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Hypocrisy Is PolicyDouble Standards in US Foriegn Policy Provides Fuel For Fanatics
Certainly this is not the best of times to take cheap potshots at the good old USA. But last time I checked, and despite the current laws rushed through Congress that threaten to rape us of our civil liberties, this is still a free country founded on a strong belief in the free exchange of ideas.
Yes I am patriotic and a good American. I say lets nuke the damn terrorists back to the stone age just like you. Ooops. I mean further back into the stone age than they currently are. My contention comes in at the point that US foreign policy has always dictated to the Israelies that they MUST first negotiate with terrorists before defending themselves against their atrocities. Strange how things change when the terror strikes home
Perhaps if the US had let the Israelies handle the PLO and other terrorist groups in a full war-like manner Israel has been equipped for, no planes would have buried themselves in The New York Trade Towers. Israel has proven through out the centuries that it has the desire and means to survive at all costs. But no, because of US influence...Israel has been forced to handle terrorists with kid gloves and in the process has become the most terrorized nation in the history of civilization. We should have let them have free reign in the Middle East a long, long time ago.
Four planes hi-jacked and crashed by terrorists and we are in a full all out war in Afghanistan. A war which I fully support. But what would we have said to the Israelies if they came to us and asked that we not strike back, but try to get Osama bin Ladin to a negotiation table? We would have laughed in their face. The good ol hypocritical US of A.
The bottom line is that the mess we call the Middle East was created by hypocrits on all sides. The Palestinians deserve a homeland. But you don't see any of their Arab neighbors offering to take them in. So why the hell should Israel be forced to give up territory they fairly won in a war? But I am all for giving the Palestinians the homeland their Muslim brothers won't. When we are done rocking the Afghan world, lets round up all Palestinians and fly them to Afghanistan. Let all the terrorists live in hate together. And the next time innocent people start getting killed we will know exactly where to drop the bombs.
And as far as the Arabs screaming foul over our minimal aide to Israel...look at the poverty in the Middle East, especially Afghanistan. I don't see Iraq or Saudi Arabia, who are rolling in billions upon billions of oil dollars, feeding their good muslim brothers. If the Arab powers that be in the Middle East aren't willing to help their lesser brethren why should the USA?
Oh, and Oasama bin Loser your actions are unjustifiable. Period. No one with half a clue can argue against that basic fact. But citizens of this country need to ask...Why are these terrorists so angry at us? It has nothing to do with Israel. It has to do with the fact that they don't like any interference of the US in the Middle East. Face it, the Gulf War was not faught to protect freedom in Kuwait. It wasn't fought to de-throne the evil Iraqies. It was fought so middle class America would have gasoline for their minnie vans. Hell our foriegn policy in the Middle East turns on a dime. No, make that an oil barrel. Our policies are dictated by economics, not right or wrong. This is prime fuel for fanatic religious zealots who need a target of hate.
I don't care about religion. I care even less about politics. It's time the USA cuts through all this hypocritical crap and finds a way to breed peace. The number one job of the US governement is to protect it's citizens. It has failed in that. Now maybe it needs to take a close look in the mirror at it's foreign policies and find out why.
©2001 RC Edrington
Zinos.com Award winning Essay of the week for Decemeber 31, 2001