20-3-2003
The
Empire Strikes Back
by Alan Marston
This afternoon New Zealand time the US military began an invasive
war
against Iraq. An aggressive act which has all the hallmarks
of imperialism,
the ancient name for an ancient practise that has cast a long
shadow over
humanity for at least 6 millennia. Moslems are the latest in
a long line of
chosen enemy, and oil is the black gold that the Empire21 aims
to plunder.
I believe certain sections of the US populace have imperial
ambitions and
they have manifested those first within the USA, then Afghanistan,
then the
UN and now Iraq is in their gun-sights. Afghanistan was the
weakest of all
nations containing the new enemy and after 10 years of economic
and
military cold-war Iraq was next on a very long list painted
in the infamous
axis of evil speech by George W Bush. Not unimportant a reason
for choosing
Iraq for invasion is the shadow within the shadow of all war
and conflict,
ego. The Bush dynasty cannot stomach that Sadam Hussein, their
former
puppet, has stood up to the puppet-master.
History is only a second hand future, but it has proved its
worth for those
wishing to position themselves in the vortex of war. History
states
unequivocally that imperialism knows no limit of reason or humanity,
it is
only contained either by a stronger empire without or a weak
morale within.
In the age of uncontrollable information flow, the Empire may
strike out at
the world, but its fate will be sealed by the changing beliefs
of what is
right of those who call America home.
Don't rely on the mainstream media, there are safer alternative
sources of
information.
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