ROBERT BOWMAN
Truth is, we're terrorized because we're hated
Tue Jan 27 03:52:57 2004
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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 06:18:15 -0000
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Truth is, we're terrorized because we're hated
By ROBERT BOWMAN

Tell people the truth, Mr. President -- about terrorism. If
deceptions about terrorism go unchallenged, then the threat will
continue until it destroys us.

The truth is that none of our thousands of nuclear weapons can
protect us from these threats. No Star Wars system -- no matter how
technically advanced, no matter how many trillions of dollars are
poured into it -- can protect us from a nuclear weapon delivered in
a sailboat or a Cessna or a suitcase or a Ryder rental truck. Not
one weapon in our vast arsenal, not a penny of the $270 billion a
year we spend on so-called defense can defend against a terrorist
bomb. That is a military fact.

As a retired lieutenant colonel and a frequent lecturer on national
security issues, I have often quoted Psalm 33: "A king is not saved
by his mighty army. A warrior is not saved by his great strength."
The obvious reaction is, "Then what can we do? Is there nothing we
can do to provide security for our people?"

There is. But to understand it requires that we know the truth about
the threat. Mr. President, you did not tell the American people the
truth about why we are the targets of terrorism when you explained
why we bombed Afghanistan and Sudan. You said that we are a target
because we stand for democracy, freedom and human rights in the
world. Nonsense!

We are the target of terrorists because, in much of the world, our
government stands for dictatorship, bondage and human exploitation.
We are the target of terrorists because we are hated. And we are
hated because our government has done hateful things.

In how many countries have agents of our government deposed
popularly elected leaders and replaced them with puppet military
dictators who were willing to sell out their own people to American
multinational corporations?

We did it in Iran when the U.S. Marines and the CIA deposed
Mossadegh because he wanted to nationalize the oil industry. We
replaced him with the Shah and armed, trained and paid his hated
Savak national guard, which enslaved and brutalized the people of
Iran -- all to protect the financial interests of our oil companies.
Is it any wonder that there are people in Iran who hate us?

We did it in Chile. We did it in Vietnam. More recently, we tried to
do it in Iraq.

And, of course, how many times have we done it in Nicaragua and all
the other banana republics of Latin America? Time after time we have
ousted popular leaders who wanted the riches of the land to be
shared by the people who worked it. We replaced them with murderous
tyrants who would sell out their own people so the wealth of the
land could be taken out by the likes of Domino Sugar, the United
Fruit Company, Folgers and Chiquita Banana.

In country after country, our government has thwarted democracy,
stifled freedom and trampled human rights. That's why it is hated
around the world. And that's why we're the target of terrorists.

People in Canada enjoy democracy, freedom and human rights. So do
the people of Norway and Sweden. Have you heard of Canadian
embassies being bombed? Or Norwegian, or Swedish?

We are not hated because we practice democracy, freedom and human
rights. We are hated because our government denies these things to
people in Third World countries whose resources are coveted by our
multinational corporations. That hatred we have sown has come back
to haunt us in the form of terrorism -- and in the future, nuclear
terrorism.

Once the truth about why the threat exists is understood, the
solution becomes obvious. We must change our ways. Getting rid of
our nuclear weapons -- unilaterally if necessary -- will enhance our
security. Drastically altering our foreign policy will ensure it.

Instead of sending our sons and daughters around the world to kill
Arabs so we can have the oil under their sand, we should send them
to rebuild their infrastructure, supply clean water and feed
starving children. Instead of continuing to kill thousands of Iraqi
children every day with our sanctions, we should help Iraqis rebuild
their electric power plants, their water treatment facilities, their
hospitals -- all the things we destroyed and prevented them from
rebuilding with sanctions.

Instead of training terrorists and death squads, we should close the
School of the Americas. Instead of supporting insurrection,
destabilization, assassination and terror around the world, we
should abolish the CIA and give the money to relief agencies.

In short, we should do good instead of evil. Who would try to stop
us? Who would hate us? Who would want to bomb us?

That is the truth, Mr. President. That's what the American people
need to hear.

Robert Bowman flew 101 combat missions in Vietnam. He is presently
bishop of the United Catholic Church in Melbourne Beach, Fla.

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On Jan 26, 2004, at 8:22 PM, Blair Smith wrote:

> of the houses of Europe are
> actually pro-Arab and anti-"New World Order." The only
> exception to this is the usuper Hanover-House Of
> Windsor, who after the destruction of the Stewart
> Dynasty by Cromwell and the Prince Of Orange, annexed
> England to the German Nobility. Later the Hanover
> House split into an English faction, separate from the
> German. William of Orange was a Stewart traitor, who
> conspired with the Electors of Hanover to put Europe
> in the hands of the goldsmiths/bankers, and the House
> Of Windsor finished the job. Most of the royal houses
> of Europe recognize the Stewart Dynasty as the only
> legitimate heir to the British Throne. As for
> Freemasonry it appears that the Blue Lodge English
> variants and the Oriental Rites have become degraded.
> The Scottish Rite Freemasonry appears to be the only
> tradition that has maintained fealty to the traditions
> of the Knights Templars.