Good news for people under dictators
M Hossain, Chairman Bari, Gazipur
America has occupied Iraq by brute military force. It is unnecessary to go into the details of America's false pretexts for occupation of Iraq. But it is really hard to forget the memories of wanton destruction of houses, buildings, industrial installations, schools, power houses etc. Even killing of innocent people including women, children by mistake and use of cluster bombs, by mistake too, are difficult to erase from our minds. The Americans are continuing killing of Iraqi people because they are not receiving the American troops with garlands. The Americans very recently killed 15 Afghan children in their homes by mistake. The Americans are killing Iraqi police by friendly fires. Maybe, we are yet to understand the democratic western free world and their theories. When Israeli troops kill Palestinian people and destroy their homes deep into their territory on the excuse of security and self defence, they are neither aggressors nor terrorists. The Palestinian people have no gunships or arms of mass destruction. They sacrifice their lives to protest illegal occupation, killings and destruction of their homes they are terrorists and suicide bombers! The Americans and Israelis have the right to kill anyone anywhere for self-defence and by mistake because they are democratic this simple truth we do not understand! The Americans and their collaborators (they call it a coalition force) are now fighting among themselves to rebuild Iraq over who will get the major share of the Iraq booty. President Bush has destroyed Iraqi installations by using his country's taxpayers' money, so the companies of his country have the right to get the work of reconstruction. After all, the American people have paid for the destruction of Iraq so they should get the benefit of reconstruction to make profit out of their investments. However, there is one good news for the third world countries with hidden natural wealth. Allow your leaders to be a western-prescribed dictator. If he can earn the western media coverage and prove himself defiant to the western leaders, especially the American president, then your country have the chance to be the focal point. The American president would have the opportunity to invade and occupy your country, destroy everything you have at present and then rebuild your country anew. Your hidden wealth would be brought to light and exported to meet the bills of reconstruction for years to come. You would be educated, have democracy run by the leaders chosen by the occupying power. You would have good food, western lifestyle, education and your brain washed!
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