Mumia Abu-Jamal -- Iraqi Inc.
What we are witnessing in this hour is a New Imperialism.
Iraq is reduced to rubble, and American corporations make a mint by
rebuilding it. All of this, we are assured, is to benefit 'the People of Iraq.
What we are witnessing in the shattered ruins of Iraq is the spoils of
war; spoils that are the seeds of vast wealth. Of course, Administration
officials are putting quite a different spin on this development. In a
speech made several months ago before the conservative American
Enterprise Institute, neoconservative thinker, Richard Perle observed,
"What I think we have won on the battlefield is the right to try to
establish consistent policies that are for the benefit of the people of
Iraq." He hastened to add, "It's not that we are looking for anything for
ourselves..." The U.S. role was described as a "stewardship" over the
conquered territory.
The U.S., of course, doesn't have to ‘look [...] for anything.' It already
has what it wants.
I guess you could make an argument that the administration is using
the war as an opportunity to hand out more subsidies to American
businesses (shutting out foreign bidders), but it's not like Iraq is all that
great a prize as a market. Nor is Afghanistan. Yes, the war has been
bullshit from the start, but someone does have to rebuild that country.
hmmm...So all the Heroin and Opium in Afghanistan isn't big business.
Billions in Oil and cheap labor in Iraq?
Another Masterpiece. Well done!
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