by
Girard Newkirk
As I watch the clock tick on the lives of thousands
of Iraqi citizens, I get an overwhelming feeling of nausea as the
media reports this as if it were a sporting event. MSNBC and CNN
have their countdown clocks on one segment of the screen while live
footage of the ominous calm that settles over the city of Baghdad
rest backdrop. How can one of sound mind be proud of a nation that
is about to engage in an unprovoked usurpation of a land under the
auspices of liberation? This so-called war with Iraq is the
culmination of decades of the blind American masses being led by
madmen. This particular event is highlighted due to the obvious
inadequacies of those attempting to make a case for war. Yet
Americans decided to think not with their intelligences but with
their unsubstantiated passions and reckless emotions.
This war is being portrayed by the media almost like a
prize fight. It is amazing the amount of dehumanizing that has taken
place at the supposedly highest echelons of American society. How can we
as American be awed and mesmerized by the sight of bombs littering the
Iraqi landscape and call ourselves a moral authority? As President Bush
has stated innumerable times this is a defining moment. However, this
does not define America as being a beacon of hope for the light of
democracy or defenders of peace and justice. This illustrates the
degeneration of so-called American "values" to that of an anthromorphic
species that is paranoid by the sight of his own shadow.
As we engage in this process of "coercive liberation" one
can't help but think of the desperate cries for freedom and independence
from Palestinians, that have perpetually fallen on the deaf ears of the
American plutocracy. Each charge that has been weighed against Saddam
Hussein and his regime pale in comparison to the
abhorrent acts of violence and repression that the Israeli government has
waged against a seemingly defenseless Palestinian population. So the
question arises, how can the U.S. legitimately claim that its foreign
policy has not contributed to the phenomenon of global "terrorism." After
the calamities of 9/11, Americans were essentially told that Arabs and
Muslims hate us because we are a free and peace loving country. That may
suffice to grade schoolers, but one would think that an educated
population would ferociously challenge such an overly mundane and
simplistic explanation. However, a great deal of Americans bought that
pathetic explanation and it has undoubtedly play tremendous role in the
transference of animosity from terrorists to the ultimate American hater
Saddam Hussein.
I understand that my views may seem unpatriotic. Emerson,
said that "patriotism is a virtue of the vicious" and with these madmen in
the White House leading the blind into perpetual war, that statement is
immeasurable in its substance. American primacy and its arrogance of
power are going to lead to destructive national and global implications
unless Americans wake up and realize that they are being hoodwinked.
Mr. Girard Newkirk contributed above article to Media Monitors Network (MMN)
from North Carolina, USA. He writes on most of the
issues regarding the Middle East, religion and its tremendous impact on the
world as a Political Theorist.
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