Tuesday, September 15, 2009

YOU HAVE TO STAND OUTSIDE TO SEE AMERICA

While the USA is busy sweeping all its sins of torturer, the past few years at Guantanamo under a rug, a Spanish judge is not allowing the hypocrisy to continue.
A Spanish newspaper reports that Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against attorneys who implemented torture at Guantanamo.

The Spanish newspaper Público reported exclusively on Saturday that Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration. For more on this story, click here.

Others address some of the many other issues the world has with us.Writing for AlterNet: Benjamin Dangl, Posted September 13, 2009 "Throwing Bullets at Failed Policies: U.S. Plans for New Bases in Colombia" The question for all the Presidents in the area is whether the US will continue its disastrous policies in the war on drugs? ..."What many of the region’s presidents already know is that increased U.S. militarization is unlikely to curb violence in Colombia, because the biggest perpetrators of violence in the country are already allies of the U.S., largely through the multibillion dollar Plan Colombia."

Wars have changed with the ability to gather troops so quickly from great distances. Dangl writes on: "Yet what many of the region’s presidents already know is that increased U.S. militarization is unlikely to curb violence in Colombia, because the biggest perpetrators of violence in the country are already allies of the U.S., largely through the multibillion dollar Plan Colombia." To read more. click here.

Respect is earned. not gained through demands. We will be working hard for a long time to make some of us heard above those who want us to fail; our own citizen terrorists given voice by the media. We especially need to put a lid on the unhappiness brought to so many by these self-serving people, media and politicians who stir innocents up with their lies.

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