Bush the threat to world peace

THE EDITOR: I have read the article “Saddam’s Threat to peace” by US Ambassador, Roy L Austin and not only do I disagree but I suggest that the ambassador’s article borders on dishonesty.

Very few people inside and outside of Baghdad consider Saddam a model citizen but then as I peruse the numerous newspapers which one can view on www.onlinenewspapers.com and as I listen to numerous radio stations on my short wave radio there is no doubt that on a balance George W Bush is at the moment the greatest threat to world peace than any other leader on the face of the earth. To make matters worse Bush is being likened to Hitler (I said this before and I repeat it again) and his administration, to Nazis. I wonder how Colin Powell and Condaleeza respond to being considered ‘black Nazis.’ The present position is that the American administration intent on frustrating the work of the United Nations inspectors to the point where US politicians and like minded (warped) American commentators are accusing Hans Blix and his team of collaborating with the Iraqis.

The Americans continue to accuse the Iraqis of having weapons of mass destruction. The UN team stated that they have not found any. Despite this the Americans and those British lackeys insist that Saddam destroys those weapons (of which there is no evidence of their existence) or else Iraq will be attacked with missiles and bombs and several hundred thousand innocent Iraqi citizens, more particularly women and children will perish. Will Ambassador Austin repeat the words of former Secretary of State in the Clinton Administration (when asked on BBC about the half million Iraqi children who also perished as a result of the UN sanctions 1991 - present) “That’s a small price to pay.”

Additionally, the blatant hypocrisy and double standards of Bush and Blair astound all but the imbecilic: (a) North Korea has weapons of mass destruction — no war or threat of war. (b) Israel has weapons of mass destruction including anthrax, botulinum toxin, nerve gas, biological chemical delivery system, nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. What does America do about this? Nothing. America claims that Israel is a sovereign state. They go further than that, they openly support finance and support the massacre, murder and oppression of Palestinians. All one has to is look at the number of Jewish politicians, high officials in the Bush administration, news presenters etc on the American scene. Also listen closely and hear the American accents of so many Israeli citizens. One will then understand the American/Israeli connection. (c) India has weapons of mass destruction — American silence. (d) Pakistan has weapons of mass destruction — American silence. Another argument used by the Americans is that Iraq poses an immediate threat to the United States of America. Have you ever heard such utter nonsense.

The fact is that America wants to get its hands on Iraqi oil and Bush wants to get reelected as a War President. Having destroyed the American economy that is Bush’s only hope of being returned to the White House in 2004. If Ambassador Austin had the fortitude to do so, he would have threatened to resign like Clare Short in England or John Brady Keisling, the career diplomat who recently sent in his resignation to Secretary of State, Colin Powell. In his letter of resignation Mr Keisling stated inter alia “I am resigning because I have tried and failed to reconcile my conscience with my ability to represent the current US administration.” Ambassador Austin at the end of his article states “Americans like the people of Trinidad and Tobago desire peace.” Is this in keeping with American foreign policy over the past 35-40 years?

Thank God for the French, Germany and Russian representatives in the UN and personps like Pope John Paul II and Jimmy Carter. Let us hope that common sense, morality and sanity will prevail over the insanely and clearly illegal actions, of Bush, Blair and their band of warmongers. If citizens of Trinidad and Tobago are so gullible as to swallow Dr Austin’s “pernicious palliative” then “Trini to the bone” must surely mean “stupid to the bone.”

M HOTIN
St James