Helen Thomas ~ the Watchdog of Democracy asks why are we hated in the Muslim world?
White House Press correspondent Helen Thomas asked the pertinent question as to the motive of terrorists which the Obama administration avoids answering ~ but the answer is obvious to the world. The so called War on terror is a War of terror and we are the principle perpetrators of this ongoing Middle East criminal action against Iraq, Afghanistan and now Pakistan: Allen L Roland
Many are aware of America's refusal to discuss how America'spreemptive illegal military actions and policies fuel terrorism throughout the Middle East and nowhere was that more evident than ataWhite House press conferencelast weekwith Janet Napolitano and Security advisor John Brennan. SeniorWhiteHouse correspondent Helen Thomas askedthe prohibited" Why "question about thereal motive of Terrorists, and keptasking as she receivednon-responses ~ until they alldecidedto ignore her.Here's the two minute video ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1pURIukrjw
John Brennan's answer -" they do this because they're Evil and murderous"is the same condescendingself-righteous "They-Hate-us-For-Our-Freedom" garbage we endured for eight years with the Cheney/Bush administration~ and now apparently with the Obama administration.
Hardly ever mentioned is the fact that the conflagration of religion and a militarized stateof occupation is historically a deadly combination in the middle east.
To many Muslims ~ our War of Terror is just the latestreincarnation of the crusades and they have alegitimate case~ Let's use Blackwater as an example.The notorious Blackwater is a for profit corporation that provides mercenary soldiers and supporting security personnel to the US government and represents a force of well over 50,000 in Iraq and Afghanistan ~and it does not answer to anyone.
As Michael Carmichael explains ~ " Erik Prince, the founder and owner of the now infamous US corporation, Blackwater, hails from Holland, Michigan where his family was both powerful and prominent in two institutions - (1) the Republican Party and (2) the evangelical Christian Church....nbsp;After scandals hit his large and lucrative firm, Prince ordered a curious rebranding that changed its name to Xe...
X is an archaic form of abbreviation for Christ and/or Christian that was derived from the cross and the Greek Alphabet....nbsp;X or Chi is the Greek letter that is the initial of "Christos" - X - which at the same time served as a symbol for the cross....nbsp;Sometimes written Chi-Rho, (Xp) is another abbreviation for Christos and his followers, the Christians....nbsp;From the perspective of medieval Christian symbology, 'Xe' is a combination of the Christic cross and the Greek letter, Epsilon, the first letter in the Greek word, Evangelion, glad tidings or gospel....nbsp;From the perspective of a modern member of the Knights Templar, Xe is immediately recognizable as it symbolizes Christian Evangelism." http://www.planetarymovement.org/go/newsflash/xe%2c-the-templar-crusade-by-michael-carmichael/
So to fully answer the Helen Thomas questionas to'Why' ~ we must realize that many of these so called terrorist acts are payback for our illegal preemptive military actions and occupations throughout the middle east and also our support of Israel'sbrutaloccupation of Gazaandtheirongoing terrorizingof Palestinians.
When the chief support for these illegal actions in the middle east is a notorious right wing corporation with deep roots in Christian Evangelism ~ it's easy to understand Muslim acts of retaliation against America as well as International partners in our ongoing crimes against humanity.
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2010/01/12.html
