>>> Hmmm ... " ... we are America ..." Mad Maddy's myopic view {too late to get
out of theorising and into flipping burgers, I suppose} of what is "America"
will certainly make a lot of friends ... especially them tax paying kind who
will have to foot the bill for rebuilding the fellow's factory ... at what
point does MM stand tall and donate a substantial part of her income for
rectification of Dept of State errors? How far in the future will she and her
ilk have to look before another $ gets deposited directly into their bank
accounts? This is a case -- pure and simple -- of non-accountability of the
leaders. Pure and simple 'no-fault' insurance for lack of intelligence (the
information kind?) and for lack of reason (the justification kind?) ... screw
up and the government (taxpayers, i.e.) will pay the piper. Time for those who
err to perform restitution? A<>E<>R <<<
From
http://www.arabia.com/article/0%2C1690%2CNews%7C28160%2C00.html
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The bombing of Sudan, Afghanistan: Another fleeting tragedy
Even the US media partly agreed that some sort of "mistake" was committed
when Clinton ordered the bombing of two countries
By Ramzy Baroud
Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory after bombing
In the end, Clinton cleverly escaped impeachment, and Sudan and Afghanistan
paid a heavy price for that great escape.
August 31, 2000, 11:41 PM
SEATTLE (AROL) - Similar to other anniversaries that commemorate the tragedies
of our time, the second anniversary of the US bombing of Sudan and Afghanistan
sneaked upon us, quietly, provoking little passion and failing to push us to
pause and ponder. But for the sake of truth and justice, August 20 of each year
is a date worth remembering, for a crime was committed that day, an
unjustifiable crime which is going unpunished.
Then, even the US media, which often blindly sides with US government
policymaking, partly agreed that some sort of “mistake” was committed when
President Bill Clinton ordered the bombing of two sovereign countries.
“Operation Monica” as some Arab commentators sarcastically called it, was
doubtlessly carried out to defer the American public eye from the President’s
scandals. Americans’ attention however quickly shifted back to Monica
Lewinsky’s awaited testimony before the Grand Jury. In the end, Clinton
cleverly escaped impeachment, and Sudan and Afghanistan paid a heavy price for
that great escape.
Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum was leveled, after receiving a fair
share of the 75 US missiles generously fired late at night. The Sudanese loss,
although it included the death of an innocent man and the injury of nine
others, was much heavier that it first appeared.
Al Shifa factory alone produced approximately 50 percent of the country’s
needed antibiotics and pills for Malaria and other fatal epidemics. By
destroying such a life sustaining establishment, many uncounted for Sudanese
may have been denied their only chance to live.
Afghanistan, another devastatingly poor country, also paid a heavy price for
Clinton’s wild schemes: about 30 people were killed when the town of Khost was
heavily bombed. In fact, Afghanistan’s sovereignty was not the only one
violated , but also Pakistan, as the missiles had to first pass through its
territories to reach Afghani targets.
Following the US attacks, which were a loud violation of international law and
even unwritten yet accredited human norms, both National Secretary Advisor
Sandy Berger and Secretary of State Madeline Albright were loaded with ready-to-
go justifications of the US act. Emotional appeals promptly emerged and
showered the American people. Both officials enthusiastically spoke of some
sort of a master plot, led by Osama bin Laden, where Sudan was the base for the
fleeing bombers of Kenya and Tanzania’s US Embassies.
In his recent acceptance speech before the Reform Party convention, Pat
Buchanan quoted Albright when she was asked to justify the bombing of Sudan and
Afghanistan. “It’s because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We
stand tall. We see farther into the future,” she said.
Two years after the August bombings, it’s becoming quite clear that the US’s
allegations were and continue to remain baseless. International experts and
diplomats who visited the place upon the Sudanese government's request, found
no evidence to support the US administration’s inadequate argument.
In Afghanistan’s case, the Mujahideen training site that was bombed belonged to
Harkat ul-Mujahideen, which is well known for it’s war against the Indian
forces in Kashmir, and has no such anti-US involvement, as repeatedly alleged
by US officials.
The unwarranted aggressions on both Sudan and Afghanistan are by no means
isolated incidents which were exclusively produced by the Clinton-Lewinsky
affair. It is, ultimately the nature of US foreign policy which is resolutely
applied on Third World countries, with the Middle East receiving the lion’s
share in recent years. And with the repeating of such reprehensible
aggressions, the same magic formula used to justify controversial and violent
US stands is unleashed: combating terrorism, upholding democracy, saving the
world from weapons of mass destruction and so on…
Only time will tell of how many other tragic anniversaries caused by similar
assaults will have to be commemorated, before every nation, strong or weak,
rich or poor, will be held accountable for their crimes committed against the
innocent and defenseless. Until then, let us unite in our remembrance of the
victims who died or those who are waiting to die, so that Clinton and his likes
can consolidate short-lived power over their greatly deceived nations.
Arabia on Line © 2000 all rights reserved
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