THE HORROR OF IGNORANCE

by Malik Isasis

























The United States with support of Britain are responsible for the deaths of 600,000 thousand Iraqis since the initial invasion and the subsequent occupation of Iraq according to a British medical journal. These shocking statistics are made all the more horrific when we realize that among the 600,000 or so victims of Iraqi war violence, the largest portion have been killed by the American military, not by carbombings or death squads, or violent criminals -- or even all these groups combined.

During the first half of 2006 of the occupation, the death rate among the Iraqi civilian population was approximately 30,000 a month. The death and destruction that has been brought against the Iraqi people is unthinkable, unimaginable—partly because the corporate media has become the public relations arm of the military, cheering on the mechanized way in which unarmed civilians can be killed with the latest and greatest incendiary weapon. This pep rally is called “Supporting the Troops.”

"Support the Troops" is an empty and non-sensical slogan used to suppress anti-war sentiment so that corporate raiders can colonize a sovereign country using the assets of the United States government. It is collusion between the Bush administration and their corporate base and it is nothing short of a money-laundering scheme hiding out in the open with contempt.

The London bombings was an example of blow back from Britain's involvement in the Iraq Occupation; it was also an example of the corporate media's disconnect between the British occupation and the bombing. The occupation and the bombing were two ships passing in the night. It was if one thing had nothing to do with the other.

Let’s Count the Ways

The correlation between extremist blowing things up and the United States’ meddling in other folks’ business is clear as the nose on my face. Here, let me count the ways:

1. United States support of President Mubarak in Egypt

2. Unmitigated support of Israel’s occupation and colonization efforts against the Palestinian people.

3. US supports the corrupt House of Saud

4. US is the number one arms dealer in the world: customers: Lebanon military, Gaza militia, Iraq Sunni dissidents, Israel and many more.

5. US uses the International Monetary Fund as system of controlling developing nations.

The United States is Tony Soprano, breaking knee caps, busting caps in asses and trying to convince the victim that they deserved it because it was in their best interest. If Tony Soprano got whacked, it wouldn't be unexpected.

Obfuscation

How can 30,000 deaths of Arab and Muslims a month in Iraq go almost unnoticed here in the United States? It is clear that their lives are not valued, and it is perfectly clear to them of how inconsequential their lives are in the eyes of the United States; it is not that they hate our freedoms or jealous of our lifestyle as the Republican-corporate media will have you believe, rather it is the sheer amount of death, destruction and colonization over decades caused by the United States and other Western powers that has set forth the manifestation of violence that has consumed the Middle East, which drives their anger with the United States.

The image of Arabs and Muslims as savages is used to justify what we do under the guise of National Security, or Democracy. What we do has nothing to do with Democracy, but everything to do with colonization—the taking of people’s wealth, land and resources. It is why the US is picking on Iran and scouting the Horn of Africa.

The shit we do to others comes home to roost and when the times come, we shouldn't be surprised if we get whacked.

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