Jem
03-29-2003, 11:17 AM
An illegal and immoral war is being waged against Iraq. With the goal of an Iraqi regime change, a dangerously unjust precedent has been set by the United States and its allies in this disgusting bloodletting.
The U.S. government claims to be defending the world from a mysterious threat that is posed by Iraq. I ask, "What threat? Show me!" Iraq is weak and ruined. To use one of my favorite new words, the American propaganda is nothing but "bunk", just as it was in the ridiculous conflict with Yugoslavia, and as it is in the conflicts with North Korea and Iran, which are undoubtedly the next victims of American opportunistic wrath.
It infuriates me as I am forced to sift through the piles of disinformation regarding Iraq that are currently being disseminated by the western mass media. I would like to call on people to question everything that they read and hear. It is amazing what people will believe, simply because it appears in print, or because a "talking head" on TV wants people to agree. In reality, most of what we hear about Iraq, and the Iraqi-western conflict, are twisted half-truths and complete lies which are designed to manufacture a culture of consent among us.
Iraq is not a danger to the world. The Iraqi regime and military have been crippled since the war in 1991 and their weakness has only been compounded by a trade embargo since then. The Iraqi people are suffering in poverty, and in awful silence. A dozen years of bombs and blood, as well as the long embargo, have destroyed a relatively affluent standard of living which previously existed in Iraq. The big bad United States is responsible for this despair. The fact follows that the U.S. government doesn't care about Iraqi people. It is not in the interest of the United States to make life better in Iraq. Otherwise, it would not have ruined it in the first place. In fact, the United States wields a gun, then inflicts pain, and takes what it needs. It is the judge of the world by day, and the armed robber of the world at night.
The United States is the world's largest consumer of energy. Its dominance is dependent upon the consumption of vast amounts of oil. Two thirds of Americans' oil is imported because of its inability to independently sustain its energy needs. Oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are already controlled by America. The U.S. needs Iraqi oil now. Furthermore, it is in America's interest to control Iraqi oil because then other countries like Russia, China and France will lose their present control over it.
The U.S. wants to control Iraq for business reasons and in order to protect American superiority in the world. The claim that America is intervening in Iraq in the name of a "new military humanism" is completely contrived. If the U.S. is a truly benevolent power then it must change hundreds of the world's brutal regimes on this course. An Iraqi regime change was chosen because of the opportunity lost that would result from non-intervention.
Let us keep our eyes open for more victims of American aggression. Let us question the motives, and examine the results of American conflicts. Let us draw conclusions from examination of realities, and not from propagandistic bunk.
-The Leader Post, Friday, March 28, 2003, B8
The U.S. government claims to be defending the world from a mysterious threat that is posed by Iraq. I ask, "What threat? Show me!" Iraq is weak and ruined. To use one of my favorite new words, the American propaganda is nothing but "bunk", just as it was in the ridiculous conflict with Yugoslavia, and as it is in the conflicts with North Korea and Iran, which are undoubtedly the next victims of American opportunistic wrath.
It infuriates me as I am forced to sift through the piles of disinformation regarding Iraq that are currently being disseminated by the western mass media. I would like to call on people to question everything that they read and hear. It is amazing what people will believe, simply because it appears in print, or because a "talking head" on TV wants people to agree. In reality, most of what we hear about Iraq, and the Iraqi-western conflict, are twisted half-truths and complete lies which are designed to manufacture a culture of consent among us.
Iraq is not a danger to the world. The Iraqi regime and military have been crippled since the war in 1991 and their weakness has only been compounded by a trade embargo since then. The Iraqi people are suffering in poverty, and in awful silence. A dozen years of bombs and blood, as well as the long embargo, have destroyed a relatively affluent standard of living which previously existed in Iraq. The big bad United States is responsible for this despair. The fact follows that the U.S. government doesn't care about Iraqi people. It is not in the interest of the United States to make life better in Iraq. Otherwise, it would not have ruined it in the first place. In fact, the United States wields a gun, then inflicts pain, and takes what it needs. It is the judge of the world by day, and the armed robber of the world at night.
The United States is the world's largest consumer of energy. Its dominance is dependent upon the consumption of vast amounts of oil. Two thirds of Americans' oil is imported because of its inability to independently sustain its energy needs. Oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are already controlled by America. The U.S. needs Iraqi oil now. Furthermore, it is in America's interest to control Iraqi oil because then other countries like Russia, China and France will lose their present control over it.
The U.S. wants to control Iraq for business reasons and in order to protect American superiority in the world. The claim that America is intervening in Iraq in the name of a "new military humanism" is completely contrived. If the U.S. is a truly benevolent power then it must change hundreds of the world's brutal regimes on this course. An Iraqi regime change was chosen because of the opportunity lost that would result from non-intervention.
Let us keep our eyes open for more victims of American aggression. Let us question the motives, and examine the results of American conflicts. Let us draw conclusions from examination of realities, and not from propagandistic bunk.
-The Leader Post, Friday, March 28, 2003, B8