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The Moral Rot of Middle East Intervention

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Of one thing we can be certain after decades of the U.S. government’s interventionist foreign policy in the Middle East: it has not brought peace to that part of the world. Another thing we can be certain of: the federal government’s interventionist foreign policy is at the center of the moral rot that pervades the U.S. Empire. The Associated Press recently reported, “President Bush has ordered helicopters and ships to Lebanon to provide humanitarian aid, but he still opposes an immediate cease-fire that could give relief from a 13-day-old Israeli bombing campaign.” We should keep in mind that much of the weaponry for the Israeli government’s bombing campaign has been provided by the U.S. taxpayer, compliments of the U.S. foreign aid. Thus, while opposing an immediate cease-fire in the conflict that is ...

Bush Countenances Middle East Violence

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The administration of George W. Bush has done some contemptible things in its five and a half years, but what it’s doing now in the Middle East could be a new low. Innocent civilians are dying in Lebanon and Israel, but the administration’s position is that the time is not right for a ceasefire. By no coincidence, this is also Israel’s position. At a joint appearance this week with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was asked whether the U.S. should tell Israel to stop the brutal bombing of Lebanon; she replied, “We all want a cessation of violence. We all want the protection of civilians. We have to make certain that anything that we do is going to be of lasting value.... We have to deal with underlying ...

Operation Founding Fathers

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Few subjects generate more official lies than the U.S. government’s devotion to spreading democracy abroad. Iraq has been the largest most recent geyser of such deceits. In order to understand future U.S. government messianic democracy efforts, it is worthwhile to review the opportunism with respect to representative government in Iraq. In a late February 2003 Washington speech, George W. Bush invoked democracy to sanctify his pending invasion of Iraq. He condescended, The nation of Iraq — with its proud heritage, abundant resources and skilled and educated people — is fully capable of moving toward democracy and living in freedom. He then showed how the coming war would be a stepping-stone to lasting peace: “The world has a clear interest in the spread of democratic values, because stable and free nations do not breed the ideologies of murder.” But his March 18, 2003, memo to Congress, notifying them that he was invading Iraq, mentioned nothing about democracy as a casus belli. In fact, ...