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Lip Service to Human Rights: What Are the Causes?

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History has had good examples, for example, in Russia with the 1905 revolution which happened again in 1917, it was more severe in 1917.   The political and corporate dictators must know that the voices that speak the louder are those that have been silenced the longest.   Therefore, there should be no surprises in the future.   People of the Middle East are no different than people of other parts of the world.   They are not unruly, they have become fearless.   The West has become complacent by accepting the half-truths that their news media feed them.  

 

Western news media bombarded the world with the notion that other countries are envious of their freedom.   Tunisians and Egyptians showed the world that their non-violence and peaceful protests are done without a single monolithic leader. The recent events in the Middle East have revealed much of the Western media to be inaccurate in its reporting and narrow-minded in understanding its causes.

 

In the past, the West has supported dictators in the Middle East and elsewhere to promote its economic interests, contrary to the will of the majority of the people living there.   In a true democracy the corrupt relationship between economic and political interests will not survive.

 

The Western governments have been involved, covertly or overtly for decades through financial institutions (e.g., IMF and World Bank) and military involvement (e.g., by selling Arms through Lockheed and Boeing).   Western governments have supported dictatorial regimes in oppression of their citizens.  

 

The abuses within countries controlled by these dictators could never have existed without the knowledge and support of the West and its corporate interests.   Although there has been some trickle-down benefit to the people living in these countries, in fact most of the financial profit has gone to the dictators and corporate economic interests.

 

Having taught many of the people in the region, it is a common knowledge that Western countries breeds and feeds corrupt dictators who practice torture to stay in power.   The jargon about "human rights" is a trick used to fool people. The murdering of innocent people, especially in Bahrain where there is an enormous naval base, is carried out under the supervision of the USA and UK.   Lip service is paid to "human rights" but the reality is different.   An oppressive regime which denies women a role in the society could not survive without the overt and covert of others outside the regime.

 

From the point of view of "human rights," Western countries have no credibility with the surviving people in the Persian Gulf region and Africa.   In order to work with the citizen participants in these uprisings, the West must deal honestly with the historical background of its involvement in the Middle East and recognize that ultimately, despite having military power on their side, political dictators, and the economic interests that support them, will not survive.

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Iran, pronounced Eeran NOT Eye-ran...".> Hint: Italy: Eetaly not Eye-taly. Iran has been in the region properly termed 'West Asia' -- not the 'Middle East' for thousand of years. (more...)
 

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