by James Glaser
April 18, 2002

George Bush will go down in history as the man that stopped oppressed people the world over from attaining any sort of freedom. It now doesn't matter if you are a King, a Dictator, or a flaming Despot. America has given you the tool needed to put down any group of free loving people trying to attain Democracy, by claiming that those looking for freedom are nothing but terrorists. At this very moment China is claiming that the very small minority of Muslims that live in the north west of China are subversive and must be stopped. Any one even looking for justice in Africa is now branded a terrorist.

Israel can now do whatever it wants to the Palestinian people by just claiming that they are terrorists. Who gave them that right? Well we did or I should say our President did. America can attack any country on the globe with just the suspicion of terrorism. and that right is transferred to any in authority the world over. In fact, now America will be your friend and benefactor if you are fighting terrorism, no matter what you have done in the past.

Just look at Pakistan where General Pervez Musharraf is in charge. Here is a hint, people in power that still retain their military title are really not that heavy into Democracy. Our new best friend in our War on Terrorism, came to power in a military coup. This man who "is with us," not only dissolved his countries Parliament, but also suspended his countries Constitution. General Musharraf is terrorizing his own country, destroying it's Government, and stopping all future elections in order to stay in power. He is our best friend in our war on terrorism!

America will now take who ever will agree with us as a friend and build military bases in their country and start pouring in the foreign aid. You are either with us in this war or you are our enemy. George is making the rules and Congress sits on their rear ends and says nothing. If they do have a attack of "backbone" they soon retract what ever they blurted out when the neocons start hammering on them.

I am sure that King George, no not this one, but the King George of England in 1776 would have said that those freedom fighters in the colonies were a bunch of terrorists if he had thought of that.

The trouble with our George, is he has no way of understanding what it is like to be dirt poor in a third world country, with no hope for the future and where a ruler keeps his foot on your neck with America's help. George is rich, was raised in wealth, a "frat boy" who, through no fault of his own, just can't see how others really live a life of suffering.

Robert Novak, a long time conservative has written, "President Bush has continued to look inept in trying to cope with the middle east." And "No predecessor in the White House has faltered as badly as Bush." George really is relying on others to tell him what is going on, because a man with his background has no frame of reference in assessing the hopelessness of a Palestinian suicide bomber. Also it looks like George has fallen for that Israeli idea that Palestinians lives are worth less than an Israeli.

True it is hard for most Americans, even poor ones to imagine what it is like to be a Palestinian refugee, but think of this. You were born in a refugee camp, your father was born in this camp, your son was born in this camp. You have no chance to own a home, land, or even a car. You most likely will never have a job nor much of a education. No other country will take you in as a immigrant and you can see no change in the future that will help your young son. Your whole life you have been taught that Israel and The United States of America have done this to you. Now tanks and soldiers are coming to your camp to destroy what little is there and they are killing your people. Some one tells you that if you strap on a bomb and blow some Israelis away your family will have a future, a education for your son, and you will be remembered in history as a patriot for your nation.

Looks like a no-brainer to me. You have nothing, not even hope. With out hope, even this offer of death sounds good and really you have no where to turn. So you take it and President Bush tells the world you are a terrorist. He doesn't get it, he can't understand being in your position, so you are EVIL.

As long as people have no future nor hope for one, terrorism will be here, because that is the only tool left to these people. It doesn't matter if it is wrong by our standards as these people have no options left open to them.