Freedom Rider: Ahmadinejad Sane, Bush Crazy
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret
Kimberley
"He [Bush]
should respect the American people. They should not bug the telephone
conversations of their citizens. They should not kill the sons and daughters of
the American nation. They should not squander the taxpayers' money and give
them to weapons companies. And also help the people, the victims of Katrina.
People will vote for them if they do these things." - Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, president of Iran
It would be the height of folly if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
believed for one moment that George W. Bush will ever respect the people, the
constitution or the laws of the United States. Bush wants to bug our phones,
squander our money and enrich his friends at Halliburton. He will never do
anything for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Bush has done everything he ever
wanted to do and he has continued to be successful with the help of the party
that should be opposing him.
"New York newspapers competed with one another to see who
could drum up more hatred of Ahmadinejad."
George W. Bush twice cheated his way into the oval office.
Ahmadinajad was democratically elected. Iran is not at war with any other
nation. Bush has occupied Iraq four years ago and is responsible for the deaths
of one million people. Despite the clear differences in behavior and morality,
the United States Congress has overwhelmingly approved three separate
resolutions that will be used to authorize the warlike nation, America, to
attack the peaceful nation, Iran.
When both Ahmadinejad and Bush recently spoke at the United
Nations, the horrifying truth of America's insanity and evil could not be
denied. An alien from another world would have thought that Ahmadinejad was the
very personification of human evil. New York newspapers competed with one
another to see who could drum up more hatred of Ahmadinejad and twist his words
into outright lies. Like the tawdry tabloids, nearly every presidential
candidate competed for the right to be the most hateful and openly threaten the
lives of the Iranian people.
"America is the country led by crazy, hate filled
people."
When Ahmadinejad expressed a desire to lay a wreath at the
World Trade Center site he was treated worse than the most common criminal and
told to stay away. His expressions of sympathy would have proven inconvenient
once American bombs began to fall on his country.
Ahmadinajad's visit proved that America is the country led
by crazy, hate filled people. The imminent attack on Iran will not be the first
this country has inflicted. Ahmadinajad pointed out as much in a 60
Minutes interview:
"Well,
initially, we might have had the impression that American officials want to
redeem themselves and the mistakes they have made in the past. Because for
eight years they supported Saddam against my nation. Many hundreds of thousands
of people were killed. Thousands of people were chemically bombarded. Many
people were killed in their own houses. This very city of Tehran was the target
of more than 100 missiles. Many people were killed in Tehran. But Saddam was
being supported by American officials. So once American officials announced
that they were going to deal with Saddam, our first impression was that they're
going to make amends for their past behavior."
Making amends is for twelve-step programs, not for empires.
Not only will America not make amends to Iran, Iraq or any other nation it has
harmed, but it will sink further into a morass of theft and murder whenever it
feels the whim or the need. The country that thinks itself moral
and superior is in fact the "great satan" that the Ayatollahs railed
against:
"What religion, please tell me, tells you as a follower of that
religion to occupy another country and kill its people? Please tell me. Does
Christianity tell its followers to do that? Judaism, for that matter? Islam,
for that matter? What prophet tells you to send 160,000 troops to another
country, kill men, women, and children? You just can't wear your religion on
your sleeve or just go to church. You should be truthfully religious. Religion
tells us all that you should respect the property, the life of different
people. Respect human rights. Love your fellow man. And once you hear that a
person has been killed, you should be saddened. You shouldn't sit in a room, a
dark room, and hatch plots. And because of your plots, many thousands of people
are killed."
The so-called madman quite rightly lectured Americans on
their claims of religious faith. Bush and his friends are always seated in
"dark rooms" hatching plots and too many of their own people support their
efforts to keep killing around the world.
"The wisdom and sanity is coming from Iran, the evil and
insanity is coming from Washington."
George W. Bush has brought death to America faster than any
foreign country could ever dream. No enemy is necessary when thieves and
killers are at the helm of the ship of state. Ahmadinejad's words should serve
as a warning because all hell is about to break loose. The wisdom and sanity is
coming from Iran, the evil and insanity is coming from Washington, from
Republicans and Democrats alike.
If sane people were in charge of our government, then
American military defeat would be something to hope for. Yet it is hard to
imagine what Bush and Cheney will do at home and abroad if Ahmadinejad is
stronger than they think. Because our Congress won't do its constitutionally
mandated duty and begin an impeachment investigation, there is nothing that the
Bush regime can't get away with. The American people have already lost their
constitutional protections and an attack on Iran will only hasten the process.
We are about to see just how crazy our leaders are and how sane is the rest of
the world.
Margaret Kimberley's
Freedom Rider column appears weekly in BAR. Ms. Kimberley lives in New York
City, and can be reached via e-Mail at
Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgandaReport.Com. Ms. Kimberley' maintains an
edifying and frequently updated blog at freedomrider.blogspot.com.
More of her work is also available at her Black Agenda Report archive page.
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