28, November 2004 Bush Supporters -
shame on you!
To all those Indian Americans that were
fawning over and supporting the election of President Bush
I say shame on you! It is a travesty that so many Indian Americans are only
concerned with their narrow interests rather than the
greater good of society and the world at large. Tax refunds disproportionately
benefitting the wealthy, special favors and access granted to the rich and famous.
In a significant rebuff, senior
administration officials at the White House officials chose to remain
absent at the Diwali celebrations on November 10. Let this be a harsh lesson
for you Indian Republican supporters (IRS) - you have
been used and abused.
Now that Bush is back in the White House we
can expect more of the same. Our trade imbalance and
deficit spending will increase dire warnings from the Chairman of the Federal
Reserve Bank notwithstanding. Sadly, our children will be
saddled with the debt. It is significant that Alan Greenspan delayed his speech
critical of the Bush fiscal policies until after the election. It is cruelly
ironic and ludicrous that The Bush Administration, who are so admired by many
Indo-Americans should, claim the moral high
ground, repeating the big lie that Saddam Hussein possessed
WMD's and was responsible for the 9/1 1 attacks. And so, we waged a ruthless
war on a sovereign state killing over 1,000,000
Iraqi civilians, mainly young women and children. The horrific graphic images
and ear piercing sounds of the wounded are well hidden from the American public
lest our support should weaken.
The head of Turkey's parliamentary human rights
group accused Washington of genocide. A humanitarian
crisis has occurred with tens of thousands of civilians fleeing towns and
cities. International relief agencies can no longer offer operate in Iraq
because of the security crisis. The number of children suffering from acute
malnutrition has doubled since the US led invasion. The
coffins of American soldiers and the wounded remain
hidden. The number of independent reporters has
vanished, replaced by embedded reporters who rarely venture beyond the confines
of their protectors. A self-imposed censorship
has replaced the old gumshoe reporting and reporters have muted their criticism
and moved in lock step to official White House sunny pronouncements of the
war's progress.
Incredibly, the compliant press and
lawmakers have assumed the moral high ground in denouncing those
who oppose our illegal occupation as the 'bad guys' and we, who rain down 500/1000
pound bombs and have launched a reign of terror, as the good guys. All this has
occurred with a deafening silence of the American public and our timid
lawmakers who have a mortal fear of challenging the
Administration. And so the killing goes on and on. This war has already
been lost. It cannot be won because it is routed in falsehood. It violates a
basic tenet of all religious faiths. It is anti-Christ,
anti-Hindu, anti-Islam, anti-Sikh , , ,..
On the home front, we have polluted God's
home by relaxing environmental laws. We offer no succor
for the 48 million Americans without health insurance. Billions are pouring
into the coffers of defense contractors who are busy
building high tech killing machines. We pagans are ripe for conversion by the
likes of Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Swaggart and Bob Jones. Our mandirs and gurdwaras
were under attack after 9/11. This is likely to re-occur with the rise of
religious fanaticism and another terrorist attack.
Our Muslim brothers and sisters are already in a state of siege. Many Muslim
men are languishing jail without access to legal counsel. I urge IRS's to do
some serious soul searching and reject the siren song of unbridled wealth and
power and work for a world order based on peace and justice.
