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6. Forwarded by Greta Berlin Monday, June 07, 2010
A diary of events on the Mavi Marmara and after
Firstly I must apologise for taking so long to update my blog. The events of the past few days have been hectic to say the least, and I am still trying to come to grips with many of the things that have happened.
It was this time last week that I was on the top deck of the Mavi Marmara, and first spotted Israeli war ships in the distance, as they approached the humanitarian flotilla. Little did I know how deadly and bloody were the events that soon began to unfold.
What I will write in this entry is fact, every letter of it, none of it is opinion, none of it is analysis, and I will leave that to you, the reader.
After spotting the warships at a distance, (at roughly 11pm) the organisers called for passengers to wear their life vests and remain indoors as they monitored the situation.
But from the point of view of the Israeli regime, why was this stupid?
They conducted a war against the people of Gaza in 2008-9 in which blatant acts of “crimes against humanity” were conducted, and nothing was done. They continued to steal land and water from the Palestinians in the West Bank, and aside from a little flap from US President Obama, nothing is done. They falsified passports of a series of countries in the process of murdering a Palestinian leader in Dubai, and nothing was done. They continued with their siege of Gaza with impunity.
The question is who is to do what?
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During the Vietnam War and shortly thereafter, the US maintained an important air force base in Thailand. This was mainly to check Chinese communism. With the collapse of Stalinism as a world force, the base was abandoned, but the US military still maintains close ties with its Thai counterpart, including helping train the Thai air force.
Globalization and “Asian Tigers”
Perhaps more important than the military link are the developments of world capitalism, first and foremost its famous “globalization”. No region of the world was more affected and saw more economic changes from this than did the “Asian Tigers” in 1980s and early ‘90s, and Thailand perhaps more so than any of the other “Tigers”.
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By John Reimann
An environmental disaster is spreading through the Gulf of Mexico and beyond. On April 20th, there was an explosion and then a fi re on the deepwater oil drilling rig the “Deepwater Horizon” operated by Transocean Ltd. under contract from British Petroleum (BP). Eleven workers lost their lives in the explosion. The rig then capsized and sank and oil started pouring out of the well, which is nearly one mile deep. BP and their public relations agent – the US government – estimate that some 5,000 barrels daily are polluting the ocean. Some scientists estimate the rate at between 25,000 to 80,000 barrels per day.
“Free” Market
From its very start, this entire calamity was caused by the basic laws of motion of capitalism, itself, and exacerbated by the “free” market policies that are so prevalent today.
• If I join the military, what sort of brainwashing/desensitization will I receive to make me more willing to kill others?
Reports have consistently shown US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have commonly killed old people, pregnant women and children. They have done it from the ground and from the air. (For the latest report, see “collateralmurder.com”)
• If I join the military, will I end up killing innocent and possibly helpless civilians?
In recent decades, the US military has commonly used “depleted uranium” (DU) for bullet shells, bombs, tank armor. This DU burns and sends out a highly toxic nuclear dust upon impact. Horrific birth defects in Iraq have skyrocketed as have cancer rates.
As if this weren't bad enough, there is talk that Spain is next. The Portuguese and Greek economies are relative pipsqueaks in the EU, but Spain is the fourth largest economy in the union.