Thursday, December 18, 2008

About Guantanamo

There are few,if any ,comments referring to the fact that Guantanamo Bay ,which is in Cuba, is illegally occupied by the US, through an act of sheer brute force and in open violation of international law.
Even now that Guantanamo has shown to the entire world what US really is means,no one seems to be willing to be attentive to the lawlessness of that country.
Right now, a lot of fuss is being made about Guantanamo being a stain on what would otherwise be an unblemished record.However, Guantanamo is certainly no stain or blemish, it is perfectly consistent with the past and present history of US, a history characterized by violence, deceit, plunder, aggression, occupation, racism, sheer brutality.
The US is alien as can be to any notion of democracy or to the concept of the rule of law;the present hegemony of US has its roots in this utter contempt for others, starting with the 'ordinary inhabitants' themselves.US knows only the law of brute force, does not belong to the civilized world.
However, difficult as that may be, I'd suggest that we forget the past, and even the present, and try to think out how we may rid US of its pernicious features, for its own sake and ,more importantly for the sake of peace and harmony.
I'm well aware that the US is not the only country to represent a threat to world peace, but no one will, I'm pretty sure, question that that country, and we all know how the US came into existence, is the most horrendous danger in the face of Mankind.

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