hardly meets Wiki Leaks from a new debate over the Iraq war, the quality media for almost ten years to feel after the beginning of the modern East-West conflict between East and West committed to these damn finally. Forget the mantra of unconditional support for the oh-so-suffering poor Americans and their president, who really only want to do everything possible to atone for those responsible. And the quiet criticism that germinated after the end of the Bush era Abyss drives, among which the first branches.
But still ever, the criticism is limited only to individual aspects of the war and its consequences. Why the U.S. is unable to engage without soldiers in Iraq? Why did they simply run away from a country of which they have promised so much, as they have ruined? Why do they have so much suffering in part triggered the mirror quoted in its current issue (26/10/2010) Citizens must want to return to the Saddam regime because it was peaceful there? And why take it tacitly accepted in the United States to lose with their antics a la Guantanamo her self-imposed right to the world's highest moral authority? is
But the criticism today not go far enough :
First of all, it is not enough simply to deny the U.S. its moral authority. First implemented must be that the U.S. has made in Iraq demonstrate that they despise democracy and human rights principles. Second, following its own logic that they have set, apply to be traded on Iraq: The U.S. must be internationally condemned for their actions and be required to redress. Sure, it would be a country like Iran, which would be here on the site of the U.S., there would be no condemnation, but a military invasion and no redress but a fall of the regime and a dependency on the West against. But we do not just act like a Bush.
We have to seriously question the western world, what our values are good at all. In particular, because we claim to represent the highest moral, humanistic and democratic body, and thus sent to countries such as China for their atrocities. The acts in themselves are not in question. But the justification for our part do not. For our own foundations is the principle that all men are equal before the law are. And exactly this principle we must also apply to states:
If we do this for example, how China treats Tibet, we must condemn in the same way as the U.S. treats its prisoners in Guantanamo. But before the United States, we have independently of current global economic developments more respect. And so is the criticism from sparse. But this behavior is undemocratic! And more important than a camera in the bedroom, which guarantees every citizen Schäuble live images, this knowledge.
For as we strive to improve our democracy, to bring peace in the world and live in coexistence with other countries if we undermine our own freedom piece by piece? For the fact that we ignore our own undemocratic behavior, it occurs that we do not realize once again how we lose more and more freedom and therefore democracy.
And at some point go to citizens for a station to remember the streets
For in reality, the citizens, as they are circumcised. But politicians of all stripes do their best, the democracy in which we live praise, higher and higher. And people believe them. And even though they know inside that something is wrong. And precisely for this reason, citizens lose their trust. And this loss of trust catalyzes eventually across other things that are used to the pent-up rage and anger to finally project onto something. But if we so , To continue this behavior degenerates into a Europe-if not a global civil war.
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The behavior of the politicians towards their own citizens killing themselves is still characterized by mistrust and ignorance. And such a behavior leads inevitably sooner or later to ensure that those in power to be overthrown. For in a democracy is the function of a politician to represent the people. Only a politician makes a people is wrong when he claims that it would be eaten up by mutual distrust. He therefore does not meet its function. Such politicians using artificially stirred up emotions to implement their own interests. And in human history the people have always helped to get rid of such politicians in one way or another.
Why are we not so far-sighted and use the Iraq war to be honest and really important to speak up? And no matter how painful it is for us. Sooner or later it will break the light of day anyway. Our children will ask how did we let it be that thousands of newborns are serious genetic damage had to suffer, and all contaminated areas, as we used in our infinite arrogance prohibited weapons. Or why are we so presumptuous to speak of peace and yet exactly to act so cruel as to proceed against us.
