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Here's a very good article by Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Andrew
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THE INEVITABILITY OF WAR
[Col. Writ. 9/28/02] Copyright 2002 Mumia Abu-Jamal
It is impossible for us to read a newspaper, watch a newscast, or
listen to radio without receiving the undeniable message that war
with Iraq is inevitable.
Why is this so?
Why, in a nation that claims to be a democracy, is it inevitable,
almost unquestionable, beyond the realm of questioning, that war
against a sovereign nation is virtually, a done deal?
Where are the voices of dissent? ... of divergent opinion?
If this be a democracy, it is a democracy of fear; fear stimulated
and exploited by political leaders in Washington, D.C., and
underwritten by the shameless cheerleading of the corporate media.
Iraq, we are told, is a rogue government, and its leader, Saddam
Hussein, is a new-age Hitler. It seems like every time the
government wants to demonize someone, they call him a "Hitler." It
always works, doesn't it? It doesn't matter that the U.S. government
was quite friendly to Hussein and the Ba’ath regime when they
were at war with their neighbor, Iran.
Let’s think a little about the *real* Hitler, and the Nazi regime
during war time.
During World War II, when millions of Americans, British and the
French lived in dread of the Nazi’s, do you know that a number of
American firms traded with the enemy? Companies like the Chase Bank,
Ford, International Telephone, and Standard Oil?
The Hitler tank divisions were built by Adam-Opel and Ford of
Cologne, wholly owned subsidiaries of General Motors and the Ford
Motor Company. Speaking of Ford, did you know that Hitler awarded
the Nazi’s highest civilian honor, the Grand Cross of the German
Eagle, to American automaker, Henry Ford?
Charles Higham in his 1984 book, “Trading With the Enemy” (Dell)
writes:
Suppose the public had discovered that the Chase Bank in
Nazi-occupied Paris after Pearl Harbor was doing millions
of dollars' worth of business with the enemy with the full
knowledge of the head office in Manhattan ...?
Or that Ford trucks were being built for the German
occupation troops in France with the authorization from
Dearborn, Michigan? ... Or that ITT built the Focke-Wulfs
that dropped bombs on British and American troops?
Or that crucial ball bearings were shipped to Nazi-associated
customers in Latin America with the collusion of the
Vice-Chairman of the U.S. War Production Board in
partnership with Goering’s cousin in Philadelphia when
American forces were desperately short of them?
Let’s be clear -- many American corporations got rich when Hitler’s
war machine was raging. They didn't care about Hitler then, nor about
so-called "Hitlers" now. It's about oil, the money it brings, and
the power it unleashes.
Don’t let war be inevitable; fight the corporate lies.
Copyright 2002 Mumia Abu Jamal
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