“The Zimmerman case – if it does explode into violence – is part of a much broader trend. Internationalists have always used war and violence to make a case for more and stronger global institutions that can guarantee ‘peace.’ Unfortunately, such rhetoric often leads to the ‘peace of the grave’ rather than the peace of the living. And if the Obama administration and others have now taken to using the rhetoric of racism as a way of furthering internationalist goals while distracting from the Great Recession, that would indeed be an unfortunate development. It would also explain why Obama was quick to make the remark that the victim reminded him of a son.”
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:08:19 +0000