The Real
Political
Issues are the Issues the Corporate Media Tend to Mischaracterize
Darrell Udelhoven, Publisher of the Series -
The Real Political Issues
and People Empowerment -
Empowerment Communications
An
Historical
list of the
nineteen (19) Countries the United States has bombed
since World War II
China
1945-46; Korea
1950-55
Guatemala
1954; Indonesia
1958
Cuba
1964; Panama
1965
Laos
1967-73; Vietnam
1961-73
Cambodia
1969-70; Guatemala
1967-69
Grenada
1983; Libya
1986
El Salvador
1980’s; Nicaragua
1980’s
Panama
1989; Iraq
1991
to 2005
Sudan
1998; Afghanistan 1998, 2001-05
Yugoslavia
1991
Nineteen
countries were bombed; some
were bombed many times
over many years.
In
how many of these countries did direct
democracies
develop because of these bombing interventions? The answer is, NONE!
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Also, listen to: Peter Donalds guest, on Wisconsin Public Radio.
Mr. Kinzer says, The Bush administration is just following an American
tradition of "regime change," which has destroyed democracies and has
been disastrous for the security of the United States.
http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/bme/bme060601k.rm
Audio archive
GUEST: Stephen Kinzer, foreign correspondent. Author, "Overthrow:
America's Century of "Regime Change" from Hawaii to Iraq"
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The real axis of evil is
the injustice that
has been, and is being, perpetrated on human beings, notwithstanding
the
country or faction they are a part of. If you use the devil's ways and
means to do harm to another human being or country, you become an
instrument of evil.
The problem has its origin in the adoption of the wrong principles and
practices by the leadership of various countries. There would be NO
need or motive for terrorism and the waging of war, provided, justice
and
righteousness prevailed in all dimensions of the policies adopted by
the leadership of the most powerful countries, in their dealings with
the less powerful.
Truth and Justice go hand in hand, it is not possible to achieve
justice without the prior condition of truth, which is the very fabric
or basic element toward the administration of justice. Peace, liberty,
freedom, and mutual prosperity are only possible when justice prevails
in all human relationships.
Most of the problems we have today are the result of lack of
application of truth in the administration of justice for all, in all,
human relationships at every level and dimension.
Let us begin with post WW II and the constant preaching of the evil of
communism and socialism, and the instilled fear of the Soviet Union due
to the effectiveness and media propaganda campaigns spawned by
political party opportunists'. Remember the crazy domino theory that we
adopted, therefore, our political leaders sent our innocent young men
to die in Korea and Vietnam by the tens of thousands! How many hundreds
of billions did we spend killing, and burning while alive, tens of
thousands of the so-called enemy? What did we gain by magnifying the
destruction and devastation of the lives of those people?
The added ignorance of those wars was the reality that the so-called
enemy had tremendous logistical advantages. It is far better to draw a
line where you have the logistical advantage and where it will do the
least harm to both sides of the dispute. The real axis of evil enemy
was our lack of wisdom coupled with sufficient intelligence and
abilities to negotiate compromises and develop friendly relationships
with the followers of communism and socialism.
I will not recite how Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden were on our
side in the initial battles, and then became our enemy.
Allow me to illustrate how an entity can create the most unlikely
terrorists through their own acts of injustice.
First, let us skim review what happened to the Branch Davidians at
Waco, Texas. Though law enforcement could have picked up David Koresh
in the local town that he visited on many occasions, they approached
him with force at their temple.
I viewed several times on satellite channels, Waco. The Rules of
Engagement - Waco lead to the bombing of the Federal building in
OKC by Timothy McVeigh, as retribution for the government's Waco
holocaust. At that time, this had been by far the worst terrorism
attack on America's homeland. Timothy McVeigh was a most unlikely
candidate to commit such a horrendous mass murder terrorism act.
Timothy McVeigh's Letter to Fox News Thursday, April 6, 2001: We can
all gain a great deal of insight and understanding concerning the
motivations of terrorist's both foreign and domestic by a thorough
reading of this terrorists' historic letter to the Fox satellite and
cable news media channel.
FOX NEWS: original, letter story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,17500,00.html
The rest of the world's policies and practices toward Iraq are an
example of the extreme use of the wrong ways and means to achieve
peaceful relationships and mutual prosperity. It is never wise to
punish the any countries' entire citizenry (Including our own) for the
evil transgressions of its political leadership.
The Israeli Palestinian conflict is another example of the wrongful
treatment of other human beings by taking their land and then punishing
them further when they retaliate, because of the horrible lack of
justice on the part of Israeli leadership. It is not a case of who is
on our side; rather it is a question of insisting on the administration
of justice for all the parties involved, thus, to resolve all conflicts
in a peaceful way. Had the world community demanded that Israel
administer the justice due to the Palestinians there would have been NO
terrorism motivation from that source of injustice. Real and/or
perceived injustice has triggered a majority of the terrorism problems
that our world communities have experienced.
Yes, the applicable principle towards the solution to most conflicts is
very basic. It is the unbiased righteous administration of justice
that has the power to resolve disputes, NOT taking sides on the basis
of which side American leaders believe are "on our side.” Such flawed
decision making ignores, "Righteousness and Justice as the Key Issue to
be decided, administered, and resolved in all disputes.” Darrell
Udelhoven.
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