Within days, the Bush regime is expected to announce its so called “new strategy” in Iraq. The most talked about plan being a surge in U.S. forces in Iraq. By “surge” is meant the significant increase in troop size in that beleaguered country, a plan meant to address the obvious failures in Iraq.
In light of this rumored surge, one wonders, what does it take for the administration to listen to the voices of the people? In February and March 2003 the U.S. and much of the world spoke with millions marching in cities all across the globe against the scourge of war. The Bush regime ignored them.
No,”ignored” isn’t right. President Bush belittled the protests as a “focus group”. A focus group? Only to this mad President, could the largest demonstrations in U.S. history constitute a focus group. Within days, we shall hear what the decider has decided. You can bet that it will conflict with the will of most American citizens. For if it conflicts his own misbegotten vision, he will reject it utterly.
Demonstrations don’t matter. Elections don’t matter. No matter what most Americans think: it doesn’t matter. Nothing matters, but what the decider decides. There’s a word for that, and it sure ain’t democracy.
Americans have settled for a dictatorship of one. In fact, a dictatorship of disaster. Like good little sheep, they plan to silently acquiesce as more of their young people are slain on an altar slick with oil. There’s a word for that. It’s called madness. From Death Row, this is Mumia Abu -Jamal.
These commentaries are produced by Noelle Hanrahan for Prison Radio