Is Freedom Really Free Under Bush?
By Ibrahim Ebeid04 February, 2006
Countercurrents.org
I was watching the State of the Union speech hoping that the President might come up with something new but my hopes faded away as soon as he started.He failed to show a new excuse for his war of aggression against Iraq because he has no more excuses left in his sack. Alas! He still pretends that he is God's messenger to spread "Liberty" and "Democracy" around the World, especially in the Moslem and Arab Worlds.
As an American from Arab background, to be specific, from Palestinian origin, I think I am more aware of the Arab situation, hopes and aspirations and definitely I am more privileged to know more than he does about Islam and Moslems.
The President thinks that he brought freedom to the Iraqis by dipping the fingers of the "voters" in "pink ink". He thinks that he brought them "Liberation" by occupying their country, killing thousands of innocent people, Iraqis and Americans, or by destroying the water and electrical systems, educational and medical institutions and yet he claims that he is building Iraq. Iraq was the most advanced country in the "Middle East" that Washington has destroyed and still is destroying.
As a Christian Arab who was born and reared in Palestine, and nourished with Arab values, I believe that there is only one Islam, the genuine one, which was delivered to Prophet Mohammad. There is no radicalism in Islam but love, peace and respect for human beings and to the entire universe. The word of Islam is derived from peace and peace cannot be fanatic or radical or hateful. The President must be wise and avoid lecturing us about “Radical” Islam because “Radical” Islam does not exist. Since radical Islam does not exist we conclude that his war against “Radical Islam” means war against Arabs and Muslims.
The President failed to see that the majority of the American people do not believe in him or in his false claims anymore. His war against Iraq was not for weapons of mass destruction neither it was for “liberty” or “Democracy”; it was for oil and “Israel”. This President never failed to show solidarity and support for "Israel" the racial colonialist Settler State, which was established on Arab land. He failed to recognize the wishes of the Palestinian people for Freedom, Democracy and Self-Determination, his threat to sanction the Palestinians for advocating Hamas is not democratic, and it is a tyrannical.
The Democracy that the President is delivering to Iraq is producing racist sectarian thugs in the “Green Zone” with the hope that these thugs will be able to control Iraq in order to represent the interests of Zionist and US Imperialism. His objection to Democracy in Palestine, which was demonstrated by his rejecting the will of the Palestinian people, is a testimony to his intentions against the Arab nation.
"The Patriotic Act" and the spying on the American people demonstrate that the Bush Administration does not believe in Freedom and Liberty. The President is leading the United States on the wrong path. He is creating more animosity against him among the American people and abroad. This is indeed the new dictatorship of the "New World Order" that his father before him called for. His aggressive and unwise leadership is leading the United States to be the most tyrannical country in the World and the American people are paying with their blood and sacrificing their freedom for his irrational acts.
The true believers in Democracy and Liberty must liberate Freedom from captivity to make it flourish and thrive. Freedom must be free and the will of the people must be respected.
