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The travesty of decency, the speech by US highest diplomat John Kerry closes the door of hope for the United States of America. How dare he speak of moral conscience and a matter of sound judgement on Syria and the Assad regime. When you have the likes of Susan Rice and Samantha Power impersonating humanity, my jaw drops to the ground.
A short and personal history of my cries for moral conscience and sound judgement.
Living in the states and studying in St. Louis, I lost many friends in 1965 because I opposed the Vietnam War. A year later I would make a judgement to leave the US and try to earn a living in the old country and prefer the uncertainty of my career. The Vietnam opposition rallied in 1968 after the Tet offensive showed the lies of the Johnson administration and US military. Nixon and Kissinger would take over and tried the Christmas bombings on Hanoi killing tens of thousands. Every war on this scale is obscene and immoral as John Kerry told the US Senate. Vietnam brought the US My Lai, civilian deaths and Agent Orange.
The US empire showed its teeth with Chili of Allende and the social uprising of the left against dictators in South America. This policy continued in Central America in the 1980s and the well documented death squads of terror and extrajudicial killings. Thousands of activist citizens and leaders were killed in a most gruesome manner. Personification of all those lives lost stand out with Bishop Romero in El Salvador, six Dutch journalists making a documentary for an evangelical church group and the US nuns and six Jesuits killed.
US stupidity took another turn with the overthrow of the Shah, foolish reaction by President Carter and the beginning of US involvement in Afghanistan to teach the Red Bear a lesson or two. We now know how the world community suffers decades later of the blowback: Afghanistan and Pakistan as failed states and the muhijadeen or jihad fighters roaming the Middle-East and the North African countries. The US received a devastating blow with the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers of WTC in New York and the Pentagon in Washington DC. The Saudi renegades struck at the heart of America. The jihadists continue to receive charitable funds from the very wealthy sheiks of the GCC states, our new allies in mischief in the world: Bahrain, Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia with world’s nr. 1 terrorist Prince Bandar.
Should I even mention the years of Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinski and the impeachment trials? Let’s jump to the next administration and the 8 years of George Bush and Dick Cheney. Let’s just skip those years as too many words and too few deeds aren’t worth covering again. It has become clear the Neocons laid out US policy for the coming years and never mind who resided in the White House or enjoy the plush seats in the US Senate and House of Representatives.
A new administration of hope and change, Barack Hussein Obama. The legacy of the Bush administration of a failing ecomomy tied the hands of Obama during his first term. On foreign policy he was undoubtedly willing to push ahead his agenda of openness and diplomacy. I’m afraid the State apparatus was too conservative and Ms Clinton had her own agenda, so nothing worth mentioning happened.
Yesterday, US top diplomat John Kerry expressed his conviction: “It’s not peace that’s our goal, that’s a cause for America’s youth. We are wise men working with our conscience, natural decency and sound judgement. We have made up our minds and decided to go to war. I don’t want to be a fool like my predecessor Colin Powell in front of the world community of the United Nations to defend these lies. I just can’t, so this speech will do.” [paraphrasing by Oui]
I’m fed up with US foreign policy. I’ve participated on this blog because of an open and friendly atmosphere. Frogs quacking at the pond as in a community. I must agree with Frank Schnittger, this community has changed. This will be my last contribution @BooMan. I’ll spend more time doing local activism, starting with enjoying my extended family. Good bye and God’s speed.
I don’t want to be a witness of my dire prediction becoming part of history. John Kerry, sir, you have lost my respect. I recently found a new hero on local activism and follow his lead.
An illustration of the friends the Obama administration supports:
○ Francois Murad, Catholic Priest ‘Beheaded By Jihadist Fighters In Syria’
Later reports state the person beheaded was not the priest, who was shot defending the nuns of his monastery.
○ Mixing Truths and Propaganda on Syrian Chemicals
PS It’s just so sad, I won’t participate further by reacting on any comments to this diary.
