Beyond the "war on terror"

"For most Americans Iraq is over though not, of course, for those Iraqis who are still alive and have to go on facing the consequences. Goodbye Iraq, And Good Luck is the headline on Tom Friedman's column in Wednesdays New York Times. The headline doesn't do justice to the column, but it perfectly sums up a general American attitude which, if I were Iraqi, would make me incandescent with rage."

These Americans create trouble (military, economic, political and social) for others everywhere they go.

The pretext for invading Iraq was supposedly the weapons of mass destruction which has now been revealed to be an American deception. Far more Iraqis have also died after the US invasion than before that. Yet the Americans continue to wonder why they are detested by so many people in the world today!

I spoke to many Asians (Japanese, Koreans and Chinese) and they all say that China is 50 years away from just becoming a 2nd world country (not even 1st). Why, they have 1 billion poor farmers, only 300 million work in factories, and only couple of million in services. Plus they have the communist government system (high corruption). EU will be the only equal to US 50 years from now, not China.

I spoke to many Asians (Japanese, Koreans and Chinese) and they all say that China is 50 years away from just becoming a 2nd world country (not even 1st). Why, they have 1 billion poor farmers, only 300 million work in factories, and only couple of million in services. Plus they have the communist government system (high corruption). EU will be the only equal to US 50 years from now, not China.

"For most Americans Iraq is over though not, of course, for those Iraqis who are still alive and have to go on facing the consequences. Goodbye Iraq, And Good Luck is the headline on Tom Friedman's column in Wednesdays New York Times. The headline doesn't do justice to the column, but it perfectly sums up a general American attitude which, if I were Iraqi, would make me incandescent with rage."

These Americans create trouble (military, economic, political and social) for others everywhere they go.

The pretext for invading Iraq was supposedly the weapons of mass destruction which has now been revealed to be an American deception. Far more Iraqis have also died after the US invasion than before that. Yet the Americans continue to wonder why they are detested by so many people in the world today!