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Is US foreign policy on the ropes?
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Why are Iraqi civilians thumbing their noses at US and British humanitarian aid
Despite being hungry and desperate for food, water and other essentials -- Iraqi civilians are outraged and angry at the U.S. government
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By FRANK M. REICHERT
Moderator, Liberty Northwest Conference & Newsgroup


The good news is that humanitarian aid is finally trickling
through into the border regions of southern Iraq.

The bad news is that the US government is being voraciously scorned by
even those desperate Iraqis, many of which have been without food and
water for the last several days.

After watching ABC News with Peter Jennings just moments ago, the
depth of the growing Iraqi hostility toward US military aggression is
finally reaching the US news media, or so it seems. Notably however,
CBS News as of just last night, has largely ignored this reality.

Reporters standing in a small border town across from Kuwait observed
the flood of Iraqis frantically flocking to trucks laden down with
enough food and rations for an average family to exist for a period of
five days. The trucks and packaging of the aid packages were of
Kuwaiti markings and origin, since the local population was apparently
repulsed at the thought of receiving of aid coming from the US or
Britain.

One ABC reporter yelled out to the crowd, "Aren't you happy now that
the US is liberating you from Saddam Hussein?"

Shouts of anger and outrage where chanted in return, "No! Absolutely
not. The Americans are humiliating us far worse than our enemy," one
shouted. "We will support Saddam with our own blood," roared others.

Now friends, interestingly enough, this is coming from those in the
deep south of Iraq where the Shiite majority (who have been savaged by
the Bath Party and Saddam Hussein's ruthless rule) comprise the bulk
of the population! Both the US and Britain have been under the
fantasy and false illusion from the beginning that these people would
flock into the streets to welcome and support the US/British military
aggression. Hasn't and isn't happening. So, what is happening?

It doesn't take long to figure out that the Iraqis may hate Saddam
Hussein a great deal, but as one of the town's people shouted on ABC
News tonight, "We hate Americans even more!" And friends, that hatred
is growing by the hour as the brutalization and humiliation of Iraq by
American and Britain continues. Not only is it growing rapidly in Iraq
itself, but also growing in intensity and at a fever pitch throughout
the Islamic world.

Indeed, increasing hordes of protests are growing everywhere,
including South Korea, Japan, Australia, Britain, the US, Canada,
France, Germany and Russia. In fact, one would be hard pressed to find
any civilization on the planet that has not become outraged at US
military aggression against Iraq.

As I've long predicted, the Shrub Regime<tm> has virtually destroyed
international relations and made US foreign policy of aggression
clearly visible before the eyes of a global community, setting into
motion the probability of a series of hostile retaliatory strikes
against US political and economic targets that we have yet to imagine
in scope or intensity.

Even when, or if, we manage to pull off the destruction of the Iraqi
regime, the political and economic costs will be horrific, and we have
already lost the war. This war was lost before it even started.

It's sad that while some of us certainly saw much of this coming, and
predicted rather accurately the ramifications for this reckless
behaviour, most Americans blindly followed the Pied Piper rhetoric of
the Shrub Regime's<tm> arrogant and bellicose carping of a "dignified
morality" in what is America's international aggression.

These ramifications include, but are not limited to:

1. Increased hatred of America throughout the islamic world;


2. Increased resistance to America on the ground throughout the region
(in whatever form or shape it may take);


3. Probability of increasing attacks upon American economic and
military targets both at home and abroad;


4. Less democracy throughout the region, as many former "friendly"
governments are replaced by hardline islamic dictatorships;


5. Weakening of western alliances, such as NATO, and further divisions
within the European Union;


6. American isolation in the United Nations and other international
organizations (this one might actually be good, but for the WRONG
reasons;


7. Less liberty and freedom in the west as terrorist attacks
accelerate, and more draconian measures are put into place in the name
of safety and national security;


8. Worsening global economy as the investment and production climate
becomes more entrenched, defensive and uncertain;


9. Deepening global hostility toward US leadership in the free world,
if any really exists anyway;


10. Insecurity of US citizen tourists or residents living abroad.

This is only a short list. Certainly you can add some of your own
reflections to this list, but for now, this will do.

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March 20, 2003: Libertarians issue statement on U.S. invasion of Iraq
WASHINGTON, DC -- Statement by Geoffrey Neale, national chairman of the Libertarian Party, in response to the U.S. invasion of Iraq: On behalf of the Libertarian Party, I wish to express our deep concern for the U.S. troops currently engaged in ... (Read More)

March 14, 2003: Jobs-for-Iraqis plan is ripoff for taxpayers, Libertarians say
WASHINGTON, DC – A plan to put one out of every 10 Iraqis on the U.S. government's payroll is a case of nation-building gone haywire, Libertarians say. "Hold onto your wallets, because the U.S. government is going on a hiring binge ... (Read More)

March 6, 2003: USA Patriot Act: The Sequel
WASHINGTON, DC -- Here's great news for everyone who supported the USA Patriot Act, Libertarians say: The Justice Department has secretly drafted follow-up legislation that would allow the government to make secret arrests, create a vast new DNA database ... (Read More)

February 26, 2003: Medical malpractice bill would trample juries’ rights, Libertarians say
WASHINGTON, DC -- Federal legislation supposedly designed to rein in medical malpractice awards should be rejected because it would expand federal power at the expense of state governments and trample juries’ rights, Libertarians say. “This bill represents legislative malpractice at its ... (Read More)

February 20, 2003: Libertarians challenge Bush to answer 10 questions before going to war with Iraq
WASHINGTON, DC – The Libertarian Party is challenging President Bush to answer 10 simple, but important, questions about his policy of waging war against Iraq. “Although President Bush has made several attempts to explain why deposing Saddam Hussein is worth risking ... (Read More)

February 13, 2003: Latest terror alert is proof of government failure, Libertarians say
WASHINGTON, DC – The heightened terror alert is actually a “Government Incompetence Alert,” Libertarians say, because the government is admitting that it cannot perform its most basic function: national defense. “What’s truly alarming is that a government that will confiscate $2.2 ... (Read More)

February 6, 2003: Martha Stewart case reveals double standard, Libertarians say
WASHINGTON, DC – Reports that federal investigators may file criminal charges against celebrity homemaker Martha Stewart raise a troubling question, Libertarians say: Why aren’t Dick Cheney and Terry McAuliffe facing criminal charges as well? After all, both the vice president and ... (Read More)

February 5, 2003: Bush budget contains $10 in new spending for every dollar in tax cuts, Libertarians say
WASHINGTON, DC -- If you think President Bush’s tax cuts will save you money, guess again, Libertarians say, because the long-term spending increases in his new budget outnumber tax cuts by a ratio of 10 to 1. “Celebrating Bush’s tax cuts ... (Read More)

January 29, 2003: State of the Union speech laid out agenda of 'global welfare and global warfare,' Libertarians say
WASHINGTON, DC -- President Bush laid out an agenda in his State of the Union speech that will make most Americans worse off than before, Libertarians say, by expanding government spending and increasing the likelihood of war with Iraq. “Americans who ... (Read More)

January 24, 2003: Libertarians applaud Senate vote to strip funding from Pentagon’s domestic surveillance system
WASHINGTON, DC -- A vote by the Senate on Thursday to block funding for the Pentagon’s Total Information Awareness program is a victory for ordinary Americans and a setback for the surveillance state, Libertarians say. “Score one for Americans’ privacy and ... (Read More)
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