deeper even than the enlightened and\u00a0articulate Professor Bacevich states&#8230;&#8230;take some time to read\u00a0what another Professor, Peter Dale Scott, has to say about the Deep\u00a0State that is even more culpable for so much harm than the outraged\u00a0Bacevich expresses: <a href=\"http:\/\/apjjf.org\/2011\/9\/47\/Peter-Dale-Scott\/3650\/article.html\">http:\/\/apjjf.org\/2011\/9\/47\/Peter-Dale-Scott\/3650\/article.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you comprehend how dark this picture of duplicity and evil is<br \/>\nand how pervasive its reach, there is a chance you might become<br \/>\ndowncast at the grim prospects for reversing these developments.<\/p>\n<p>If that is true, I further invite you to realize that despite this bleak<br \/>\nsituation, we are morally responsible for acts done in our name, by<br \/>\nour fellow citizens and paid for with our tax money.<\/p>\n<p>That being so, it is still incumbent on everyone to find the spiritual<br \/>\nresources necessary to retain the joy and freedom that is our natural<br \/>\nbirthright despite the Huxwellian circumstances we find ourselves in<br \/>\nat this point in history.<\/p>\n<p>This challenging post is NOT for everyone. If you are up to the task<br \/>\nand would like to dialogue about its contents, feel free to contact me<br \/>\nat: <a href=\"mailto:ritchiegemini@yahoo.com\">ritchiegemini@yahoo.com<\/a>. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}