Let's hear the truth, for a change, Mr. Obama

In his inaugural address, President Obama declared, “Our nation is at war, with a far-reaching network of hatred and violence . . .” Probably, his speechwriter did not include the significant comma I do in that declarative sentence. But, with that critical punctuation, the statement is definitively true. Without the comma, it is merely a turn of deceitful polemic.

The truth the entire world knows is that our nation is indeed at war, with its far-reaching network of hatred and violence, that is, with the demonic power of its world-girdling military complex, headquartered in the Pentagon, and standing ever ready to dispatch cruel death, destruction, and despoliation, anywhere resistance to American hegemony arises.

I have yet to see a clear sign that this status quo will be altered, now that Barack Obama sits in the Oval Office.