Friday, May 13, 2005
A Bad Day for The U.S.
The Americans could sure use some better news these days. O.K., so they elected Bush, who has single handedly set the world back 50 years, but no one deserves this much heartache on any given day. Lets start with the little problem of the desecration of the Koran by members of the U.S. forces. Can you believe it, an awful lot of people are upset by this little revelation. From Saudi Arabia, to Afghanistan, to Iraq, to Indonesia, there are protests riots, killings, and new uprisings. Exactly what did they expect to happen, I can't help but wonder.
Meanwhile, the Russians are accusing the U.S. of using it's aid agencies for spying purposes. A fact that the Administration has been very quick to deny. Humorous, considering this has long been accepted as fact by most intelligent people in the world, not to mention to reason that so many innocent aid workers have ended up dead in Iraq and elsewhere.
To the reason for all this trouble in Iraq: The American invasion to free the poor Iraqis from tyranny and to make the world safer for us all. I'd have to say that the effect of the invasion has produced the exact opposite. Living standards in Iraq have dropped since the Americans came to town and are not expected to reach and reasonable standard for at least ten years. That's if the fighting was to stop now! And to round of the Iraqi picture, many are now fleeing the latest round of battles between the Americans and the insurgents.
Now, are there any countries that the Americans hadn't pissed right off? Perhaps Canada... Oops..... News now out that the Americans were keeping Nukes on Canadian soil long before we ever agreed to have them here. Now there's a little extra something to add to all our fond memories of the little incident of the C.I.A. doing L.S.D. experiments on McGill U. students without their or their government's knowledge. What a great era that was. Looks like not a hell of a lot has changed in American politics since!
I'd have to say, all in all, not a real great week for the Yanks!
Meanwhile, the Russians are accusing the U.S. of using it's aid agencies for spying purposes. A fact that the Administration has been very quick to deny. Humorous, considering this has long been accepted as fact by most intelligent people in the world, not to mention to reason that so many innocent aid workers have ended up dead in Iraq and elsewhere.
To the reason for all this trouble in Iraq: The American invasion to free the poor Iraqis from tyranny and to make the world safer for us all. I'd have to say that the effect of the invasion has produced the exact opposite. Living standards in Iraq have dropped since the Americans came to town and are not expected to reach and reasonable standard for at least ten years. That's if the fighting was to stop now! And to round of the Iraqi picture, many are now fleeing the latest round of battles between the Americans and the insurgents.
Now, are there any countries that the Americans hadn't pissed right off? Perhaps Canada... Oops..... News now out that the Americans were keeping Nukes on Canadian soil long before we ever agreed to have them here. Now there's a little extra something to add to all our fond memories of the little incident of the C.I.A. doing L.S.D. experiments on McGill U. students without their or their government's knowledge. What a great era that was. Looks like not a hell of a lot has changed in American politics since!
I'd have to say, all in all, not a real great week for the Yanks!
# posted by Wil Smith : 4:13 p.m.
