Spreading Freedom and Democracy
There is an amazing lack of interest of History in the culture of United States of Americans, which is surprising considering the relatively young age of our country. This problem, the lack of knowledge of who we are, has lead to many other problems to include the over wide apathy of the people. Only 42.45% of the American people who could vote voted. Less then half the people who had the right to vote exercised it, it is no wonder why other other rights are being taken from us also. Rage Against the Machine describe this "Trading your history for a VCR"- No Shelter
But how about our history? It seems that media doesn't cover much of anything other then murder, celebrity activity and other acts to cause fear. The coverage of murder in popular media has increased but the murder rate in the United States, these are distracters to keep the mind busy on other subjects. That is why I have a list of recent events that the U.S. Of A has been the cause of;
1953: U.S. overthrows Prime Minister Mossadegh of Iran. U.S. installs the Shah as dictator.
1954: U.S. overthrows democratically elected President Arbenz of Guatemala. 20,000 civilians are killed.
1963: U.S. backs assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem.
1963-1975: U.S. military kills 4 million people in Southeast Asia.
September 11, 1973: U.S. stages a military coup in Chile. Democratically elected president Salvador Allende is assassinated. Dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet is installed. 5,000 Chileans are murdered.
1977: U.S. backs military rulers of El Salvador. 7,000 Salvadorans and four American nuns are killed.
1980s: U.S. trains Osama bin Laden and fellow Muslim terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives them $3 billion.
1981: Reagan administration trains and funds "Contras" to fight government. 30,000 Nicaraguans die.
1982: U.S. provides billions in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians.
1983: The White House secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis.
1989: CIA agent Manuel Noriega (also serving as president of Panama) disobeys orders from Washington. U.S. invades Panama and removes Noriega.
1990: Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from U.S.
1991: U.S. enters Iraq. Bush reinstates dictator of Kuwait.
1998: U.S. bombs "weapons factory" in Sudan. The factory turns out to be making aspirin.
1991-making of the film: U.S. planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. The United Nations estimates that 500,000 Iraqi children die from bombing and sanctions.
2000-2001: U.S. gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in "aid."
With a quick look at this it is no wonder why some people are skeptical of our idea that we are spreading Democracy and Freedom in the middle east. I believe the word freedom because more and more absurd, it is loosing its meaning all together. We are having a destruction of words every time our President spits his vile rhetoric.
Can anyone please tell me what year this is because we might be stuck in 1984.
With that,
I am Craig. Truth is my heroine, completely addicting. It is the next thing to be made criminal.
I hope everyone feelings like changing our pledge because this is what is next;
Ignorance is Strength,
Freedom is Slavery
War is Peace
*posted on my space by me* Since not everyone loves MySpace, I thought it should go here also.
But how about our history? It seems that media doesn't cover much of anything other then murder, celebrity activity and other acts to cause fear. The coverage of murder in popular media has increased but the murder rate in the United States, these are distracters to keep the mind busy on other subjects. That is why I have a list of recent events that the U.S. Of A has been the cause of;
1953: U.S. overthrows Prime Minister Mossadegh of Iran. U.S. installs the Shah as dictator.
1954: U.S. overthrows democratically elected President Arbenz of Guatemala. 20,000 civilians are killed.
1963: U.S. backs assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem.
1963-1975: U.S. military kills 4 million people in Southeast Asia.
September 11, 1973: U.S. stages a military coup in Chile. Democratically elected president Salvador Allende is assassinated. Dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet is installed. 5,000 Chileans are murdered.
1977: U.S. backs military rulers of El Salvador. 7,000 Salvadorans and four American nuns are killed.
1980s: U.S. trains Osama bin Laden and fellow Muslim terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives them $3 billion.
1981: Reagan administration trains and funds "Contras" to fight government. 30,000 Nicaraguans die.
1982: U.S. provides billions in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians.
1983: The White House secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis.
1989: CIA agent Manuel Noriega (also serving as president of Panama) disobeys orders from Washington. U.S. invades Panama and removes Noriega.
1990: Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from U.S.
1991: U.S. enters Iraq. Bush reinstates dictator of Kuwait.
1998: U.S. bombs "weapons factory" in Sudan. The factory turns out to be making aspirin.
1991-making of the film: U.S. planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. The United Nations estimates that 500,000 Iraqi children die from bombing and sanctions.
2000-2001: U.S. gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in "aid."
With a quick look at this it is no wonder why some people are skeptical of our idea that we are spreading Democracy and Freedom in the middle east. I believe the word freedom because more and more absurd, it is loosing its meaning all together. We are having a destruction of words every time our President spits his vile rhetoric.
Can anyone please tell me what year this is because we might be stuck in 1984.
With that,
I am Craig. Truth is my heroine, completely addicting. It is the next thing to be made criminal.
I hope everyone feelings like changing our pledge because this is what is next;
Ignorance is Strength,
Freedom is Slavery
War is Peace
*posted on my space by me* Since not everyone loves MySpace, I thought it should go here also.