Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 15:14.
The Dalai Lama would have no special responsibility to speak out about Iraq—if he were not receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor, from the same body that approved and funds the Iraq war. Just like it irks us when Evo Morales gets all cozy with Beijing because it is a betrayal of Tibetans (and, more ironically given the Bolivian experience, the oppressed Chinese peasantry), we are likewise irked when the Dalai Lama cozies up to Bush because it is a betrayal of the Iraqis (and Bolivians).
Sure the Bushies have already lost the global propaganda war, but that doesn't mean they're gonna stop trying. And the fact that the Chinese are financially many pieces ahead just raises the imperial imperative on Bush to keep them away from the Persian Gulf oil, and to dislodge them from Africa.
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The Dalai Lama would have no special responsibility to speak out about Iraq—if he were not receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor, from the same body that approved and funds the Iraq war. Just like it irks us when Evo Morales gets all cozy with Beijing because it is a betrayal of Tibetans (and, more ironically given the Bolivian experience, the oppressed Chinese peasantry), we are likewise irked when the Dalai Lama cozies up to Bush because it is a betrayal of the Iraqis (and Bolivians).
Sure the Bushies have already lost the global propaganda war, but that doesn't mean they're gonna stop trying. And the fact that the Chinese are financially many pieces ahead just raises the imperial imperative on Bush to keep them away from the Persian Gulf oil, and to dislodge them from Africa.