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Our dreadful involvement in the American Afghanistan atrocity
Can
there be anybody out there who is not sickened by the ongoing American
attack, invasion, occupation, torture, rape and massacre of Iraq and
Afghanistan? And can there be anyone who is not shocked by their
repetitive ramp-up rhetoric for even more warmongering –and on an
exponentially more dangerous scale- as can be heard in the current
frantic tattoo on Iran? And is there anybody out there who is not
totally ashamed and alarmed by Canada's grovelling complicity in this
utter catastrophe?
Canada is sucked into the American Global War on Terror (GWOT)
mainly because our power elite, contrary to the views of the majority,
share the Bush administration's Neocon capitalist ideology for the
world. Americans see themselves as the greatest epitome of the human
race, and are therefore entitled to control and consume the world's
resources. Canada's "New Government" is inexorably integrating us into
that maw. If Canada did not pipeline away energy resources southward at
the cheap rate that it does, or try to sell oil for real money on the
international market like Iran and Iraq did, we too would be
immediately branded as terrorists and invaded. We should be embarrassed
and outraged by how cheap Canada has been sold out.
The Neocon's (example: Stephen Harper) would have us believe
that the GWOT is about a fanatical religious ideology which recruits
ranks of "unlawful combatant" suiciders around the world because "they
hate our freedoms." Of course, nobody signs up for suicide because of
an ideology, but it's easy to understand what motivates a suicide
bomber. Just imagine (it's easy if you try) yourself sitting at home
one evening, surrounded by your loving family. Schaaaaack!! You are
splattered with the body parts of your children. Some fat, lazy
video-terminal, push-button warrior has launched a surgical strike with
precision weaponry from and airconditioned kiosk half a world away.
You
will now strap on a bomb-belt and go looking for the biggest crowd of
Americans you can find. And you will spend every subsequent moment of
your existence focussed entirely on your vengeance. More terror always
motivates more retaliation, and more of humanity is terrorized by
American violence than by any other. People around the world now view
those who serve the American military behemoth, in whatever capacity,
as nothing but volunteer terrorists. The ultra-belligerent activities
of the USA military are spawning ranks upon ranks of avengers which no
amount of force can ever defeat.
There is no humanitarian agenda in Afghanistan which can be
achieved by Canadian submission to American aggression. Our abstention
from the spiralling American atrocity in Iraq notwithstanding, yet
Canada is suckered deep into America's vortex of violence. There we
are, assaulting the war-exhausted people of Afghanistan alongside, and
in subordination to, the world's most violent terrorist organization.
What the heck are we doing in Afghanistan, anyone should ask,
especially those Canadians of us who are over there doing the killing
and the dieing. If a genuine concern for human rights is the
justification, why aren't we rushing over to Burma to help in their
hour of need as well? As Peace-Keepers, the Canadian military may once
have had something useful to offer the people of Afghanistan, or the
innumerable desperate others around the world. We were once respected,
and depended on as Peace-keepers. It is shameful to me that Canada's
once-proud military now takes orders from, and dutifully prostrates
itself to the American agenda.
Let's face it, the USA is going down. All this warmongering is
their final petulant tantrum, and they may take us all down with them.
We've had all this hype recently about the strength of the Canadian
dollar, when it's the US buck that's crashing. The USA buck is the
defacto global oil-transaction currency, China owns 40% of the US debt,
and keeps $8 billion US on hand for the purpose of buying oil. When
China cashes in their stock of what is now basically green, ink-stained
paper for real money, such as the Euro, the USA economy will collapse.
At $8 trillion (that's with 12 zeros!) in the red and counting, the USA
is the world's largest debtor nation. They've got virtually no oil
themselves and they're hopelessly addicted. They might be fat and
spoiled now, but the writing's on the wall for all to see. Their
country is run by imbecilic oiligarchs who are clearly aware of the
depleted state of the world's oil stocks, and being unable to compete
anymore in the global marketplace, they are taking the spoils by force.
There
can be no honour or pride in being subordinate to the worlds most
violent and deranged terrorist organization, but in Afghanistan,
General Rick Hillier and the Canadian military take orders from
Americans. The presence of all this military aggression has brought no
benefit whatsoever to the Afghan people, nor brought any stability of
any kind to the region. That's why I appreciate the UVSS powerful and
courageous message to the warmongering recruiters to just fuck right
off. If there are UVic students who are stupid enough to sign up for
the American GWOT, they can find the recruitment office by themselves.
We don't need these idiotic warmongers on this campus, which
ostensibly, is a place where people strive for higher learning.
Ingmar Lee has travelled
across Afghanistan, where its people have successfully repulsed
repeated invasions of belligerents throughout its history. Ingmar can
be reached through his website: www.ingmarlee.com
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