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Failure to Engage by Rafa 2010
Let's face it, this relationship with the Obama
administration just isn't working out. I'm going to give some concrete reasons
why. I'm also going to give my opinion
at the end of this article. Let me say that this list is flabbergasting. Anyone
with any common-sense can figure out why. I didn't enjoy writing this at all.
It's because I'm an American citizen. All of this was done in my name and the
name of every American citizen. It's about time we changed the direction of
this government and you can't do it at the ballot box voting for the Democrat
or Republican they decide to put in front of you. There isn't a dimes worth of
difference between the political parties. The Democrats represent fascism light
while the GOP represents regular fascism. Here's what's going on:
1.
Not Charging Anyone in the Bush Administration
with War Crimes or Criminal Misconduct. The first
thing that should have tipped us all off is when he told us all that he was
going to look forward and not backwards, meaning that he wasn't going to go
after members of the Bush regime for war crimes or for breaking any other laws
while in office. Of course most
Americans figured he was just avoiding a partisan fight in Congress, but what
we really found out is that he was just staying silent about the war crimes and
executive power abuses of the Bush era so that he could pull off his own war
crimes and executive power abuses.
2.
Drone Strikes. Probably the most
heinous behavior of this morally corrupt administration is the weekly war
conference between his advisors and the military and civilian intelligence
agencies about who should be killed by drone strikes that week. Imagine having
a weekly conference to decide who lives and dies in a place half way around the
planet and choosing victims. This is without any semblance of due process. No
charges, no investigation, no trial"nothing except hearsay. This includes
choosing Americans to die. Can anyone say War crime?
3.
Uncritical Support of Israel. We supported this rogue state as they
attacked the Gaza strip with white phosphorus and cluster bombs, both of which
are banned by the Geneva Convention as inhumane. We watched as fighter jets
attacked, all of these weapons supplied by the United States. We
give these brave Israeli's three billion dollars for "defense "each
year. We turn a blind eye as they use weapons that don't discriminate between
friend or foe when they kill women and children. Over two thousand Palestinians
died during that brave Israeli "incursion" into Gaza with tanks and armored personnel
carriers. Not a word was said, not even
by that recipient of a Noble Peace prize. This was a colossal refusal to point
out pure evil.
4.
Sabre-rattling on Iran. Every day we
hear of the treachery and deceit by the evil Islamic State of Iran. We hear of
their intention to develop nuclear weapons. Even though the IAEA has claimed
that Iran had stopped working on development of nuclear weapons in 2003 the
noble entity of Israel does not believe that it has. Benjamin Netanyahu received
numerous standing ovations from the thugs in Congress. No one thinks twice
about the claims Israel makes about the dangers of a nuclear Iran. Even though
the top brass in the Iranian Army were trained largely in the US when the Shah
was in power and Iran was a close ally. Now it has turned into an evil empire.
No one talks about Iran's track record on aggression, noting that Iran has not
attacked any State in more than two hundred years. Just like the lead up to war
in Iraq, every day brings new accusations about Iran's real intentions. Like
watching a repeat of a bad TV show" Iraq redux. It appears that the US didn't learn
a thing from the Iraq war. Will this be the spark that turns the Middle-East
into a smoldering hell?
5.
Interfering in Syria. The United
States and its allies, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and The United Arab Emirates
send M-16's and other weapons of war in an obvious bid to cause the much
desired "regime change" in Syria. Rebel fighters from Libya and other nations
sneak into Syria and fight to establish an Islamic State in Syria while the US
turns a blind eye, hoping that a new regime in Syria will be friendly towards
the West. Nobody can say for sure what outcome
will arise from toppling the Bashir regime. Russia and China warn the United
States about "meddling" in Syrian affairs. The United States, the World's only "superpower"
seems to ignore the threats from these two nuclear states. Once the US decides
that regime changer is the only solution, the game will not stop until its objectives
have been met. A bully in foreign affairs, nobody in Washington remembers that "reset
button" that was pushed last year to set relations with Russia right. The
US consistently toys with the Russian Bear. Not unlike the situation with Iran,
could this confrontation about Syria be the nuclear start button that leaves
the Middle East and maybe the planet in a smoldering hell?
6.
Propping-up the regime in Bahrain. We
turn a blind eye again to the troubled State of affairs in Bahrain. There, the Khalifah
monarchy uses troops from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to
keep those that cry for democracy down. The ruthless Khalifah regime even
imprisons and tortures medical personnel, doctors and medics that treat the
wounded. The United States, which has its mighty Fifth Fleet anchored at the Capitol
of Manama, has congratulated the regime
for coming to a "accommodation" with the protestors, when in fact there was no
"accommodation", just a ruthless crackdown on dissidents, using torture and
imprisonment. More ruthless than the
regime in Damascus, the US, acting in its own self-interest, abides the human
rights violations of the monarchy. Where is the much-touted call for democracy
here?
7.
Plotting Against Venezuela. The
government of Venezuela, led by the vilified socialist, Hugo Chavez, was
toppled by the wealthy right-wing elements of the Venezuelan opposition with
help from the CIA in 2002. The US recognized the new government just hours after
the coup. The people of Venezuela became incensed by the coup and took to the
streets in protest. As a crowd of almost a million people descended on the
Capitol, the Army changed sides and a firefight erupted between the Army and
the Secret Police. The Army took control and demanded that Hugo Chavez be
reinstated as President. The Bolivarian State of Venezuela, a democratic
socialist republic, still exists there. This is a thorn in the side of the
American administration in Washington. By
all means possible, they vilify Chavez at every opportunity. Why is a functioning
democracy in Latin America a problem there? The reason is that Chavez nationalized
oil refineries that refused to split profits from oil 50-50, insisting that
80-20, the 80% going to the oil companies and 20% going to the people of Venezuela
(the standard contract around the world). The only oil company that agreed to
the split was Citgo. This was an affront to capitalism, the de-facto religion
of America. Watch for more interference
from America in Venezuelan affairs.
8.
Our Armament Economy. Just as our industry in America was
outsourced to nations that had cheap labor pools, our defense industry grew by leaps
and bounds. With the many wars that America is involved in, from Central
Africa, to the Horn of Africa all the way to Afghanistan and Pakistan, our
defense budget boomed. Between The Department of Defense to the Intelligence
Departments either belonging to the military or connected to the military, the
actual budget according to different sources is about three trillion dollars. Also
according to IPS: U.S. Sets
Another Record on Defence Sales, Already .
"Despite
the global economic strain, demand for U.S. defence products and services is
stronger than ever," Andrew J. Shapiro, an assistant secretary in the U.S.
State Department, said on Thursday.
He
confirmed that the U.S., long the world's largest weapons exporter, has already
seen more than 50 billion dollars in government-to-government military sales
this fiscal year."
9. Shifting the Military focus from the
Middle-East to the Pacific. Some regard this as an attempt to contain
the World's second largest economy and a nuclear rival, The People's Republic
of China. Negotiating with the Philippines for the right to use Subic Bay for
use of the port for the Seventh Fleet the US is also negotiating with Vietnam
for the deep-water port of Cam Ranh Bay.
Singapore has offered its naval
facilities for use by high-speed Littoral ships. Marines will be stationed in
Australia. According to The Japan Times :
"The Yomiuri
Shimbun reported that the new force layout would divide the Marine Corps
command, ground force, air and logistic units into an arc of bases forming a
flank along the eastern seaboard of China."
This of course, will not be a stepping stone for better relations
between China and the United States.
10.
Paying Wall Street. In what amounted
to a gigantic "giveaway" The United States and The Federal reserve decided to
heap $4.76 TRILLION Dollars on the financial firms and investment banks "Too
big to fail". This is according to Source
Watch . This amount is staggering. Hardly any accounting for the funds was
demanded by Congress. Some claim that investment banks and other entities are
sitting on trillions while small business loans and mortgages remain next to impossible
to attain. This gigantic bail-out was the spark that ignited the Occupy
Movement that was started by Occupy Wall Street located in Zucotti Park. CEO's received
huge million dollar bonuses directly after the bail-out. This incensed
Americans when Wall Street defended the bonuses claiming that they were based
on "performance". This so-called "performance" took place when casino-economics
ruled the financial markets with the selling of derivatives.
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