Thursday, November 24, 2005
More Blows to U.S. Credibility
I've had a lot to say about American credibility over the last couple of years. I might have thought that sooner or later we would come to a point where the U.S. might want to generate a few allies instead of pissing off the few that remain. Now we have the CIA flights, just in case there was any previous allies that has not abandoned ship. Nothing like violating a friends rules for use of their airspace to shake up a relationship.
In yet another demonstration of the Americans belief in democracy and freedom of speech, the Americans are reported to have seriously considered attacking Al Jazeera. I can't help but wonder if these guys didn't sit down a make a list of all the acts that they felt could most damage the U.S. image all over the world and than pick their top ten to implement. I think they might be getting close to finishing that list and will have to make up a new one. Another basic tenet of the American Way trashed for the pursuit of.... what? Come on, we can't have people exposed to any other points of view but Cheney's now can we?
Another one, the U.S. has gone on record for describing white phosphorous as a chemical weapon. Of course it's no longer a chemical weapon if it's the Americans who are using it. The use of this stuff is old news. It is commonly used for Armor Piercing incendiary rounds. What is less common is it's use against un-armored targets. It looks like the Americans have done this too.
This is a good article about the Cheney record to date and his odd concept of the truth. It would be humorous, the way he says that he doesn't lie all the while dishing out yet more stretches of the imagination, if the subject matter wasn't so serious. It is hard to imagine a leader with less respect for the American people and his responsibilities to them. Cheney is obviously under the impression that his power is so great that he need merely mention something for it to become truth. At this point, it would appear that Dick has violated his oath of office and should be brought up on criminal charges for deliberately lying to and misleading the American people, not to mention the rest of the world.
The real question out of all of this, how long will it take a more responsible American administration to undo all the damage that has come out of the Bush era?
In yet another demonstration of the Americans belief in democracy and freedom of speech, the Americans are reported to have seriously considered attacking Al Jazeera. I can't help but wonder if these guys didn't sit down a make a list of all the acts that they felt could most damage the U.S. image all over the world and than pick their top ten to implement. I think they might be getting close to finishing that list and will have to make up a new one. Another basic tenet of the American Way trashed for the pursuit of.... what? Come on, we can't have people exposed to any other points of view but Cheney's now can we?
Another one, the U.S. has gone on record for describing white phosphorous as a chemical weapon. Of course it's no longer a chemical weapon if it's the Americans who are using it. The use of this stuff is old news. It is commonly used for Armor Piercing incendiary rounds. What is less common is it's use against un-armored targets. It looks like the Americans have done this too.
This is a good article about the Cheney record to date and his odd concept of the truth. It would be humorous, the way he says that he doesn't lie all the while dishing out yet more stretches of the imagination, if the subject matter wasn't so serious. It is hard to imagine a leader with less respect for the American people and his responsibilities to them. Cheney is obviously under the impression that his power is so great that he need merely mention something for it to become truth. At this point, it would appear that Dick has violated his oath of office and should be brought up on criminal charges for deliberately lying to and misleading the American people, not to mention the rest of the world.
The real question out of all of this, how long will it take a more responsible American administration to undo all the damage that has come out of the Bush era?
# posted by Wil Smith : 3:46 a.m.
