John Pilger : "Barack Obama is a glossy Uncle Tom who would bomb Pakistan".

"They are a ritual danse macabre of flags, balloons and bullshit, designed to camouflage a venal system based on money power, human division and a culture of permanent war."

In his 28th Jan 2008, column for the New Statesman, John Pilger with withering outrage attacks the "ritual danse macabre" that is the US presidential election : Barack Obama is a glossy Uncle Tom who would bomb Pakistan. Hillary Clinton, another bomber, is anti-feminist. John McCain’s one distinction is that he has personally bombed a country. They all believe the US is not subject to the rules of human behaviour ...

... since 1945, has overthrown 50 governments, many of them democracies, and bombed 30 nations, destroying millions of lives ...