PolForest

Obviously an extremely articulate illusionist, at the time of the Iraq justification period, Dr.Rice took on all proponents of factuality and, gave a good account of herself, considering the lame contentions she was expected to defend. Of her many quotable quotes, one stands out : “Whoever’s fault it is, it is certainly not mine, unless you think it’s the President’s, in which case, it’s mine.” While maintaining her loyalty to her President and longstanding benefactor, she will continue to find new meanings to old words, in her efforts to explain the unexplainable, and while trying to outdo herself, she will preside over the destitution of what remains of U.S. integrity.

Few people would doubt, that if this administration’s sole objective were to surgically remove Saddam Hussein, as Dr. Rice asserted, the Iraq war would have received tangible support from the majority of Arab states. The appearance is, however, that despite the U.S. air strike success in Kosovo, the Bush Administration nurtured a hidden agenda that required massive intervention by ground forces, and the establishment of a loyal and friendly new controlling block in Iraq. This machination was conceived as a manner of controlling a sufficient amount of world oil reserves, for the U.S. to be a significant factor in the world price for oil.

In modern history, as well as present times, there are numerous examples of dominant powers and individuals, venting their anger on the innocent, when the true culprits are beyond their reach. The U.S. Military and the current Administration at some point, must have decided that, using a surgical knife is not time effective when seeking to carve out for itself a sizable niche in the world’s most desirable geography.

Recent barbarous acts in a prison, and more recently, in a Mosque, continue to traumatize much of the world community of Arab/Muslim nations, which are now firmly convinced that the President’s “war of vindictiveness” may have been intended to dislodge Saddam Hussein and his regime, but, as much thought went into humanitarian concerns for the population as in the immediate governance of a post war Iraq, very little.

How else to explain the destruction of water services, telephone and other forms of communication, electric power grids and many installations dedicated to the care of citizens. These are services which innocent civilians cannot do without, but trained military insurgents have little need of. Yet, these Demolition Generals thought nothing of doing precisely that, first in Baghdad, now in Fallujah, despite the numerous prior claims by the U.S. army of possessing state of the art surgical weaponry. In so doing, they openly professed their unconcern for Arabs and Muslims everywhere, and offended all Muslims and Arabs. To whom will these Generals and their equally insensitive leader be compared to in history?

The US Administration and its military geniuses have however been remarkably consistent in one area and that is their unblemished record in estimating matters of costs and time. They have obviously designed a formula for massive underestimating and applied it rigorously wherever applicable. The real total costs of this war it is now expected will erode the country’s economic heath, and the time expectation for estimating political and social recovery and its economic side effects, with the Arab/Muslin nations, now transcends exemples from modern times. Perhaps some helpful reference can be found in the history of Arab people, the old Testament.

At some point, George W. Bush and his …group, may realize that the formula applied in the mid-twentieth century, when Germany and Japan were defeated, then immediately aided in developing strong industialized economies, this formula will not succeed in this case since the people now involved simply do not want the American system in their lives, or the “culture” which is the penalty for accepting.

The shortsighted view is that terrorism may once again strike U.S. soil, and recent utterances by the Sultan of Terror confirm that this is in fact their intent. Should a disastrous terrorist act again occur on U.S. soil, the fear mongers in the White House will then feel vindicated by the tangible validation of their long held views, and they will point fingers at their detractors. These, in turn, might angrily reply that a more conciliatory attitude by the Administration towards the Arab/Muslim people, replacing the current crusading course of action, might well have prevented that which, by then, will have taken place.

The longer-term implications, however, are that Arab investments in the U.S., which are now valued near 2 trillion dollars, will dry up, and may in fact be downsized in favor of investments in the growing, potentially friendly and peace loving European Community, whose currency appears destined to supplant the Dollar as the principle world currency. THE U.S. treasury and financial markets have been surviving on a steady inflow of outside capital, and will be caught in a war of financial attrition which they are not in a position to win.

There has always been, and there continues to be, an unwritten rule among journalists in the US, that you must not make a connection between the US total support of Israel, and relate that support to acts of terrorism by Muslims, or for that matter, to the historically low esteem of the US and its citizens in all countries, particularly Arab/Muslim nations. Yet, disavowing the culture gap excuse, it is clearly obvious that the lingering one sided position of the US in the Arab/Israel ancestral family dispute, is the sole reason for the current situation, and it is being fanned by a similarly one sided US national media, whose Israel descendants by talent or design, surpass by far their 2% national representation.

True friends of Israel, should use this influence, become “America First” citizens, and demonstrate to Israel’s fanatic right, that the citizens of the world other than North-Americans, have not been conditioned by their National Media to readily endure the economic, human and traumatic sacrifices that the U.S experience clearly indicates are to be expected, when fully committed to the exclusive support of Israel, in the relentless pursuit of its goals.

The economic and military support freely given to Israel by the U.S. is the breath of life that is keeping the Middle East conflict alive and well. Israel’s well-being is directly linked to American benevolence and the Israel Government may discover the need to have a greater array of able and willing supporters.

The dire overall consequences previously described have stealthily begun, and may be experienced by anyone approaching a Foreign Exchange counter. Graver concerns may occur sooner than we might normally expect, at the current rate of irresponsible deficit spending, gargantuan trade deficits, progressively increasing labor outsourcing, and tax gifts to the wealthy, unless a total policy reversal is implemented.

For starters, the U.S. could surely find a way to express their support for Israel, without openly exhibiting hostility towards the Arab/Muslim community, their culture, and their leaders. To that end, Israel, whose only real benefit in the Middle East conflict has been the ephemeral inflow of U.S. capital and military resources should join the U.S. in this resolve.

Israel’s position could possibly be likened to an individual who purchases a professional sports team for hundreds of millions of dollars, knowing that on operations he will loose money for years, but expects to recover his losses and a substantial profit upon disposing of the team. Israel should realize that this is not going to happen.

George W. Bush, the borderline President, has professed that his inspiration is found in Christianity, and yet, his actions appear to reflect the exact opposite of the dogma that Jesus Christ extolled for three years. If Jesus Christ were a decision maker in the present Government, would he have sent his army of angels across the world to chastise a whole country for crimes he knew they did not commit? If George W. Bush is truly imbued with the Christian spirit, and therefore, believes in the after life, should he not worry on the subject of his final destination, where he is unlikely to find his professed savior?

The truth is, George W. Bush has yet to exhibit any capacity for reversing himself on important matters before him, and unless he suddenly becomes appreciative of the values represented by common sense, we must regrettably accept that this developing crisis will degenerate into the colossal disaster that his inviolable instincts have unwittingly charted for the future.