Friday, March 03, 2006
Pacifica Commentary for March 1, 2006
What do we want? The same thing the Palestinians want, the occupation must end. This is also what 82% of all Iraqis want. And this is why 47% of all Iraqis support armed resistance to the occupation.
In the rage that followed the bombing of the Askariya shrine both Sunnis and Shi'as blamed the U.S. occupation. If we were in Basra we would have witnessed a large Sunni-Shi'a protest rally on behalf of Iraqi unity and the departure of the United States. The chant was, "No to America!"
We must call for the complete withdrawal of all U.S. and coalition troops, together with our foreign mercenaries and our military bases. And by the way, what do our troops want? The Zogby poll says that 72% of them want us to get out of Iraq.
Meanwhile the Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz declares Palestine part of the axis of evil together with Syria and Iran and declares that more punitive measures will be taken by Israeli forces against the Palestinian people.
Meanwhile, according to higly credible sources, Israel and the United States are prepared to let their people die together in a nuclear holocaust. Their sights appear to be set on the use of nuclear weapons in Iran. A criminal act of such magnitude would undoubtedly lead to severe blowback in Israel and the United States. Such an Israeli/US attack on Iran would thereby become the world's largest suicide mission. Some of the fanatics involved are apparently so ignorant that they speak of using nukes against the Palestinians as well.
Indeed US foreign policy and its culture of violence is becoming a toxic brew to the entire planet. Does anyone think that increased nuclearism, ongoing wars and the ignoring of international laws are going to make the world a safer place?
So the United States and Israel both of whom have weapons of mass destruction are liable to attack Iran which has no such weapons. We have been down this filthy road before. This is the road that our government has strewn with hundreds of thousands of murdered victims in the wake of pathological lying.
As a result of lawless militarism the United States has become a failed state, a feared state and a terrorist state. As citizens we are required to resist the takeover of our government by organized crime.
In the rage that followed the bombing of the Askariya shrine both Sunnis and Shi'as blamed the U.S. occupation. If we were in Basra we would have witnessed a large Sunni-Shi'a protest rally on behalf of Iraqi unity and the departure of the United States. The chant was, "No to America!"
We must call for the complete withdrawal of all U.S. and coalition troops, together with our foreign mercenaries and our military bases. And by the way, what do our troops want? The Zogby poll says that 72% of them want us to get out of Iraq.
Meanwhile the Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz declares Palestine part of the axis of evil together with Syria and Iran and declares that more punitive measures will be taken by Israeli forces against the Palestinian people.
Meanwhile, according to higly credible sources, Israel and the United States are prepared to let their people die together in a nuclear holocaust. Their sights appear to be set on the use of nuclear weapons in Iran. A criminal act of such magnitude would undoubtedly lead to severe blowback in Israel and the United States. Such an Israeli/US attack on Iran would thereby become the world's largest suicide mission. Some of the fanatics involved are apparently so ignorant that they speak of using nukes against the Palestinians as well.
Indeed US foreign policy and its culture of violence is becoming a toxic brew to the entire planet. Does anyone think that increased nuclearism, ongoing wars and the ignoring of international laws are going to make the world a safer place?
So the United States and Israel both of whom have weapons of mass destruction are liable to attack Iran which has no such weapons. We have been down this filthy road before. This is the road that our government has strewn with hundreds of thousands of murdered victims in the wake of pathological lying.
As a result of lawless militarism the United States has become a failed state, a feared state and a terrorist state. As citizens we are required to resist the takeover of our government by organized crime.
