Telling The Truth

I'M A VERY GOOD teacher. Well trained, well educated, experienced. The problem is, i just can't teach in american public schools. and that's a damned shame. because america needs teachers like me.

I can't teach in america, because, even though I am a good loyal, patriotic american, I insist on telling the truth about my country, its history, and you simply can't do that in this country and keep  your public school teaching job.

And that's a shame, because if there is any focus group in this world which would benefit from a good dose of the truth, its american children. Well, of course, we all could.

Here are just three examples. we still teach , in american history classes, that the japanese attack on pearl harbor was unprovoked, dastardly, sneaky. we now know, now we've had more time to research and figure it out, that the united states, i.e franklin delano roosevelt, encouraged and provoked the japs into the attack, because....

..he felt desperate. desperate because hitler had been conquering europe for two years, and the american people cid not care. and FDR knew that in order to stop hitler, america would be needed, for more than just money and weapons and supplies. americans would be needed to fight, and shed blood, to beat hitler. a japanese atack would motivate the american people to fight, roosevelt knew.

so, he cut off all economic intercourse with japan, moved the navy from san diego to hawaii, disrespected all japanese diplomatic overtures, stirred up trouble between the two nations.

...we are told in america that dropping two atomic bombs on japan was necessary, because the only other choice was to invade japan, which would cost a million american lives.

that's rubbish...By the time the bombs were dropped, japan had no military ability at all, all the united states had to do was nothing, and accept their surrender, which they had been offering all summer long, in 1945, according to president truman's diary. the atom bomb was a paltry display of power, and nothing else.

we are taught that the post world war two "cold war" with the soviet unnion was started by the evil russian communists, and america was forced to arm itself mightily against the coming, imminent, soviet military threat.

that's rubbish  too. at the end of world war two, the soviet union was devasteted, having lost twenty million people and all their cities. they had nothing, and all they wanted from the united states was peace, and help.

we had fifty years of "cold war", spent trillions of dollars, kept america brimming with military power, enriched the corporations at the expense of the workers, all for the purpose of enriching the military - industrial complex, the corporate complex, the corporate oligarcy, our corporate masters.

but just try teaching this in an america public school, and see how long you keep your job.