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Jul 8, 2007 at 03:30 o\clock

The best democracy money can buy

by: enzedder   Category: The US

I've just finished reading Greg Palast's book “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy”, detailing just a few cases of the widespread corruption in USA. The mind truly boggles at the extent of it, for a country that claims to stand for truth, justice and freedom. It's all a huge farce. The only thing that America stands for is immense greed.

Included in the book is a timeline of America's involvement with Saddam Hussein. Let me duplicate it for you, as I don't think such examples can be repeated often enough for those who are either ignorant or have a short memory.

1979: Saddam seizes power with US approval; moves allegiance from Soviets to USA in Cold War;

1980: Invades Iran, then the “Unicycle of Evil”, with US encouragement and arms..;

1982: Bush-Regan regime removes Saddam's regime from official US list of state sponsors of terrorism;

1983: Saddam hosts Donald Rumsfeld in Baghdad. Agrees to “go steady” with US corporate suppliers;

1984: US Commerce Department issues licence for export of aflatoxin, usable in biological weapons, to Iraq;

1988: Kurds in Halabja, Iraq, gassed; [note that US does nothing]

1987-1988: US warships help destroy Iranian oil platforms in Gulf and break Iranian blockade of Iraq shipping lanes, tipping war advantage back to Saddam;

1990: Invades Kuwait with US permission. [yes, US permission]

 

And then the US, nearly 20 years later, decide to execute Saddam for crimes against humanity. All very suspect, yet convenient.

I have nothing but contempt for the US government, its foreign policies and the spread of their corruption.

Comments for this entry:

  1. insider2 wrote at Jul 8, 2007 at 08:22 o\clock:Be careful, Enzedder, the yanks will put out a [I]fatwah[/I]on you! I just got banned from the Stroke Message Board for exercising my free speech. I can confirm that freedom to criticize America is now officially withdrawn.
  2. Buttercup2 wrote at Jul 19, 2007 at 23:26 o\clock:Oh dear, and here I have gone and agreed with insider on his blog, lol.

    Secondly, you have been tagged :) Aly

    The rules:

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  3. clintgriffin wrote at Dec 29, 2007 at 23:04 o\clock:Yep, America is a bad seed, but what do we do? Seems the only logical way to beat this horse to death is a spot of horse whispering... get in close and then turn the bugger into a gelding snip snip. Keep your enemies close dear boy. The how to isn't so easy, but then anything worth doing normally isn't a walk in the park with a frisbee on a summer day.

    If I had my way I'd nuke the whole continent, casualties of war are a tad excessive at 150 million, not counting republicans, sorry. So perhaps there's a better way... and I think the only way to really change the world is... one person at a time. Start with you... and show the lover

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