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] > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
