Chris Hedges Interviewed in Pulse
Chris Hedges discusses war, death, morality and governments in PULSE - BERLIN

Do you believe in progress when it comes to historical processes surrounding conflict?

No. Progress doesn’t exist. Time is not linear; time is cyclical. Societies mature, degenerate, and die. That’s history. The whole concept of linear progress is a myth. It doesn’t exist. And it’s what is used to anesthetize a population so that they just agree to everything the technocrats and those in power tell them. It’s not real. We don’t morally evolve. The tools change, but we don’t. The belief in moral progress is the great curse of the Enlightenment.

Robert Stone Reviews The Forever War

New York Times Book Review Sept. 14 2008

“If, in this campaign, illusion triumphs over what we must believe is reality, we will fail as a nation. There is, after all, a point of no return. If McCain wins, history, is here big time, scythe, sackcloth and all four horsemen.” .. Robert Stone
Mr. Stone’s review the new book The Forever War by Dexter Filkins compares the way the press has covered wars from the Second World War to today. He recommends Filkin’s as “a good anti toxin to shameless snake-oil salesmanship” of the Bush Administration. Stones book review brings reasonableness to the comparisons of Viet Nam and Iraq and it makes a strong endorsement of The Forever War as one of the best critiques of our current situation in this war with no end in sight
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