"Exporting Democracy"
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/06/16/gaza.html
The hipocracy is deafening.
Palestine has democratic elections, votes in the Hamas party. Western society doesn't like Hamas, they call them terrorists and signs a massive trade embargo and cut off aid to the wartorn country untill they get rid of said democraticaly elected government. The Fatah party (well known for being corupt) then proceeds to have a bunch of gunfights in the streets with the Hamas party and eventualy storm the parlament and take power in what would be generous to call a coup (so if Hamas are a bunch of terrorists what does that make Fatah?). It makes them U.S. backed lapdogs that's what. Why does the west INSIST on meddling in the afairs of other countries? Stirring up strife, violence and death as they go? Is this part of the roadmap to peace? Is this exporting deocracy? This is a sick joke is what it is. The middle east would have been so much better off if countries like the U.S. and Briton never started sticking thier noses where they dont belong. But we can't change the past. So what can be done? Should the coalition pull out of Iraq? Should western countries wash thier hands of the midle east and leave them to do as they please? Or can some plan of action be implimented to make the region more peacfull and democratic? I'm not sure, but I do know this. Untill Administrations like that of Bush's stop pouring bullshit all over everything and calling it apple pie nothing we will keep seeing more violence abroad, specificaly more violence and anger directed at western society, and soon enough we will see more violence at home because of this too. Our governments have to come clean about thier policies and thier intentions behind them if they are to properly represent and serve us. We cannot allow our elected representatives to make decisions that we ourselves would feel shamefull of. As long as we continue to vote in yes men, morons, and self serving villians the blood will be on our hands as well and thiers.
The hipocracy is deafening.
Palestine has democratic elections, votes in the Hamas party. Western society doesn't like Hamas, they call them terrorists and signs a massive trade embargo and cut off aid to the wartorn country untill they get rid of said democraticaly elected government. The Fatah party (well known for being corupt) then proceeds to have a bunch of gunfights in the streets with the Hamas party and eventualy storm the parlament and take power in what would be generous to call a coup (so if Hamas are a bunch of terrorists what does that make Fatah?). It makes them U.S. backed lapdogs that's what. Why does the west INSIST on meddling in the afairs of other countries? Stirring up strife, violence and death as they go? Is this part of the roadmap to peace? Is this exporting deocracy? This is a sick joke is what it is. The middle east would have been so much better off if countries like the U.S. and Briton never started sticking thier noses where they dont belong. But we can't change the past. So what can be done? Should the coalition pull out of Iraq? Should western countries wash thier hands of the midle east and leave them to do as they please? Or can some plan of action be implimented to make the region more peacfull and democratic? I'm not sure, but I do know this. Untill Administrations like that of Bush's stop pouring bullshit all over everything and calling it apple pie nothing we will keep seeing more violence abroad, specificaly more violence and anger directed at western society, and soon enough we will see more violence at home because of this too. Our governments have to come clean about thier policies and thier intentions behind them if they are to properly represent and serve us. We cannot allow our elected representatives to make decisions that we ourselves would feel shamefull of. As long as we continue to vote in yes men, morons, and self serving villians the blood will be on our hands as well and thiers.