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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: A. Geiche who wrote (497579)	11/24/2003 3:33:20 AM
From: A. Geiche	Respond to of 769669

The Evil Empire "The United States began the last century with an imperial war in Asia. It now is repeating the process at the beginning of the 21st century with an intensive imperial reach into the Middle East and the parallels are striking. The invasion of the Philippines by the U.S. was a preemptive, unprovoked war against a sovereign nation, as was the case in Iraq. As the Americans chose to occupy the Philippines for access to its raw materials and other markets, so too are they wanting access to Iraqi oil resources, markets and other resources of the Middle East. As Filipinos immediately began a resistance campaign against the Americans, so too are the Iraqis. McKinley launched an LIC policy in the Philippines, and George Bush is about to utilize the same policy in Iraq through what he is referring to as "Iraqification." "Iraqification" calls for the selection of former Iraqi military and/or police to serve at the behest of the Americans. Iraqi's hired by the U.S. will strike against those reacting against the U.S. military occupation and as a consequence will suffer the blows. It will be Iraqi's against Iraqi's with the United States pulling the strings. Throughout the past century, the low intensity conflict policy implemented by the United States in Asia, Africa and Latin America has wreaked havoc, death and destruction and the Filipinos have experienced more than 100 years of these policies. It is important to note, however, that despite the violent attempts by the United States to pacify the Filipinos, it has never been successful in ending the opposition to U.S. interference in Philippine affairs or in stopping the Filipino struggles for the creation of a sovereign and free nation. As was the case at the very beginning of the 20th century when the masses in the Philippines continued their battle against the Americans after the capture of Aguinaldo, at every juncture, the Filipinos have continued to organize against the American presence. It is highly unlikely that opposition to U.S. interference in Iraq or in the Philippines will end now or any time in the future. History is not on the side of the occupiers. No one wants them." guerrillanews.com