Slowly the stories are trickling out. Murder, mayhem, torture, and any other atrocity one can imagine. All perpetrated against people around the world by those who still think they are purveyors of peace and democracy. Worst of all, the perpetrators continue to be defended by the US army, the civilian command, the press, and most American public.
Of course those who perpetrated these atrocities are directly responsible and should be held accountable and brought to justice without further delay. But don't hold your breath for that. There is no outcry, there is no outpouring of support for the aggrieved, there is no media frenzy, there is no call for special congressional hearings. The politicians are still celebrating the Healthcare bill approval by the congress.
Headline: How Americans are Propagandized About Afghanistan.
The story recounts the horrors of US military personnel killing people in cold blood, then covering their tracks with extensive procedures of extracting bullets from the victims' heads (no less). Then, after killing them, tying the women up to make them look like they were bound and gagged by the men for honor killing. What does it take to do all this? How much time does it take to extract bullets from skull? Who is actually doing the extraction? Is it a doctor/medic that is helping? Where are the platoon leaders, the people at the base, and others involved in the carnage?
All of these heinous acts take planning, time, and approvals from senior officers. How many people does it take to cover up these crimes?
The article cites major news media groups colluding with the army and corroborating the story as authentic at the time all of these atrocities took place. New York Times is part of that collusion!CNN is one of the most trusted names in the news business. They supposedly verified the facts, had their people on the ground and reporting the story, and the quotes from the officers in charge are all real. Is this really happening in America today? This is not a movie, this is real life.
After the truth is revealed neither of the original news sources have, to date, admitted complicity, responsibility, or even acknowledgement of false reporting. Do any of these organizations ever make a mistake?
Headline: WikiLeaks Video shows 12 dead in US Army Apache Assault on unarmed Reuters Cameramen.
"The WikiLeaks video of helicopter gunners shooting civilians and savoring their kills as if playing a video game, although horrific, is understandable." Understandable for who? Understandable from whose point of view?
Now the headlines are: WikiLeaks vidoe shows 12 dead in Iraq army assault
Another one says: WikiLeaks Misrepresents Apache Assault on Medhi [sic] Army Militia
The army senior officers defended these actions at the time. The problem is that even today they continue to defend these criminal and rogue elements. How wide spread is this problem? What about thousands upon thousands of murders in Iraq where people were finding headless bodies all around the city of Baghdad? Who really committed those atrocities? At least at the time they were blamed on militias? But is that really true. Who were those dead people?
The Nation (thenamtion.com), both in print and on their website most recently reported that their reporters in Pakistan saw operatives from US special operation forces involved in suicide bombings via cars and trucks. Since that reporting and some exposure of that news on news boards, the rate of suicide bombings have gone down to almost zero. Is that a coincidence?
Curiously enough, New York Times did not bother to print anything about either the murders in Afghanistan, (which they originally reported as honor killings and Al-Qaida fighters being neutralized) or the Video of innocent Iraqis being gunned down in broad daylight as if somebody is playing video game. CNN reported the story but did not bring all the horrific details to the fore citing concern for family members of the dead Iraqis. Really? Is the video not available in its entirety in million and one places, either directly or via a youtube embed?
These atrocities clearly amount to crimes against humanity. Will these criminals be exposed and brought to justice?
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Is It Time For Nations To Get Out Of United Nations Organization
What Have You Done For Me Lately
What exactly does a country like Pakistan gain from membership in UNO. Of course there are the refugee affairs, program for kids under UNICEF, food distribution, health organizations, help with education, and several other programs that provide money for some UN related efforts in the form of subsidies. However, for country like Pakistan where corruption is rife and nothing happens without first getting the right people paid off, these programs only work to line the pockets of select few. In addition to that just by nature and since nobody has the time to implement them correctly these programs perpetuate and spawn more corruption. The cycle never ends. These programs hardly ever benefit any of the intended recipients. Most of these programs can be replaced by myriad of other organizations and NGOs that can bring in their own people and cut out the corrupt individuals that are stopping the aid from getting to the most deserving.
How about a country like Malaysia? What exactly is the benefit that they are receiving from UN. None that is apparent. They have a reasonably strong and stable economy. Their enemies are few and there is no real threat to it's security, except for the superpowers.
The UNO sanctioned and administered Oil For Food program during the American imposed sanctions on Iraq had the corruption going at the highest level. There were at least 2,200 companies involved in this scheme to bilk 1.8 billion dollars from this humanitarian operation. It takes a lot of planning, a systemic rule breaking, and inherent corrupt practices to combine together people and places to continue to do business for illegitimate gains. Indeed the corruption reached as high as the former French Ambassador to UN, Daimler-Chrysler Corporation, and other highly placed officials from the west to the east. All told, according to the UN report put out after the inquiry headed by Paul Volker the former treasury secretary under Clinton, there were 66 nations involved in this corruption scheme. This is only one example and one that was discovered after more than 8 years of unabated illegal operations.
Is the UN hurting and harming or is it a benign organization for the good of the humanity?
Is it time for many of the smaller and powerless countries to get out of UN?
As it stands UN with its membership of majority of the countries of the word is being used as a tool for destruction and for hegemony of America and its closest allies. Iran's troubles with pressure from UN has been going on for years. The same agency makes the rules and then turn around and break them with impunity to punish whom they please or whom they don't like. Kashmir issue has been lingering for more than 50 years with no solution in sight. Israel has broken more UN resolutions than any other country in the history of the organization but everybody, including the security council turns a blind eye. The people that have been hit the worst are the people that needed this body the most. Unfortunately the only reason UNO exists now is to benefit the superpower and its allies.
It is definitely time for nations, one by one, to leave the UNO. Libya, Iran, Venezuela, Argentina, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia could lead the charge and rest can follow. Once the exodus starts it might just compel some countries, to preserve their own power to allow some concessions, allow some third world countries to be part of the core security council with veto power, and they might thing twice before passing another resolution benefiting the jewish state at the expense of rest of the world.
Anything short of that, and if the status quo remains, the smaller countries must leave UN to break this American hegemony on the security council and to take back the sovereignty of their own country.
What exactly does a country like Pakistan gain from membership in UNO. Of course there are the refugee affairs, program for kids under UNICEF, food distribution, health organizations, help with education, and several other programs that provide money for some UN related efforts in the form of subsidies. However, for country like Pakistan where corruption is rife and nothing happens without first getting the right people paid off, these programs only work to line the pockets of select few. In addition to that just by nature and since nobody has the time to implement them correctly these programs perpetuate and spawn more corruption. The cycle never ends. These programs hardly ever benefit any of the intended recipients. Most of these programs can be replaced by myriad of other organizations and NGOs that can bring in their own people and cut out the corrupt individuals that are stopping the aid from getting to the most deserving.
How about a country like Malaysia? What exactly is the benefit that they are receiving from UN. None that is apparent. They have a reasonably strong and stable economy. Their enemies are few and there is no real threat to it's security, except for the superpowers.
The UNO sanctioned and administered Oil For Food program during the American imposed sanctions on Iraq had the corruption going at the highest level. There were at least 2,200 companies involved in this scheme to bilk 1.8 billion dollars from this humanitarian operation. It takes a lot of planning, a systemic rule breaking, and inherent corrupt practices to combine together people and places to continue to do business for illegitimate gains. Indeed the corruption reached as high as the former French Ambassador to UN, Daimler-Chrysler Corporation, and other highly placed officials from the west to the east. All told, according to the UN report put out after the inquiry headed by Paul Volker the former treasury secretary under Clinton, there were 66 nations involved in this corruption scheme. This is only one example and one that was discovered after more than 8 years of unabated illegal operations.
Is the UN hurting and harming or is it a benign organization for the good of the humanity?
Is it time for many of the smaller and powerless countries to get out of UN?
As it stands UN with its membership of majority of the countries of the word is being used as a tool for destruction and for hegemony of America and its closest allies. Iran's troubles with pressure from UN has been going on for years. The same agency makes the rules and then turn around and break them with impunity to punish whom they please or whom they don't like. Kashmir issue has been lingering for more than 50 years with no solution in sight. Israel has broken more UN resolutions than any other country in the history of the organization but everybody, including the security council turns a blind eye. The people that have been hit the worst are the people that needed this body the most. Unfortunately the only reason UNO exists now is to benefit the superpower and its allies.
It is definitely time for nations, one by one, to leave the UNO. Libya, Iran, Venezuela, Argentina, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia could lead the charge and rest can follow. Once the exodus starts it might just compel some countries, to preserve their own power to allow some concessions, allow some third world countries to be part of the core security council with veto power, and they might thing twice before passing another resolution benefiting the jewish state at the expense of rest of the world.
Anything short of that, and if the status quo remains, the smaller countries must leave UN to break this American hegemony on the security council and to take back the sovereignty of their own country.
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