-Caveat Lector- > Mid-East Realities <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > _______ ____ ______ > / |/ / /___/ / /_ // M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S > / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East > /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\ www.MiddleEast.Org > www.MERTV.org > > News, Information, & Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, > and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! > ----------------------------------- > > > NEWSFlash - ISRAEL, US. TO HOLD JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: JERUSALEM > (AP) - Israel and the United States plan a joint exercise in January > on intercepting ballistic missiles, the Defense Ministry said Friday. > The Israeli daily Haaretz said the drill would be held in Israel > unless the United States has attacked Iraq by then. Israeli officials > have said there is a high probability Iraq will attack Israel with > Scud missiles in response to a U.S. strike. > > > AMERICA SWINGS FURTHER TOWARD PECULIAR CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST > "MANIFEST DESTINY" > > U.N. FALLS INTO LINE AFTER U.S. ULTIMATUMS > > MID-EAST REALITIES - MER - www.MiddleEast.Org - Washington, DC - 8 > November 2002: There are important elements of the old-style > imperialism in what the American Empire is perpetrating on the world > these days. But even more close to home Americans have always had a > peculiar sui generis 'Manifest Destiny' complex, one tinged with a > peculiar Christian Fundamentalism which in turn is seeded with > elements of ecumenical and 'born again' ideology. Add to this mix a > rather new, growing, and even more peculiar American Jewish Zionist > Fundamentalism and you have an explosive formula that had already > spewed forth the "Clash of Civilizations" imagery onto the prestigious > pages of FOREIGN AFFAIRS Magazine helping prepare the culture for > ignition when 11 September finally occurred. Add further to this mix > the social heritage of 'isolationism' and 'no-nothingism', on top of > the legacy of the Wild ! Wild Wes t and a still rampant red-neck > gun/lynching mentality, and one concocts a serious political brew that > may well be leading to some kind of stretched out armageddon -- one > that doesn't come in a flash but rather builds until the > hateful/vengeful flood overtakes the dikes of modern-day international > society. > An astute Professor at the University of Minnesota writes, in an > understandable fit of despair brought on by the sudden death of > Senator Wellstone and the further take-over of the American government > by the extreme yes 'fundamentalist' right: "Either we are completely > bamboozled or our fellow countrymen are deeply xenophobic and have > allowed the paranoia surrounding terrorism to influence them in such > drastically awful ways. What can one say! In Minnesota, there is > stunned silence on the part of everyone who thinks progressively and, > as you know, there used to be quite a few of us... After all, voting > and elections are about issues, hopes, programs, not whether good > taste or bad taste was on display. What a travesty... I'm sure > everyone around the country is feeling grim but what has to be > conveyed to the Democrats is that there is no such thing as a > 'moderate Republican' and so they need to get back to their real, > working-class constituencies. Otherwise, whoring after the middle will > again and again produce these results. Wellstone was the only one who > understood this and acted on principle; perhaps someone (an integrity > consultant, if there's such a thing perhaps?) should encourage the > Democrats to get in touch with their principles and rebuild their > party accordingly. In the meantime, the Dark Ages have arrived..." > Oh yes, after months of badgering, threats, ultimatums, and bribes by > the Americans, the humbled U.N. is set to give the Americans the > license they have demanded -- though couched in craftly language which > can be interpreted otherwise even if to no avail. Most ironic and > maddening of all, the U.N. is doing this precisely at the time the > greatest violator of its authority has made a neo-apartheid in the > Middle East and may soon greatly increase its own variant of 'enthic > cleansing', all not only encouraged but made possible by the 'lone > world superpower' > > > VOTERS SET REPUBLICANS LOOSE ON THE WORLD > by James Ridgeway > > [The Village Voice - November 6th, 2002]: The war against Iraq is now > a done deal. Casting ballots last night, the voters showed virtually > no opposition to attacking Saddam Hussein, instead reinforcing the > congressional approval for President Bush's military aims and sending > yet another signal to the United Nations to move or get lost. > > For politicians in both parties, the steady Republican gains clearly > signaled the Democrats would not get revenge for Al Gore's loss in > Florida two years ago. In his home state of Texas, the president was > unassailable. Bush may have squeaked into office in 2000, but this > election shows people like him. It also showed war can submerge > domestic scandal, whether political or economic. The Clinton Dems > liked to say, "It's the economy, stupid." Not when there's talk of > war, it's not. > > For their part, the Democrats, led by the Clinton-era centrists, > turned their party into Bush lookalikes, heavy on jingoism and light > on fiscal responsibility. Without the fluke return of New Jersey > senator Frank Lautenberg, the Republican control of the Senate would > be even more conclusive. This election may seem to indicate listless > drift, but it reaffirms the conservative majority. In tone, it takes > us back to the Eisenhower '50s. > > On the home front, Republican control of the Senate goes a long way > toward removing the Democratic rear-guard action against Bush's > right-wing judicial appointees. Up to now, the Democrats have blocked > these nominations. The one barrier to the administration's steady > encroachment on civil rights has been a handful of federal district > and appellate judges. Those jurists are about to get some mighty > conservative company. > > Reform of the federal courts has been the single most important goal > of the r! ight-win g Republicans since Ronald Reagan. During his > presidency, Reagan and the New Right suffered a crushing defeat when > conservative Robert Bork failed to win Senate approval for a Supreme > Court position. But that defeat led only to a redoubling of the > Republican resolve. Today the Supreme Court is safely in conservative > hands. Some say that dominance allowed them to pick the current > president. Now they'll extend that reach, making decisions large and > small to steer democracy down the course of their choosing. > > With a conservative congress, the right-wing administration has the > green light to reorganize and rewrite constitutional safeguards of > civil rights under the regimen of Attorney General John Ashcroft. > Certain federal judges have blocked outright or dragged their feet on > letting the administration go ahead with unfettered search and > seizure, not to mention imprisonment without a hearing or even charges > let alone trial. They've tried to force the administration to follow > the rule of law in dealing with hundreds of 9-11 detainees. A > Republican majority means that kind of safeguard will soon be history. > > > > U.N. FALLS INTO LINE BEHIND BUSH'S WAR ULTIMATUM > By Rupert Cornwell David Usborne and Paul Waugh > > [The Independent, UK, 8 November 2002]: Fresh from his mid-term > election victory, President George Bush told the American people last > night that he expected the UN Security Council to vote as early as > today on forcing Iraq to surrender its weapons of mass destruction or > face almost certain military punishment. > > As the leading powers on the Security Council came together last night > to push for one of the most critical votes at the UN in years, Mr Bush > said: "I'm optimistic we'll get the resolution voted tomorrow > [Friday]." He spoke after phone contacts with the leaders of France > and Russia, who were pressing for 11th-hour adjustments of a draft > submitted jointly by the United States and Britain on Wednesday. > > "It's time for the world to come together on Iraq," a relaxed! but for > ceful Mr Bush declared in the wake of the sweeping Republican mid-term > election victory. He insisted that war was not his first choice, "it's > my last choice, but it's an option." But "if he's not going to disarm, > we will disarm him." > > The draft resolution gives Saddam Hussein a stark choice: to comply in > full with intrusive and permanent UN disarmament demands, or face a > catastrophic war. > > In London, Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, made that clear for the > first time, saying the text would allow Britain and the US to go to > war without further approval from other Security Council members. > > In an emergency statement to the House of Commons, Mr Straw said that > "serious consequences" in the wording meant military action against > President Saddam. > > Tony Blair held a 20-minute phone call with Vladimir Putin yesterday > to persuade the Russian President of the draft's merits. But amid > strong criticism from Labour MPs, Mr Straw indicated that the > resolution permitted military action once Iraq breached disarmament > terms, despite opposition from Russia or France at a reconvened > Security Council. > > Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, indicated last night that > some last-minute changes were being made in the text, and UN diplomats > were confident that both France and Russia were now ready to vote in > favour. > > France said last night it hoped the Security Council could pass the > resolution today. "We hope a consensus can be reached in the Security > Council," a spokeswoman for President Jacques Chirac said. > > China indicated it would probably back the resolution. "The Security > Council should and must speak with one voice and only in doing [it] > this way can we send a clear signal to Iraq," China's deputy > ambassador to the UN, Zhang Yishan, told reporters after a meeting of > the Council last night. He said positions in the Council were "getting > closer and closer". > > Syria asked for a delay in attempting a final vote until Monday, > raising the possibility - still viewed as slim by! most we stern > diplomats - that Damascus could unexpectedly come into line with the > US and give its support to the text. > > A positive vote by Damascus is the key to achieving unanimity and > strengthening the message of determination that Washington wants to > send to Iraq. However, much would hang on a meeting of Arab League > foreign ministers in Cairo on Sunday, at which Iraq will be present. > > Much still hinged on what final demands Moscow and Paris could make to > alter the text now on the table. > > > -------------------------- > MiD-EasT RealitieS - http://www.MiddleEast.Org > Phone: (202) 362-5266 > Fax: (815) 366-0800 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT
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