Letter: Americans should use their freedom of speech to denounce their nation's injustices

Editor,

I could face torture, prison time, or execution in many nations if I spoke out publicly there as I do here. The United States strongly supports many bloody regimes now -- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Pakistan, Mexico.

The U.S. strongly supported many bloody past regimes -- El Salvador, the Philippines, Guatemala, Haiti, Chile, Iran, South Africa, Argentina, Indonesia...

The main goal worldwide of the U.S. government is grabbing more wealth, resources, and cheap labor by any means necessary, regardless of how many millions are robbed, tortured, starved, imprisoned, and murdered.

The main goal worldwide of the U.S. government is not now and never has been genuine democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. In dozens of nations, the U.S. is now and has always been the enemy of genuine democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights.

Sadly, many U.S. voters, students, soldiers, and taxpayers do not know this truth.

I do not pledge allegiance to the U.S. flag or any nation’s flag. I stay quietly seated. The whole world is my country — all people on earth are my sisters and brothers.

I know of no U.S. president or general who has publicly repented for his murder of multitudes of moms, dads, and kids in U.S. wars.

I strongly commend some veterans who woke up and now damn war as evil and work for peace. Many of them belong to the national organization Veterans for Peace, which has a local chapter here.

Here, we have some freedom of speech left. Before we lose it, we better use it, for our good and the good of all people.

Don Schrader

Daily Lobo reader