March 2003, Baghdad, Iraq, Shock
and Awe, Start of Regime Change Tornadoes, nature killers, swept 14 states in the Midwest and South today killing nature, like trees, man-made objects, like houses and human beings, most tragically of all. The causes of this disaster are partially unknown but the destruction we do know. We can see and hear in the media the devastating personal stories of lost that emerge.
The damage to nature, man-made objects and human lives the US committed on the first day of the Iraq war for ‘regime change’ is much greater than the disaster today. The damage and death of this country during the nearly 10 year war is beyond comprehension. The lost of hundreds of thousands of human lives, the destruction of the infrastructure are worst than Iraq every faced under the dictatorship of the former regime.
Now in Syria where from the start the USA insisted on ‘regime change’ has the people killing each other, especially the present regime killing innocent civilians. The USA including some allies and some enemies, like Al Qaeda, the terrorist group, from the start have said they will only accept ‘regime change.’
In Egypt, the terrible regime we supported for so many years, was overthrown by the people without USA support.
For 12 years we have been fighting in Afghanistan for ‘regime change’ despite the fact that the people on all sides of the struggle have made it clear that they do not want the USA, any more than they wanted Russia or England before, dictating to them what they should do.
When the people of Chili, Haiti or Palestine democratically and freely elected governments that we did not approve we helped to overthrow the democratic government and create a ‘regime change’.
Tornadoes change a region but in time trees are restored, new houses are built and the dead are buried and life quickly moves on. In the USA wars for ‘regime change’ to a regime that is beneficial to USA self-interest, the damage is much more lasting and deadly. Wounds that will take many years to heal are created by our striving for ‘regime change.’ The wounds are not only inflicted on other countries but on us, as people live in fear, soldiers are killed or wounded or commit suicide in great numbers ,as money for wars takes from money from the people in our country.
“Preemptive wars” as President Bush called them or “wars of necessity” as President Obama calls them have become endless. As we are prepared for a new war against Iran the word goes out: “We need a regime change in Iran. Damn what the people of Iran, like people of Iraq and Afghanistan want, we want a ‘regime change.’”
The only regime that needs to change is the Military/Industrial/Educational complex we created in the USA. Our empire must fall before there can be any real change. We can watch it fall or help create a new society inside the present regime as it decays. Yes, we need ‘regime change’ but not in some foreign country but in our own hearts and in our own country. Regime change starts at home.
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