Saturday, 23 October 2010

Wikileaks and the warlogs

People will now question why the Americans have been so cruel in Iraq.  I worry that people will assume it is because Americans simply do not respect the rights of Arabs.

Take a look at US behaviour in Latin America over the decades. 
Take a look at the number of unemployed people in the US.  Why?
Take a look at the number of people living on the streets in America.  How are they treated?  How did they get there? 
Take a look at the number of US citizens being imprisoned in America.  America apparently has the largest  prison population in the world.  Why?
Take a look at healthcare provision in the US.  How many poor people (ie not working for the global corporations as executives, either in their head offices or in the government) have good healthcare?
Take a look at US military behaviour in Haiti in response to the election of people like Aristide, or the human tragedy of earthquakes. 
What involvement did the US have in Did the US officials work to save the global environment in Copenhagen?
Did the US officials work hard to ensure water is a human right or just access to water (meaning you have to have money)?
What did the US do to help prevent the unfolding of the horrific genocide in Rwanda?

This isn't about Arabs or muslims.

This is about greed.  This is about unchecked power. 

This is about having no respect for human rights, across the board.

This is about big business and profits.  This is about big a democratic deficit, where governments act on behalf of and in the interests of business, not on behalf of and in the interests of citizens.


The US does not stand alone. 

When will we have leaks of UK British documents relating to Iraq?

And when will we, each citizen on earth, have access to the documents, the evidence that will tell us all just how nasty our governments really are.

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