Is the ugly American back? [Archives:2003/06/Focus]

COMMON SENSE
By Hassan Al-Haifi
How much can arrogance and the attitude of a big bully be allowed to dictate the course of events in the world, simply because of a streak of vengeance and the exploitation of this vengeance by the Zionist bullies that swarm over the Bush Administration?
I was not at all surprised to hear Benjamin Netanyahu, former Prime Minister of the Zionist State and now the cozy partner and Foreign Minister of the butcher, Ariel Sharon,  ategorically declare that we have been providing the United States with all the intelligence
information that helps to set them straight on the course of events in the Middle East, or something along that order. This, of course, should not surprise anyone the least bit, as this has been a long-time effort by the American Zionist lobby. However, the timing of making such a statement, clearly seems to be a clear message to the Arab World that the cozy partnership of the USA and Israel can now be manifested in a hate-mongering determined effort to squash away any hopes of the people of the region seeing any semblance of freedom and calm. As for the benefits to be derived from their resources, the people of the region know full well that their leaders have signed blank checks to their American bosses to draw on their oil revenues for any adventures they may wish to carry out against them.
How can Mr. George W. Bush expect even his closest allies not to be skeptical of the American motives in the region, when it is clear that American foreign policy is now shared by an aggressive dogmatic chauvinistic regime, that is immune from any international
accountability and which has been given an open license to kill, maim, burn and destroy all that remains of the Palestinian people, with the international community in full sleep.
What is the essence of all this maneuvering in the region by the biggest bully in the world? Surely it is not Saddam Hussein, or the dangers that his regime poses to anyone. Even Saddams neighbors have come to recognize that, as far as they are concerned, they have
discounted any likely threats posed by Saddam Hussein to them, and they seem to think that it is the Americans who in fact are more worrisome. The obvious go ahead Sharon, do what you like attitude of the Bush administration has made it clear that there are no sincere objectives of the United States in the region, while they see no qualms in the daily killings Sharon is enjoying in Palestine. Even the death of innocent children by the hundreds by the Zionist thugs does not stir any sympathy in Mr. Bush, who seems to have been convinced by the Zionist logic that the only good Arab is a dead Arab.
What else can anyone conclude, except that the American administration is set on serving the various power interests in the United States, that can guarantee it another term in office, without having to produce anything meaningful for the mass population of the United
States? The truth of the matter is that this present White House administration is going to continue on sensational shows of power, which can easily be sold to the uninformed population of the United States and the power cliques that tend to find no great remorse to the random destruction of life, property and peace of mind, as long as their own selfish interests are fulfilled.
There was really a time when many people looked towards the United States as a nation that can lead the world to an international order of peace, stability and shared economic welfare. But the Bush administration has systematically and carelessly thrown such sentiments out
the window, to the point that even the closest allies of the United States are questioning the directions towards which Mr. Bush is drivinghis own nation and the rest of the world.
It was refreshing to hear former President Bill Clinton give some subtle, but meaningful advice to his successor, when he gave significance to the need for obtaining international recognition for the course on which the Untied States seeks to tread, in order to insure
that the United States does not become isolated by a policy driven by selfish interest groups that have gotten the upper hand in the formulation of the foreign policy of the world superpower, to work towards serving their own narrow and selfish interests. From here, it is
hard to really predict just how bad things will turn out to be, not just for the United States, but for the world at large as well.

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