Sunday, January 09, 2005

Why I am cheering for Iraqi insurgents AND the American invaders

So the U.S. has invaded a country based on lies. They've arbitrarily charged and arrested members of a soveriegn government, and caused the deaths of more than 100,000 innocent civilians. Over and over again their "smart bombs" kill innocent civilians. Over and over again we see reports of war crimes against the Iraqi's and their liberation force. And make no mistake - it is a liberation force supported by the majority of the population.
The average citizen hears reports of U.S. bombs killing a wedding party, hitting the wrong house and killing its innocent occupants. They see that since the U.S. invasion their country has fallen into anarchy, and it is likely someone they know has been killed. Why would they not want to help those who are fighting back against the foriegn enemy? And dont' think there isn't a strong memory of Gulf War 1 and the unillateral sanctions by the U.S. and U.K. just recently lifted once 'control' was established. These people have every reason to want the occupiers killed or kicked out of their country.
The point I am trying to make is that if you look at the hard facts objectively, and non-biasedly, you can come to no conclusion other than siding and supporting the Iraqi liberation forces. They are doing what I hope I and my fellow Canadians would do if we were invaded and our resources exployted - fight back using all means necessary.
But I think we must also support the average American soldiers. They are the ones who are being killed and crippled in war of choice, based on lies, and getting worse by the day. No fake election is going to change anything in Iraq other than solidifying the defiance and determination of the resistance when the elections are seen to be fraudulent - or in the case of officials elected who are against the U.S. occupation - ignored by the 'coalition of the willing'. You don't actually think they will let an anti-U.S. candidates form a government do you?
As a Canadian there is not too much I can do. But i'll tell you one thing - Americans should be organizing in huge numbers to wrestle control of their nation's destiny out of the hands of those rich maniacs who care not about them, but only about corporate control of the worlds wealth. I wish they'd hurry up and awake to the reality of a Fascist government, before they wake up to death and destruction coming home to roost on a large scale. The rest of the world will not allow their corpo-imperial ambitions to go unchallenged, and the average Joe American is eventually going to reap what their government sows.

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