Questions to be asked in every war
27 times. The United States bombed a country 27 times since 1945.
And each time, we were told that these acts of war were "fair" and "humanitarian." Today, we are told that this war is different from previous ones. But this was also said last time, and the time before. It was said every time.
Isn’t it time to write down the questions we should ask in every war in order to avoid being manipulated ?
Money is always available to start a war ?
In the most powerful country of the world, forty-five million people live below the poverty line. United States ‘schools and public services are crumbling because the state has "no money". In Europe too, "no money” for pensions or for creating jobs.
But when the greed of bankers causes a financial crisis, it takes only a few days they manage to find billions to save them. This has allowed these same bankers to distribute U.S. $ 140 billion last year as rewards and bonuses to their shareholders, traders and speculators.
For war too, it seems easy to find billions. However, it is our taxes that pay for these weapons and this destruction.
Is it wise to burn hundreds of thousands of dollars for each missile, or wasting fifty thousand euros per hour with an aircraft carrier ? Unless war is a good deal for some ?
Meanwhile, a child dies of hunger every five seconds and the number of poor is growing on our planet despite promises.
Meanwhile, a child dies of hunger every five seconds and the number of poor is growing on our planet despite promises.
What is the difference between a Libyan, a Bahraini and a Palestinian ?
Presidents, ministers and generals solemnly swear that their objective is only to save the Libyans.
But at the same time, the Sultan of Bahrain is massacring unarmed demonstrators with the help of the two thousand Saudi soldiers sent by the United States ! Meanwhile, in Yemen, the troops of dictator Saleh, a U.S. ally, are killing 52 demonstrators with machine guns. These facts have been disputed by no one, but at the same time, the U.S. Minister of War, Robert Gates, has just declared : "I do not think it's my role to intervene in the internal affairs of Yemen.
Why this "double standard” ? Because Saleh hosts obediently the Fifth Fleet U.S. the Fifth U.S. fleet and says yes to everything Washington commissions him ? Because the barbaric regime of Saudi Arabia is an accomplice of multinational oil companies ?
There would be "good dictators" and "bad dictators ? How can the U.S. and France claim to be humanitarian ? When Israel killed two thousand civilians by bombing Gaza, did they establish a "no fly zone" ? No.
Did they impose any sanctions ? None. Worse : Javier Solana, then in charge of Foreign Affairs of the EU said to Jerusalem : "Israel is a member of the European Union without being a member of its institutions. Israel is part of all the programs " of Research and Technology of Europe 27. Adding : "No country outside the continent has the kind of relationship that Israel enjoys with the European Union".
On this point, Solana told the truth :
Europe and its arms ‘manufacturers work closely with Israel for the production of drones, missiles and other weapons that cause death in Gaza.
We should remember that Israel has expelled seven hundred thousand Palestinians from their villages in 1948, still refuses to give them their rights and continue to commit multiple war crimes.
Under the occupation, 20% of the current Palestinian population has visited or stayed in Israel's prisons.
Pregnant women are forced to give birth tied to their beds and immediately returned to their cells with their babies !
But these crimes are committed with the active complicity of the U.S. and the EU.
The life of a Palestinian or a Bahraini is not worth that of a Libyan ? There would be “good Arabs” and “bad Arabs” ?
We should remember that Israel has expelled seven hundred thousand Palestinians from their villages in 1948, still refuses to give them their rights and continue to commit multiple war crimes.
Under the occupation, 20% of the current Palestinian population has visited or stayed in Israel's prisons. Pregnant women are forced to give birth tied to their beds and immediately returned to their cells with their babies !
But these crimes are committed with the active complicity of the U.S. and the EU.
The life of a Palestinian or a Bahraini is not worth that of a Libyan ? There would be “good Arabs” and “bad Arabs” ?
Michel Collon, pulse AQUI
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