sassa Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 02:12 2003-02-28Bush Speech on Middle East: Ignorance, Arrogance, Imperialism President George Bush of the United States of America is either an idiot, or a liar. His declarations on the Middle East in his speech on Wednesday in Washington spelt a telling story of a man wholly incompetent to be in his position who is either unable to understand the issues at stake or else manipulates the evidence to suit his discourse. In short, he is either an idiot or a liar. In a delirious speech, which harped back to the Second World War, George W. Bush compared the current international situation to that of 1945, when the USA rebuilt Germany and Japan in a scenario of sweeping democratic change, stating that a regime change in Iraq would be “a dramatic and inspiring example of freedom†for the world. This regime change, he believes, will be a “road map to peace†in the Middle East. Washington’s policy to solve the Middle East crisis does not start with Tel Aviv, where the new coalition government includes parties which want to expel the Palestinians from their territories and build new colonies, but with Baghdad. In short, the policy is to remove what Washington refers to as “the greatest obstacle to peaceâ€. Washington is gearing up towards war. The hype is there, the demonology is there but unfortunately, the cause is not. Last time around, Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded Kuwait (albeit after this country had systematically violated international law by cross-drilling, stealing the oil from Iraq’s wells). In the hysterical attempt to create a causus belli where there is so obviously none, George Bush followed the ludicrous and totally unfounded path begun by Britain’s Prime Minister Blair and the US Secretary of State Colin Powell, that Saddam Hussein has contacts with international terrorist regimes, describing Saddam Hussein as “a wealthy patron who offers rewards to the families of suicide bombersâ€. What he offers is a pension for the families of those who have lost their main breadwinner, an act of social solidarity that the USA would do well to copy, given the millions of its citizens who do not have access to healthcare because the “regime†provides them with nothing. Sentences such as “The passing of Saddam Hussein’s regime†and “Palestinians that long for democracy will be in a better position to choose new leaders for a state that abandons forever the use of terror†demonstrate a total failure to grasp the basic issues at stake in the region or to understand the fundamental principles of international law. The United Nations Charter states clearly that any act of war outside the auspices of the organisation must be based on a principle of self-defence, which explains the references to international terrorism levelled against Baghdad by Washington, a puerile and idiotic attempt to indict a regime for a crime which it so obviously did not commit. The cherry on the cake was the phrase that an Iraq without Saddam Hussein “will contribute greatly to the long-term safety and stability of our world. America’s interests in security, and America’s belief in liberty, both lead in the same direction: to a free and peaceful Iraqâ€. Or rather, the USA’s vision for this region is an occupation of its resources so as to control the world economy. It is a blatant attempt to steal the resources of a sovereign nation, it is an imperialistic policy which is as anachronistic as it is illegal and it is a very sorry comment on the state of development of mankind, that powerful lobbies can be allowed to dictate policy which affects millions of people around the world, directly or indirectly remote-controlling governments which wield awesome power. Such regimes are authoritarian, fascist, imperialistic, reactionary and totally anachronistic in a world whose engine is its people, in a scenario of multi-lateralism, equal rights, collaboration and friendship between all the nations of the planet. The USA and its poodle, Blair (not the UK) have managed to ostracise themselves from the mainstay of world public opinion. The rules of diplomacy dictate that when such a position has been reached, the regime faces a certain death. Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY PRAVDA.Ru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassa Posted February 27 Author Report Share Posted February 27 18:20 2003-02-27Arabian Fatality The pre-war situation in IraqBaghdad is a big city, it has both daytime and nighttime living. People wake up early and go to bed late in the East, that is why foreign guests that visit Baghdad have to adjust to the eastern mode of life. Morning prayers are heard all over Baghdad already at seven o’clock. The city is full of energy from the very beginning of ever day: they build something there, dig something, there are a lot of cars there in the streets of the city, the variety of vehicles is really surprising. There are Porsches, Russian cars, Volkswagens there, pickup cars do not hesitate to break traffic rules. Iraqi drivers do not observe traffic rules at all, although I have not seen any serious car accidents. On the other hand, I have seen a lot of damaged cars, which means that there are a lot of accidents happen on the streets of Baghdad. Expensive fancy stores are built next to little delis or second hand shops. There are a lot of coffee and pizza shops there. When the evening falls on Baghdad, the city is all illuminated with street lights. The daytime living of the city changes at night. A lot of Iraqi people like to spend evening time in coffee shops, watching football games and latest news there. It should be said here that there is no criminality or drug business in Baghdad. It is absolutely not dangerous to walk around the streets of Baghdad at night. Local residents, both children and elderly people, are very polite to everyone that they meet. I often heard strangers saying ‘salam’ to me. All I had to do was to smile back and pronounce the only Arab word that I knew – ‘shukran,’ which means ‘thank you.’ The war in the Persian Gulf in the beginning of 1991 resulted in the following losses for the anti-Iraqi coalition allies: 145 people were killed (including 95 Americans), 58 American military men died beyond battle areas, although during the war time. By the way, the USA lost 57685 military men during the Vietnamese war. England lost only 25 soldiers, twelve British soldiers were missing. Iraq’s losses were a lot more serious. Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark made a report about war crimes of the American army in Iraq. As the document said, the US Army destroyed between 150-300 thousand people in Iraq during the War in the Gulf. The authors of the report wrote that the American army command did not even try to separate Iraqi civilians and soldiers. This time the White House has prepared a lot better for the new war on Iraq, both from the military and from the informational point of view. Reporters’ action in the war will be regulated with the rules that the Pentagon is going to determine. Those rules are rather complicated, although they are detailed. For example, military men’s family members are not supposed to learn of their relatives’ wounding or death from reporters. Television will not be entitled to broadcast such things. The main goal of those rules is to keep the operation as secret as possible. This is not going to be easy, taking into consideration up-to-date electronic facilities of media outlets. The goal is clear – to conceal the facts of numerous casualties. Washington’s bellicose statements do not leave any shots for Iraqi people (the residents of large cities, first and foremost) to survive. America promised to bomb the country for several weeks in a row. Iraqi men are bad soldiers, history has proved it several times already. There is no such notion as joint command in the country. The military chain end at the level of officers. If the Iraqi defense minister gives an order, it might reach a major, this is the maximum. This is it, basically. The lower part of the military chain will stop working, and no orders will be fulfilled at that level. There is absolutely no point to compare the military and the technical development of the United States and Iraq – the answer is evident. Iraq has old tanks and outdated anti-missile defense systems. Americans will win the war very quickly, when they destroy the top military structure of the Iraqi army. It will not be hard for them to do, this is an unfortunate fact. However, it does not mean that Saddam and his milieu will refuse to fight Americans back. Saddam’s latest statement prove the opposite, actually. The question is, which methods of struggle he is going to prefer. One thing is clear at present: there will be a lot of casualties either way. Legendary Russian commander Alexander Suvorov used to say: “A bullet is a fool, a bayonet is a good guy.†It was the 18th century, though, when he said that. Foolish missiles (smart weapons in the American interpretation) hit wrong targets rather often. Afghanistan is acquainted with those smart missiles very well. So is Iraq. I had a chance to visit former air-raid shelter Amiriya in Baghdad. Now this place is not a shelter, but a memorial complex. Amiriya is the name of Baghdad’s district, in which the shelter was situated. The director of the memorial complex said that the district was bombed on February 13th 1991. The first missile hit the reinforced concrete that was two meters thick. There were 408 people inside the shelter at that moment, women and children basically. All of them burned alive. Only 14 people managed to survive – they were standing close to the door at that moment. The door of the shelter was open, so the blast threw them out in the street. Another missile hit the shelter four minutes later. The hall was all filled with smoke, fire and flaming human bodies. It was hell. Dmitry Litvinovich PRAVDA.Ru Moscow-Baghdad-Moscow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igloo Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Thank you for proving my point with your anti-American broadcasts and ridiculously biased bullshit...what an imbecile you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassa Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 Originally posted by igloo Thank you for proving my point with your anti-American broadcasts and ridiculously biased bullshit...what an imbecile you are i'm an imbecile because i disagree with you? that's a weak argument...you don't have any logical facts or reasoning to prove your point? instead of calling me names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normalnoises Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Originally posted by igloo Thank you for proving my point with your anti-American broadcasts and ridiculously biased bullshit...what an imbecile you are The perfect song for you.Thurmond loves me yes I know...even Jim Crow told me so...when David Duke is in my dreams...Trent Lott wants to make me cream...Yes Thurmond loves me...yes Thurmond loves me...yes Thurmond loves me...'cos Jim Crow told me so....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sassa Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 Originally posted by georgeacasta2 what is the inscription on the ring??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeacasta2 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Originally posted by sassa what is the inscription on the ring??? lord of the rings. The evil dude saurman wore that ring in the movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassa Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 Originally posted by georgeacasta2 lord of the rings. The evil dude saurman wore that ring in the movie http://www.goroadachi.com/etemenanki/rex-deux.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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georgeacasta2 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Originally posted by sassa http://www.goroadachi.com/etemenanki/rex-deux.htm great link Loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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