The USA Is At War

The criminal record of this Market strikes fear into the hearts of many. It has spent its entire life robbing food, destroying jobs, holding countries hostage and starting wars. To sell war, the Market spreads fear. And fear spreads fear. The twin towers of New York collapse daily on our television screens. What happened to the anthrax scare? Not only was an official investigation launched finding little or nothing out about these mortal letters, but the military debt of the United States went up spectacularly. The amounts spent by this country on its war machine make chins drop. Barely one and a half months spending would allow the entire world to be fed, if we can trust the figures of the United Nations. Every time the Market says go, the dangerometer jumps into the red zone and all suspicions become reality. Wars kill in the name of prevention and doubt, proof not needed. This time it's Iraq's turn, condemned once again. It's a simple equation: Iraq contains the second largest reserve of petrol in the world, just what the Market needs for the fuel needs of a spendthrift consumer society. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the scariest of them all? The world powers monopolise arms of massive destruction as their natural right. Whilst America was being conquered, whilst this global market was just emerging, small pox and influenza were killing far more local populations than swords or guns. The successful European invasion had a lot to thank for bacterium and viruses. Centuries later, these natural allies have become a means of destruction in the hands of world powers. A handful of countries control the world's biological arsenal. Mere decades ago, the United States allowed Saddam Hussein to launch biological weapons against the Kurds. At the time Saddam Hussein was the pet of the Western world and the Kurds weren't liked. These weapons were produced with ceps purchased from a company in Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A. In military terms, as in any terms, the Market calls for liberalisation, but not for everybody. Supply remains in the hands of a mere few, in the name of global security. Saddam Hussein scares people. The world is scared. A great threat planes: Iraq could use bacteriological weapons or, much more serious, he may have nuclear weapons. The human race cannot allow this danger to exist, claims the President of the only country in the world to have used nuclear weapons on civilians. Was it Iraq that killed the elderly, women and children in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Just take a look at the new millennium: populations wonder whether they will eat tomorrow or if they will have a roof over their heads, how will they survive if they fall ill or have an accident? Populations ask if they will still have a job tomorrow, if they will have to work twice today's hours or if their pension will be destroyed by the foibles of the stock market or the gremlins in inflation? Town dwellers fear attacks either tomorrow or at the street corner, will their homes be robbed or their throats cut? Country dwellers hope to keep their land another day and fishermen are not sure whether they will find uncontaminated rivers and seas tomorrow. Individuals and countries don't know how they will pay their debts multiplied by profiteers tomorrow. Is all this the work of Al Qaeda? The economy makes assassinations that don't appear in the newspapers: 12 children die of hunger every minute. In the terrorist organisation of the world, protected by military power, a thousand million people suffer from chronic hunger and six hundred million people are overweight. Strong economy, low standard of living: Ecuador and El Salvador have adopted the dollar as their national currency, but their populations are fleeing. Never has so much poverty and emigration been seen in these countries. The sale of human meat abroad creates disturbance, sadness and divides. In 2001, the people of Ecuador obliged to seek work elsewhere sent more money back home than the amount of exports in bananas, shrimp, tuna, coffee and cacao. http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=2868§ionID=1

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