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I have been amazed to see how badly American journalists, and the media in general, are distorting the Georgian attacks on South Ossetia, and then the Russian counterattacks. Why have we not been told the truth about what has happened so far? From international media you will learn that the Georgian military attacked South Ossetia without provocation. Georgian military shelled residential areas of the South Ossetian city, Tskhinvali. This tiny US puppet state, headed by a man who was trained in the US, has brought the US and Russia to the brink of war; and all with the blessing of the American president. (Both American and Israeli advisers are embedded with Georgian troops.)
From The People’s Voice
Writing in the Asia Times, Ambassador M. K. Bhadrakumar, a former career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service, notes the disinformation that is being peddled by the Bush Regime and the US media and reports that “at the outbreak of violence, Russia had tried to have the United Nations Security Council issue a statement calling on Georgia and South Ossetia to immediately lay down weapons. However, Washington was disinterested.”
Amb. Bhadrakumar notes that the American and Georgian resort to violence and propaganda has brought an end to the Russian government’s belief that diplomacy and good will can bring about a settlement of the South Ossetia issue. If Russia wished, Russia could terminate Georgia’s existence as a separate country at will, and there is nothing the US could do about it.
Does the American government want a base of operations in Eurasia so badly that it will stop at nothing? Bringing Georgia and the Ukraine into NATO is not the answer. Basing a new missile system in Poland is not the answer. Russia will not stand for either of these situations. Would America let China base missiles in Mexico?
Tell me what you think!
I had a dream last night that made me write this:
I see a future where the roads are self-healing
where the roads are a giant solar collecting grid spanning cities, states and nations
where every house is connected to the grid for freeI see a future that has cured disease with compassion and nature
where your doctor is worried about your health, not about your insurance
where the hospitals are places we meditate and pray, show kindness and loveI can see a future where no wars are fought over land, or food, or things
where nations have welcome centers, not detention centers
where borders are on maps, not fences or wallsI see a future where forests are treated like beings
where children can play in the rain
where grandparents are treated like treasures
None of this will happen unless we realize that there is no real difference between people in your family and people across the world. We are all suffering, we are all wanting the same thing for ourselves and our children; to be happy and safe, warm and dry, educated and heard. We want to have enough food so that our children don’t go to bed hungry, so that we don’t have to decided which child eats and which one has to wait.
As long as nations are run by people who profit from war, as long as companies control food and energy and medicines, as long as we sit by and offer no alternative; nothing can change.
Why would a company develop a road that collects the energy from the sun and then delivers that for pennies to your door? They won’t do that, no profit there. Why would a company cure the sick and dying in your backyard or the African Sahara? They won’t do that either, no money to make there. Cure cancer? No way. But, keep the cancer victim fighting his whole life, in and out of treatment, that is a good business plan.
I am no radical when it comes to politics, don’t misjudge my words. We don’t need a revolution in American politics, but rather a revolution in our hearts and minds, all across the world. If only we would act as if the man or woman we see was our son or daughter, our father or mother; how much better off would this world be? Would we transcend these wars? Would we feed the hungry and clothe the naked? Would we send bread instead of bombs if we were using our hearts, filled with understanding and compassion, instead of greed and hate?
I hope that revolution comes soon.
