Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 21:28:53 -0400 From: carol@carolmoore.net (Carol Moore) Subject: [libs4peace] There's a Better Target than Iraq
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> There's a Better Target than Iraq
>
> by Harry Browne
>
> The Bush administration appears to be gearing up
> for an all-out attack on Iraq -- because George
> Bush has said "I made up my mind that Saddam needs
> to go."
>
> The politicians justify this invasion of another
> nation with all sorts of reasons -- such as
> Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, his supposed
> possession of "weapons of mass destruction," and
> his support for the Palestine Liberation
> Organization. And if all else fails to convince,
> the _coup de grace_ is always "He even gassed his
> own people!" (as though that provides
> constitutional authority for our politicians to
> attack another country).
>
> Let's Go for the Big Game
>
> But if these are reasons to invade someone,
> there's a government that's done all these things
> on a much larger scale -- which would seem to
> justify having an international military force
> attack it to make things right.
>
> In just the past two decades, that government has
> conducted unprovoked military invasions of three
> other countries and attacked at least four others.
> It possesses several times as many nuclear weapons
> as Iraq might have. And it has suported terrorist
> operations and military dictators in many
> countries.
>
> And to top it off, the government was caught
> red-handed gassing its own citizens!
>
> Name That Country
>
> What government has done all these things?
>
> Obviously, the U.S. government.
>
> It has:
>
> * Invaded Grenada, Iraq, and Panama -- not one of
> which attacked the U.S. in any way.
>
> * Attacked Libya, Serbia, Afghanistan, and the
> Sudan -- not one of which attacked the U.S. (No
> one has suggested that the government of
> Afghanistan or its people were behind the
> September 11 attacks.)
>
> * An enormous stockpile of "weapons of mass
> destruction" -- nuclear, chemical, and biological.
> (How safe do you think foreigners feel, knowing
> our government has such a stockpile and is so
> eager to attack other countries?)
>
> * Supported such vile characters as Manuel
> Noriega, the Taliban, Ferdinand Marcos, and others
> (all of which the U.S. government itself labeled
> as evil people), not to mention dozens of
> dictators in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
>
> And the _piece de resistance_ is the U.S.
> government's use of poisonous CS gas (banned by
> international convention) to kill 80 Branch
> Davidians at Waco in 1993.
>
> Is there a difference between what our government
> and Saddam Hussein have done? Only in degree, not
> in kind.
>
> Those who try to explain this away usually fall
> back on a simple principle: whatever our
> government has done was for good reason, whatever
> our enemies do is bad.
>
> But killing innocent people, invading foreign
> countries, bullying the world are wrong -- no
> matter who does them.
>
> Who's at Fault?
>
> Does this make America bad?
>
> Of course not. "America" stands for peace and
> friendship, and was once the beacon of liberty --
> providing light and hope and inspiration to the
> entire world.
>
> But over the past century its politicians have run
> amok -- ignoring all constitutional limits,
> dictating to U.S. citizens how they must live
> their lives, pretending to be the world's
> policemen, and telling foreigners who must run
> their governments.
>
> Not surprisingly, the politicians do a horrendous
> job with everything they attempt -- not just
> foreign policy. Their schools are a mess, they've
> made a shambles of what was once the best
> health-care system in the world, they've created
> criminal gangs with their Drug War, and they've
> bled us white with their taxes.
>
> And even though they can't bring peace to the
> streets of Washington, D.C., they arrogatly claim
> they will "rid the world of evil-doers."
>
> No One Is Impervious
>
> Yes, America is the most powerful country in the
> world. So no one can stop George Bush from pushing
> around any country he sets his sights on.
>
> But that doesn't mean we're safe from the
> consequences of such bullying. September 11 showed
> that foreigners can be pushed only so far. It also
> demonstrated that when you give other people a
> reason to hate you, it is the most brutal elements
> of their society who will take the lead in
> retaliating. Thus we were attacked by people who
> had no qualms about killing the innocent -- even
> as they were supported by people who had real
> grievances against our government.
>
> Let's Get America Back
>
> In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson
> said, "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with
> all nations; entangling alliances with none."
>
> He was right then. He is right today.
>
> Every American citizen should have the right to
> finance or join any cause he believes in --
> anywhere in the world. But our government has no
> business using your tax money and risking your
> life to support _any_ foreign cause.
>
> Any President who thinks he can decide who should
> rule a foreign country is a danger to the American
> people. He's a megalomaniac -- putting you and
> your family at extreme risk to satisfy his own
> delusions of grandeur.
>
> If we want to prevent further attacks on America,
> we have to start by stopping the man in the White
> House.
>
> The URL on WorldNetDaily for this commentary is
> http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27558 .
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