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Barking Dog Seldom Bites
By:
Mark Tuner |
Terrorism, by any other
name is still a crime. Hence our hearts go to the bereaved families of
those who died in WTC, New York and the Pentagon, Washington DC.
The crumbled metal and concretes in
both ill-fated sites have yet to be removed and the fate of those trapped
under those rubbles have yet to be determined; the Presiden of USA have
declared war on the rest of the world, Osama Bin Laden in particular.
Why The Hurry?
George
Bush declared war based on inconclusive evidence that is said to lead the
USA government to Osama bin Laden. At the same time the man stand accused
has denied his involvement.
USA has stage-managed the whole affair
through intense propaganda network, especially the CNN, the Christian Science
Monitor and the so-called free press of the world.
Asian leaders such as President Musharraf
has blindly agreed to abide to the pressures placed upon them to play act
Bush‘s ‘Third World War Doctrine’ at the expense of world peace and the
integrity of Islam. Very soon, we can expect this parroting to spread to
Indonesia, the biggest Islamic nation in the world.
Malaysia, with a population of 65%
Muslims, is play-acting the role of Islam-basher by virtue of the eagerness
of Mahathir Mohammad wanting an invitation to the White House, and struggling
to rein control of his depleting power.
In America, 50,000 reservists have
been called 'to serve this great nation', while the commandos, the marines
and the SEAL are planned to be in Pakistan at a moment’s notice. Musharraf’s
proxies are still in Kandahar, with ultimatum for Osama Laden to be delivered
in three days. They have yet to leave the city, the Talibans have declared
their refusal to abide to that request and are ready for war. At home in
Pakistan, the people have started to demonstrate against Musharraf and
are preparing for a nationwide strike on September 21.
The Cowboy Syndrome
George Bush Jr. is starting to pay
a high price for trying to be Super-Cowboy, having appointed ‘Marshals’
all over the world to prepare a safe route for the grand entry of American
troops. He is emulating the style of his father when the latter was the
mighty Super-Cowboy of America. Collin Powell, who was the reluctant Joint
Commander-in-Chief of the American military at that time, has yet to deliver
the head of Saddam Hussein to the father of his present boss. Yet, his
new boss is demanding the head of Osama bin Laden on a platter.
All this play-acting is meant to boost
up a dwindling American economy, when history teaches the world that America
goes into a tailspin each time there is a change in the Presidency of America
from one political party to another.
America has to recover from the shock
of the great embarrassment being hit below the belt at its own corner.
This is a big wake-up call to all Americans that whatever they are enduring,
are common happenings in the Middle East and many parts of the world where
the wraths of American bullying tactics have been recorded. Americans should
look themselves in the mirror and try to imagine the fate of the Iraqis,
Palestinians, Sudanese, Libyans, Somalis, Ethiopians, Afghans, Indonesians,
Nicaraguans, Columbians, and many others in the South American countries
who have suffered untold miseries by virtue of American manipulations in
order to maintain its global supremacy.
For over four decades America succeeded
in confusing the Arab world to the extent that they are still at each others’
throats. Hence, the Arabian oilfields whet the American appetites. Similarly,
high-polluting industries are sited in poor Islamic countries to enable
the West to use the products at dirty cheap prices.
Arab leaders who have been branded
as ‘rouge leaders’ were made to suffer and their financial accounts in
the banking system of the west have been frozen – to be used as free seed
money to enrich Americans, and to finance the expansionist policies of
the Israelis on Palestinian lands.
At the same time, American war industries
have been stepped-up to equip each cowed Arab states to replenish their
war machines with the latest equipments to the extent they have more planes
than pilots and engineers, giving way to the entry of mercenary pilots
and technicians.
The Financial Aftermaths
It is ironical that the Bush Administration
has succeeded in getting another USD 40 billion into the market place as
a booster to a sagging economy. Have there been thoughts on money of the
Arab and Islamic states being frozen for decades on account of their leaders
being branded as recalcitrants? Funds frozen from the accounts of the Iranian
government during Shah Pahlawi’s rule are the rights of the present day
Iranians. So are the accounts of Libya, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan and those
purportedly being opened by Subandrio of Indonesia, Marcos of the Philippines,
Mengestu Maryam of Ethiopia, Samuel Doe of Liberia, Siesi Seiko of Congo
and many others.
All these funds are the easy-money
that financed American industries, especially the armaments industry.
In the course of the three decades
in the last century, many governments in the Far East have endured the
way of the Americans to the extent that these countries were hailed as
the roaring tigers. As these tigers were about to roar, their financial
systems were shackled in the most systematic way, using the ‘reserve’ reluctantly
being allowed to freeze by the Arabs and the Muslims in the Western Banking
System.
Hitting the Arabs, Afghans or Islam?
Americans must wake up to the call
that ‘hitting the Arabs and the Afghans’ is tantamount to declaring war
against Islam. Bush Jr. thinks the Muslim world can be easily cowed the
way he cowed Musharraf of Pakistan, Mahathir of Malaysia or most of the
oil Sheikhs of the Gulf countries. His latest womanly collection is now
in Washington to ensure her country, Indonesia follows the rhythm of the
White House beat.
Osama Laden could be innocent against
the latest accusation pointed at him. There are numerous reports that some
parts of the American and Western societies were aware of the attacks coming
to New York and Washington, though they never believed such warnings. They
were too adamant in believing that America is invulnerable to foreign attacks.
Their minds have been blocked since childhood that America is the only
super-power that beats the world in the guise of global policeman.
The present young generation of Americans
who are now preparing to join the reserve units of national service should
be made to realize that this Third World War as proclaimed by George Bush
Jr. is a war to satisfy the war machinery industries on one hand, the Zionist
and Freemasons on the other. They may be thinking that Afghanistan is like
the battlefield of the computer games. They must remember, the best surveillance
equipment may not be able to ensure the safety of American establishments
worldwide.
George Bush Jr. came to White House
by default. He failed to gain fame through the ballot box and tries to
recoup the loss through a war cry. The Muslim world is used to a western
proverb that 'a barking dog seldom bites’. Similarly the Muslim world is
used to an eastern proverb that says: ‘When a tiger steps backward, it
is ready to pounce.....!'
-Mark Tuner-
Penang 18 September, 2001.
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