this woman is right,
i dont think i could even make myself disagree as a joke...
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 21:36 +0900, Keith Addison wrote:
> http://eatthestate.org/10-24/OpenLetterto.htm
> Arab Woman
>
> by Mira Al Hussein
>
> 2 August 2006
>
> President Bush,
>
> It has become extremely difficult to give you the benefit of the
> doubt on Lebanon, for you have left no doubt in our minds. We are now
> certain--like many of us have always been--that your foreign policy
> is completely biased towards Israel, and you have made no effort to
> hide this fact.
>
> It is your choice, Mr. Bush, to support Israel, just like it is
> our--the entire Arab and Muslim world's--choice to support Lebanon.
> You insist that Israel has the right to defend itself. Defending
> oneself, I believe, is a universal right, not exclusive to Israel.
>
> "The first Qana massacre did not quench the Israeli thirst for
> blood," it is said, graphically describing yet another Israeli crime
> against the innocents of Lebanon. In Qana, 57 weaponless, defenseless
> civilians died in an Israeli air strike. Thirty-seven of them were
> children. Maybe these numbers don't matter to you, Mr. Bush; they are
> mere numbers of the nameless Lebanese dead. But they matter to more
> than 200 million Arabs in the Middle East.
>
> I quote our late president, Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who in
> 1973 had said, "Arab oil is not dearer than Arab blood." But it seems
> that Iraqi oil is dearer than American blood. I am somewhat relieved
> to arrive at this conclusion. At least there's no racism against a
> certain group of people. Everybody is a potential sacrifice to secure
> US interests, even if it means sacrificing a whole nation.
>
> No, Mr. Bush, we will not accept, nor will we allow the sacrifice of
> more Lebanese civilians. A ceasefire should have been enforced two
> weeks ago. Was there a need for 37 children to die before you decided
> it was time for a ceasefire? How many more, Mr. Bush, should die
> before you decide to stop sending those bloody weapons to Israel?
> Perhaps we can afford a sacrifice that will rein in your generosity
> towards Israel permanently?
>
> We, the people of the Middle East, have a dream for a new Middle
> East. Not the "New Middle East" that you've been brainstorming in
> your Oval Office. It is the new Middle East that Middle Easterners
> have been dreaming of: a Middle East with no violence, and no US-made
> weapons to fuel that violence. It is a dream only we, Middle
> Easterners, are allowed to dream and realize.
>
> In Arabic we have a saying that goes, "They murder the murdered and
> walk in his funeral." Allow me to interpret this for you, Mr. Bush:
> Your precision-guided missiles shipment has arrived in Tel Aviv.
> These missiles will "precisely" fall onto Lebanese villages; kill
> hundreds; and displace thousands more. (Evidently, we've just
> witnessed the first "precise" target in Qana.)
>
> Yet you have "compassionately" been able to send aid to Beirut, at
> the same time, with supplies for the thousands of people directly and
> fatally affected by your vocal, (im)moral and military support for
> Israel. Please include US flags in your aid shipment to Beirut; they
> must have burned all the US flags in stock.
>
> Mr. Bush, Lebanon can and will be rebuilt, but lost lives cannot be
> restored. Your credibility and your government's credibility have
> long been lost--irretrievably lost like those lost innocent lives.
> However, people will not forget this. They will not turn the other
> cheek; they will retaliate--just like you chose to retaliate after
> 9/11. Retaliation is a value you have successfully promoted by
> putting it into practice, always.
>
> I was born too late to see how the British Empire collapsed, but
> right on time to see how the American Empire is falling apart. Mr.
> Bush, you will surely be remembered in history for hastening that
> process.
>
> With no more respect to offer,
>
> Mira Al Hussein
>
> Mira Al Hussein is a writer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates who
> has written for Dubai's English-language Khaleej Times. She can be
> reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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