America makes and breaks its own rules

THE EDITOR: American double standards and hypocrisy and their own ‘New World’ order philosophy is what has embroiled the world in turmoil. Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are two ‘Made in USA’ products, who have been rejected on the world market and passed off as damaged goods due to unfair trade practices by them, since the US found them to be growing in assets which would overwhelm the US market.

Let us revisit history a little. America armed, assisted and trained Osama bin Laden and the Afghan guerillas in the war against the Russians and termed them ‘Freedom Fighters’. Even had a CIA agent stationed in the region who trained them in the use of the shoulder-held missile launcher, which they used successfully. They also brought Russian arms like the Kalashnikov rifle and other weapons in the underground black market to arm bin Laden’s army so as to evade the scrutiny and detection of American participation. After they had no use for bin Laden and company, they were branded as ‘terrorists’ when the Russians retreated in disgrace after being thrashed. It is ironic for America to now claim as unfair practices Russian companies allegedly selling GPS jamming devices, missiles and night vision goggles to Saddam Hussein. Talk about hypocrisy and double standards!

People’s hatred and abhorrence of America is only compounded by their own treatment of the rest of the world community. Nelson Mandela quite rightly said it long before the start of this war, “America is a threat to world peace. They must not be seen as the answer to world peace”, my quote. United Nations Security Council resolution 1441? What about United Nations resolution 242, is this insignificant to the people of Palestine as much as resolution 1441 is important to American interests? America engineers, propagates and causes certain world events via the CIA so as to intervene and take control and be seen as the ‘great liberator’ while holding the benefactors of their services in complete subservience as a means of protecting their interests. Such was the fate of Chile, Panama, Grenada, Afghanistan, to name a few, and now it’s Iraq’s turn. When I look on the TV and papers and see American forces giving people chocolate, sweets and food, it reminds me of the trinkets given to the Aztecs and Incas by Pizzaro and Cortez, the Caribs and Arawaks by Columbus and by the European settlers to the Native American Indians to take their land and wealth. Talk about “wolf in sheep’s clothing”! That is the epitome of American politics as it relates to current world events. The world is not a playground for America, it is God’s property. As the late great Robert Nesta Marley once said, “Jah is Earth’s rightful ruler and him never build no wire fence.” Nuff said.

LESLIE CRAIGWELL
Carenage