Monday, 19 September 2011

Haneef & Howard

I wrote to John Howard not to support George Bush in the invasion of Iraq. That is the only letter I have ever written to a politician in my life. John Howard is 5 months older than me & he should know better than to take part in an act of pure vengeance. The whole Iraq thing is like a Superman movie where the superhero, a handsome white boy, of course wins out in the end. Racial typecasting that Hollywood has done so well for many years. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan & Jet Li  changed that when they became Chinese superheros. We haven't seen an Arab superhero in an Anerican movie that I can think of. Maybe in 20 years Osama bin Laden's story will win an Oscar.

Howard's dumb decision to join George Bush's cheer squad has put a terrible blot on Australia.  Everyone knows there were no WMDs. But there is depleted uranium lying around in Iraq. It was dropped in the first gulf war. How do I know that. I have discussed it with an airman who personally loaded up depleted uranium bombs. The airmen who handled DU shells are now very concerned about whether or not their children are normal. It's an open secret now. Of course such information is supposed to be secret & not released until people like John Howard are long gone so that they won't have to face the music.

Three & a half million people died in the Vietnam War & already around 700,000 people, most of them innocent civilians have died in Iraq. Agent orange was sprayed all over the place in Vietnam poisoning the environment & the civilian population. Many people were crippled for life. The US only gave up in Vietnam when the American public protested about their boys coming home in bodybags. The invasion of Iraq has sharpened the teeth of muslim guerrilla fighters. The Iraq War has cost billions of dollars. What a waste! Howard gave $2 billion away to Indonesia, our near neighbours after the Tsunami. Billions could have been spent helping a needy world instead of on this whole 'war on terror' thing. There wasn't a war on terror until George Bush invented it.

To avenge the demolition of the twin towers Bush & his buddies have rained down terror on a sovereign nation. So it was run by a bad guy that they kicked out. But wasn't he the one they US installed in the first place to look after their own interests. The US has supported many right wing dictators since WW2 & have kept saying that it's in America's national interest. It may be good for the CEOs, manufacturers of arms & the quartermasters & politicians but not for the ordinary American citizen.

Katrina showed what the Elite of America are really about. The response to a national disaster was absolutely incompetent. That Washington didn't give a fig for the poor blacks of New Orleans was disgusting. Of course we have the same arrogant attitude in Australia from Howard who was Treasurer for many years under Fraser & ignored the plight of the aboriginal people. Howard was elected unopposed last election because he promised to keep interest rates down & because there was no unified opposition.

He has been PM for 11 years & what have we got? Australia has been invaded by US multinationals. Australia has been invaded by fastfood outlets & Australians are no longer the bronzed surfers. Every time US ships call on R&R they bring an epidemic of STDs. Sailors definitely do deserve a good time & the girls & boys who serve them really appreciate the US dollars. What can I say but God Bless America. One must remember that it is a Holy War that they are fighting after all & that they truly believe that God is on their side.

The military of 'the willing' nations have followed the orders of their political masters & if they survive their deployment they will continue to suffer long after peace is restored. The horrible long term outcome is that Bush, Blair & Howard will expire in their leather arm chairs or in bed without ever having to pay personally for their dumb decisions. They will never be charged for initiating a terrible war that has turn Iraq into a bloody mess. Now Iraq has won a soccer match maybe they'll unite as one nation against the invaders & reclaim their oil wells from the multinationals & their contractors.

Now the latest dumb thing Howard has done is to interfere with due process in the handling of Dr Haneef's case. He can mouth all the platitudes he likes but he's tricky & cunning. His fingers have been up all the puppets.

If Howard had minded his own business as PM of Australia instead of strutting around being the 'man of steel' on the world stage we would all be better off. The 'war on terror ' that he has been so busy advocating is a beat up. More people die in traffic accidents, of AIDS of Malaria, from obesity, smoking, drugs than have died from terrorists bombs, except in Iraq perhaps. But if the US & the willing had kept the hell out of there Iraq wouldn't be a bloody mess now.

Dr Haneef was very unlucky to be swept up in Howard's crusade to justify the lie of his involvement in the invasion of Iraq. At least he wasn't spirited away to some CIA secret prison & tortured in the name of freedom like so many others have. He's back in India with his family & good luck to him. Howard has refused to say sorry. No one in Australia expects Howard to say sorry for anything. If he was ever to say sorry he would probably choke & fall over. He can't say sorry. It's not in his nature. He has never said sorry to the aboriginal people for the neglect of the governments he served in. Soon he'll be dumped by the Australian people. And that will be a relief. As one unionist recently commented, 'Howard will be remembered in history as the skid mark on the bedsheet of Australian politics

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