[NYTr] Physician, heal thyself! Re: US Secy of War Calls Chavez a "Threat"
 
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 19:39:01 -0500 (CDT)

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USENET Post by lo yeeOn - Oct 6, 2007

Physician, heal thyself! 

Re: [NYTr] US Secy of War Calls Chavez a "Threat" - Venezuela Responds

 >Gates then warned that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was mainly a
 >"threat to the freedom and economic prosperity of the people of
 >Venezuela." According to Gates, Chavez "has been very generous in
 >offering their resources to people around the world, when perhaps
 >these resources could be better used to alleviate some of the
 >economic problems facing the people of Venezuela."

``Physician, heal thyself!''

This saying should be applied to the Bush administration.

We squander 3 or 4 billion dollars of American taxpayer money every
week on the slaughter of Iraqis and Afghans.

We claim to spend it for the freedom and security of Afghanistan and
Iraq when there is none.

We accuse Iran and Syria of destabilizing the Middle East when we have
done the most of it by dropping bombs daily in scores of air attacks
on civilians and by hiring Blackwater and other mercenary armies to
wreak chaos in the Middle East.

Plundering the American treasury, the war criminals Bush, Gates, Rice,
Cheney, et al. should instead tell themselves:

"perhaps these resources could be better used to alleviate some of the
economic problems facing the people" (of the US of America).

George Bush spent our money dropping bombs instead of providing health
care for our children, the most important resource of any society.

The US policy makers can choose to be good.  But instead, they choose
to be evil and make America an evil country, threatening everyone
around the world.

US Congressman Tom Lantos reportedly is very concerned that the
billion dollar US embassy in Baghdad isn't opening on time.

We should wonder why he is so concerned about opening the entity, an
entity which is in all shapes and forms intended for evildoing!

This mammoth structure will go down world history as the symbol of
American hegemony, if it survives.

But it is unlikely to survive knowing that Bush's determined to
confront Iran, with America's superior air power at his disposal.

(It's like giving an irresponsible kid a box of matches.  He will
surely use them to wreak destruction.)

I think Bush's plan to attack Iran is the real reason for him to delay
the outfit's opening until next year at the earliest.  (It's simple:
Had it been open for business this fall as planned and had Bush then
proceeded to order an attack of Iran, the chance that the embassy
would not come under retaliatory attacks is nil.  Besides, what the
people who are responsible for building the embassy know would likely
be exploited for retaliatory purposes.  We would be those who live in
the proverbial glass house.)

Before we keep going around and attacking others, we should ask why we
should expect to be safer and have lasting peace when we keep hurting
others and making everyone nervous about our presence.

In other words, what is the wisdom for us to throw stones when we
actually live in a glass house?

Yes, the neocons believe it would help Israel.  (I doubt it.)  And the
neocons are so powerful that they control our politicians who have the
power to make wars.

But why do we American people allow ourselves to let the neocons
control our politicians in Washington to such a degree that America
should lose all credibility to be good?  I don't understand.

lo yeeOn
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