South Absurdia

The Crisis in South Ossetia is a perfect illustration of how detached from reality the Media Political Complex has become. Georgia shells it’s own people, killing civilians and Russian peace keepers. Russia sends troops who quickly crush the Georgian military and the United States media goes into a tirade about how unacceptable this is to the “civilized world”. The use of the term implies that governing establishment is under the impression that the United States still fits in that category. It’s safe to assume that our media would not consider it “civilized” of the Russians to strip Georgian soldiers naked, beat them to death, to shackle them in agonizing positions or suffocate them with water. Using dogs on prisoners, forcing their faces into the own excrement would probably also raise some eyebrows. If the Russians let the South Ossetians plunder the entire country of Georgia and completely dismantle it’s infrastructure (except for it’s pipelines) we may think that uncivilized as well. If the South Ossetians formed death squads and spent five years drilling holes in the heads of Georgians, filling pits with their handcuffed corpses right under the nose of the Russian occupation our media may even find it barbaric.
Over the past 8 years the United States has created a global archipelago of secret detention centers. Kidnapping and torture have become standard practice. We have scoffed at international law, disavowed the concept of war crimes and openly boasted a complete monopoly on sovereignty. Can someone in the media please define what the “civilized world” is, and what specific actions disqualify a country from the club?