The closure of the US Embassy [Archives:2005/845/Letters to the Editor]

Robert Lindh
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Recently I received a reply to one of my letters regarding closing the US Embassy in Yemen. The writer indicated that the US Embassy was economically important to Yemen. The letter was well written and I thanked the writer for his comments.

Although it may be true that having a US Embassy in Yemen results in some economic advantage to a few people, in the long period it may result in more bloodshed and very high costs to the people of Yemen. Consider Iraq for example. Look what having a US Embassy there has cost the people. Yes, some Iraqis will become rich from the US presence, but what about the thousands upon thousands who have been killed by US mercenaries? And the many thousands more that will be killed or maimed during the next 20 years while the US occupied that country. The point here is that while the US presence may be beneficial to a few individuals, it is a very destructive presence to the majority of the Yemeni public.

Another example is Iran. What did the US Embassy in Tehran accomplish? By establishing a dictator friendly to the US it certainly benefited some US companies and a few Iranians, but look what happened… a revolution and a war with Iraq which was actually funded by the US… resulting in hundreds of thousands of Iranian deaths. The list goes on and on. Central and South America, Vietnam, Cambodia… all have suffered under the hands of the American Christian capitalists.

I'd suggest that Yemen restrict the total US presence to less than a dozen people, and then keep your eye on them 24 hours a day.
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