THE GULF WAR
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Our culture values domination and control. |
Our culture values machismo and violence. |
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It is not surprising that when we feel insecure or humiliated, we look for a war. |
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After Vietnam,
we needed to kick some ass to feel like "men" again. |
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SUCH IS WAR |
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The U.S. says it dropped 88,000 tons of bombs on Iraq during the 1991 war. |
Tens of thousands of civilians died. |
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Children were incinerated. |
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Women were mutilated. |
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Old people were slaughtered. |
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C'est la guerre. |
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Yet still the war goes on. |
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The U.S.-led embargo against Iraq prevents the repair of infrastructure devastated during the bombing. |
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As of 1998 more than half a million children under the age of five had died as a direct result of the sanctions. |
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Between 2,000 and 6,000 more children continue to die each month. |
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Then there is the next war to think about. |
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Did the Gulf War really make us feel good about ourselves again? |
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Or will we need to prove our toughness again somewhere? |
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NEW WORLD ORDER |
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After the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union, the U.S. suddenly had the world to itself. |
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The Persian Gulf War provided the first opportunity to flex some muscle. |
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This is the meaning of the New World Order: complete and total control of strategic regions around the globe. |
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In the New World Order everyone takes orders from us. |
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We tolerate no dissension. |
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Don't count on our humanitarian tendencies to temper our wrath, because we are merciless in our mission. |
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If your government wants to control its own natural resources, we will overthrow it. |
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If your military threatens our hegemony, we will defeat it. |
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If your society harbors beliefs and cultural values that are proud and nationalistic, that promote resistance to exploitation and bullying, we will strangle it. |
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Total
control; complete domination; absolute power—the dream of
all great rulers; the goal of all great empires. |
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