Hells Club for Growth
Old Suharto just joined his own chums in Hell, a pantheon of pukes such as Pinochet, Reagan, Sadaam, Thatcher, Marcos, the list ,of course ,goes on and on and on. Each time their phlegmatic, putrid corpses are laid to rest ,(defiling the sacred soil) whether it is amidst pomp and ceremony or some obscure midnight dumping, the press is required to give us an obit of some sort and the capitalist apologists have to do their Lucy impersonation. "Lucyyy, you got some splainin to do!" Each of these decrepit US officials or allies is eventually judged by the humanitarian crimes they committed in the name of profit. The euphimism is often "anti-communism" but it was always about market share through terror, a policy still in effect obviously. When I say eventually it is because "the record" is a partisan affair and collaborators will be expected to scramble with their own obscurantist narratives for a while . Suharto was a stand out, a ruthless tyrant who could even cause Henry Kissinger to blush but he is worm food and we can now observe the treatment he gets in the Mainstream Press and on the Campaign Trail of Tears.

4 Comments:
I'm not the biggest Reagan fan, but it's a bit ridiculous to compare Ronny and Thatcher to Saddam, no?
Again, I hate to do the "body count" system of comparative analysis but Reagan wracked up a plethora. I'll agree Thatcher probably doesn't rate as high in the pantheon,I got a little carried away.
May suharto rot it hell with the rest of them.
the brits would have been better off with corky thatcher as prime minister (anyone remember "life goes one?")
ere is a poem by the great Indonesian poet, WS Rendra written during the 1998 student demonstrations that brought down Suharto.
Because we have to eat roots
while grain piles up in your storeroom…
Because we live crowded together
and you have more space than you need…
Therefore we are not on the same side.Because we’re all creased and crumpled
and you’re immaculate…
Because we’re crowded and stifled
and you lock the door…
Therefore we are suspicious of you.
Because we’re abandoned in the street
and you own all the shelter…
Because we’re caught in floods
while you have parties on pleasure craft…
Therefore we do not like you.
Because we are silenced
and you never shut up…
Because we are threatened
and you impose your will by force…
therefore we say NO to you.
Because we are not allowed to choose
and you can do what you like…
Because we wear only sandals
and you use your rifles freely…
Because we have to be polite
and you have the prisons…
therefore NO and NO to you.
Because we are like a flowing river
and you are a stone without a heart
the water will wear away the stone.
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