A Little Ranting

Sometimes Untruth has to hit one in the face to really start seeking Truth.

I agree that most of the soldiers are "innocent".... but they are also "ignorant". They don't really know what they're fighting for. And, the situation is so bad out there, and the leadership so corrupt... look at all the horrific crimes committed by the U.S. military.

http://www.countercurrents.org/iraq-grey240206.htm

http://www.aztlan.net/iraqi_women_raped.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/07/09/soldiers.charged/index.html

many articles describing the attempt of US Imperialism... in Iraq and elsewhere. Also, I mention again... Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy....

http://www.countercurrents.org/iraq-spencer160906.htm

http://www.countercurrents.org/iraq-cogan080906.htm

http://www.countercurrents.org/saavedra200406.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2950154.stm

http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-09-16T000250Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-267795-1.xml

http://www.countercurrents.org/us-pringle310306.htm

http://www.baghdadbulletin.com/pageArticle.php?article_id=162

http://www.countercurrents.org/iraq-jamail020306.htm

It's very very easy to sit in the U.S., and be happy with the comfortable lives we live.... or in India and live the comfortable lives we live.... but, who's paying for everything we get at the wave of a wand? Why is our gasoline so cheap compared to the rest of the world? Why can you buy things for so cheap at Walmart? Why are companies like Monsanto, Coca-Cola, and McDonald richer than many countries in the world??? The COSTS are paid by the "other" 80% of the world. The world that while we're in the U.S. is SOOO far. The world that we don't see. The U.S. doesn't just outsource its jobs... it outsources its problems as well. And what do we have to do to do that? Either we have to convince the other gov't to open up their markets and let america exploit its people... or, if the other gov't doesn't budge... well, we have nuclear weapons and world's most powerful army... and other countries all over the world that want to get on our
good side (including your neighbours)... it's not that difficult.

http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=2463

And guess what? The U.S. no longer counts deaths of the "opponent" in wars. I wonder why??? Estimates range from 30,000 (by the Bush administration) to over 100,000 to near 200,000. While U.S. casualties in the war: 2,676

It's simple.. a U.S. life is just worth more than any other life.

We used to be partners with Saddam... gave him money, helped him arm himself.. to fight against Iran. Look what happenned. We used to be partners with the Taliban... gave them money, armed them, trained them... to fight against the Soviets. Look what happenned. And here we are again... Mr. Bush -- "We're training Iraqi troops so they can defend their nation. Whatever mistakes have been made in Iraq, the worst mistake would be to think that if we pulled out, the terrorists would leave us alone. They will not leave us alone. They will follow us."

Is the U.S. policing the world because of moral fibre? haha.. yeah right... Civil war in Iraq? You think the U.S. cares? Sounds a lot like good ole divide-n-rule... sounds familiar.

And Afghanistan... huh... we completely blew that place to bits, and guess what they get at a reward, they just got to open a new Coca-Cola plan in Afghanistan!!! Money flowing out to the U.S. And the state of affairs in Afghanistan.. the Taliban is reemerging and a Civil War seems to be looming there, as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5334120.stm


Indigenous ways of life continue to get destroyed all over the world... for a "better life"... you can now work for a polluting, water-sucking Coca-Cola factory that produces stuff that's harmful for your health (in many places in India, you can't get clean water, but you can get Coca-Cola!).... instead of farming on the field that you used to work on. But, I guess it's just choosing btwn evils... because I'm sure Monsanto and its arms would have come to your area and "sold" their wonder BT seeds.... that will help you in the short run... but lead to debt, death and suicide in the long run.

http://www.indiaresource.org/issues/agbiotech/2003/btcottonseeds.html

And even the things that are indigenous.. they try to that from us as well!! India and Ayurved has used neem for thousands of years for alll sorts of things.... US Dept. of Agriculture tried to claim intellectual property rights over it! What does that mean? It means that they would have gotten royalties any time someone wanted to sell something with neem in it... even local
producers! Luckily... India won the court case.... but, unfortunately.. what's it really going to lead
to?? Basically, Indian companies are now in a race to get these intellectual property rights... why does the whole world have to play by these rules???

http://www.infochangeindia.org/IPRItop.jsp?recordno=3795&section_idv=23#3795
--> read India wins landmark neem patent battle in Europe ... and .... Poor nations can reap rich rewards by using IPRs, says World Bank

'Let's get direct access to their natural resources, and let's open up their markets so they can purchase our manufactured goods.... let's vertically control the entire process.' It's a formula so the rich can get richer... it's a formula where Americans can keep their standard of living and a small percentage in other countries can enjoy that standard as well. 'Then, we'll videotape that small percentage, put it on our news and show how even in Iraq they're living the "good life".' And the "good life" obviously means they are now consuming as much as we are, and are also now a part of this process that is completely unsustainable, inhumane, and profit-centred.

Anyways.. I could go on and on.....

no one's evil.... it almost seems like a progression from ... looking outside for happiness.... leading to high unsustainable rates of consumption and greed.... it's about wanting power.... and it's scary... because this has become the NORM... not the out-lier. A progress from this... to seeing that happiness doesn't lie in "things"... it doesn't lie in the present conception of "power"... but it lies somewhere that transcends these things.... it lies in realizing self-worth and interrelatedness.... it lies somewhere that isn't physical. It lies in understanding one self and relationships and fulfilling them....

Anyways... there are plenty of holes in this email... and there are definitely positive points from the other side... Saddam was definitely not a good leader and committed atrocities in Iraq... but Bush is also committing atrocities across the world so does that justify other countries and "terrorists" to come and just blow up and rape U.S. citizens (like the U.S is doing in Iraq?)? Violence only leads to more violence.... with each Iraqi we kill, do we think we're destroying terrorism, or creating more terrorists with each move?