1. The great tragedy in Iraq passes a significant number of dead US military personnel today at the end of 2006. The so-called "war on terror" has been no such thing and has done the opposite by creating terrorism. The great tragedy in this world has been the suffering of the Iraqi people with no real end in sight for the internecine conflict now gripping Iraq. This was a horror which could be seen in advance before the invasion, but the obsession by a few drove them to invade Iraq on the basis of terrorism based upon faked information. This was the bunch who said 'if you aren't for us, you're against us.' This was a black and white approach to a complex and difficult problem.
I was quite struck by George W Bush using this phrase originally because I had first heard it at Columbia in 1968 from the student radicals who took over the buildings and shutdown the university. I thought it mindless manipulation then and was quite appalled to hear Bush of the opposite, right-wing political extreme make this statement. It fits because it is a statement of extremes which is precisely what created the problem at Columbia that has now created the massive destruction now taking place in Iraq impacting an entire nation of some 25 million.
The US is exporting terrorism to the rest of the world. I've been experiencing this over many years 24/7 since just after Bush was initially inaugurated. The surveillance technology used against me has nothing to do with an investigation. It has everything to do with terror and torture. It is being used to fabricate for a personal self-interest corrupt objective. Masquerading under the guise of addressing the terror threat, the very acts which are carried out with this surveillance technology are those which will create terrorists. The bottom imitates the top. This is the standard which now pervades the US military and the US government. It will not be changed anytime soon because those with the power are in command of the US military.
BBC News Sunday, 31 December 2006, 21:27 GMT
US Iraq death toll 'hits 3,000'
 US soldiers have faced massive opposition from insurgent groups |
The death of a Texan soldier in Baghdad brings the total number of US troops killed in Iraq to 3,000, independent groups tracking casualties have said.
The US Defence Department confirmed that the soldier was killed by small arms fire in the capital last week.
The announcement came on the final day of 2006 and as the US military reached the end of the deadliest month for its troops in Iraq for two years.