Re: A fantasy of freedom
Anti-US it is, but i dont quite agree with the crap part. Repitition of an accusation is not a reason to dismiss it. More likely it will have some truth in it.
OG, the purpose of the article is not to shower America with praises, there are plenty doing that already. The point of the article is stated by Gary Younge himself ‘The point here is not that the US should intervene in more places, but that it should intervene consistently and honestly or not at all.’
The purpose was to pinpoint America’s self interest policies that has pretty much isolated her from the world. Intervening only when its only serves your interest doesnt normally go down too well with anyone. Even America’s strongest ally, Blair, had to speak out and tell america to engage other countries as oppose to seeking thier own agenda and just expecting others to play along. Maybe you should address what he does mention, instead of pointing out what he left out. Here is the problem;
*As he delivered his address, you could almost whisper the caveats. “America will not pretend that jailed dissidents prefer their chains [apart from in Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay], or that women welcome humiliation and servitude [apart from in Saudi Arabia] or that any human being aspires to live at the mercy of bullies [apart from Uzbekistan and Israel].” *
*Such hypocrisy is not new. When Mr Bush said “Our goal instead is to help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom and make their own way”, nobody imagined he was referring to the Bolivian peasants fighting oil price hikes and globalisation or the landless Venezuelans taking over farms. *
There are too many to discuss but lets start with US’s policies towards Guantanamo and these countries; Saudi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Israel, Uzbekistan.
Funny that, i said the same thing in the Iraqi poll thread, on how iraqis should go about achieving thier goals.
