The arrogance and hypocrisy
of the US never fails to amuse me.
I just read this - Bush's strategy against 'the terrorists' (and the danger is in defining who terrorists are) - and laughed inwardly at this statement:
"United States will work to deny the militants future recruits by replacing hatred and resentment with democracy and hope across the entire Middle East. "
Who the fuck do they think they are kidding? Well, yes, there are still millions of ignorant people in the world who believe every word he utters, even though he's proven to be a total moron.
Rather than replacing hatred, the actions of his government are fomenting it. Who wouldn't hate the US after their injustices and continuing aggression?
I'm still reading Stephen Zune's book 'Tinderbox', having been diverted from it with other tasks. US hypocrisy angers me. This morning I was just reading about the human rights abuses by the Israeli government and in particular a massacre on a refugee camp, which killed hundreds. You won't have heard about it because journalists and medical aid were refused entry to the area by the Israelis. The international community wanted an inquiry into the incident, but US vetoed it (just as the US vetoes every attempt at bringing peace and justice to an area). The Israelis are guilty of gross human rights abuses but anyone who protests against it is labelled as anti-semitic. Besides which, Israel is America's sponsored ally against the Arabs. Any attack by a Palestinian on an Israeli is heavily publicised and punished. Any similar attack by Israel on Palestine (including innocent women and children) goes unpunished and news of it suppressed or just not reported. Whereas the murderers of an Israeli government minister were jailed and guarded by Americans, the murderers of a Palestinian government minister were not even arrested. The double standards are apparent for anyone to see.
And Bush talks about 'freedom' and 'democracy' when it is US actions that have prevented peace throughout the world by its support of dictators and anti-leftist or anti-communist regimes.
There will only be hope for peace and democracy if US stays the fuck out of other countries. But it never will. The US is the worst imperialist of them all.
