THE MAMMOTH TASK AHEAD FOR PEOPLE OF GOODWILL: A MESSAGE TO FRIENDS AT UNITED TO END GENOCIDE [A GROUP SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH SUDAN]
Dear Friends at United to End
Genocide,
Genocide,
I very much appreciate the good work you do to
assist the human rights of the people of Sudan.
assist the human rights of the people of Sudan.
I would like to respectfully disagree with the
observation that Tom made in his report, however.
observation that Tom made in his report, however.
“We know that when the United States Government is
paying attention and exercising its influence, progress can be
achieved”.
paying attention and exercising its influence, progress can be
achieved”.
The fact is that US administrations frequently support the very regimes that you and other good people around the world are trying to expose because of their inhumanity and gross human rights abuses.
In doing some reading on the situation in Southern Sudan, I came across a report by Susan Gordon of the Huffington Post, who wrote the following on 3 January 2012, :
“At 3 a.m., I received an email from my colleague
and dear friend, Mohamed. Usually calm and measured in his communication, Mohamed raged in his email against the Obama administration and its Sudan envoy, Princeton Lyman, for their complicity in supporting the brutal regime of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur. The subject line of the email was “U.S. Sudan policy is killing us.”
and dear friend, Mohamed. Usually calm and measured in his communication, Mohamed raged in his email against the Obama administration and its Sudan envoy, Princeton Lyman, for their complicity in supporting the brutal regime of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur. The subject line of the email was “U.S. Sudan policy is killing us.”
Many people had great hopes that the Obama Administration would make a difference for human rights, but this has not proved to be the case. He has done nothing to assist the plight of the Palestinians whose human and land rights are being violated every day by Israel.
In my region of the world, he has continued to assist the Indonesian military (TNI) despite the fact that it has committed genocide in East Timor, West Papua, Acheh and parts of Indonesia (eg Bali and Maliku provence).
In 1965, the CIA assisted Mahommed Suharto, the previous Indonesian dictator, to unseat the democratically elected government of President Sukarno. He remained in power for 33 long, corrupt and brutal years.
Amnesty International claimed that a half to one milion people were butchered by the TNI in the year afterwards with the full knowledge and blessing of the then US Administration and the CIA.
Amnesty International claimed that a half to one milion people were butchered by the TNI in the year afterwards with the full knowledge and blessing of the then US Administration and the CIA.
Some Indonesians inform me that the death toll was
nearer 3 million. Most of the victims were those supporting greater democracy and a fairer distribitution of resources. Ethnically, the Chinese and the Balinese suffered the most.
nearer 3 million. Most of the victims were those supporting greater democracy and a fairer distribitution of resources. Ethnically, the Chinese and the Balinese suffered the most.
Barack Obama would know all of this as he spent a number of years living in Indonesia. He has done nothing to stop the support that the US gives to the TNI butchers.
Of course, Australian governments that endorse everything that US administrations do also support these people. Many in the SE Asian Pacific regions consider that the TNI is the worst terrorist organisation in our part of the world and that it can continue on its bloody way because the
US, Australia and some European governments allow it to do so.
US, Australia and some European governments allow it to do so.
US and Australian leaders continually preach about democracy, but continue to support dictatorships or get involved in unnecessary wars to get hold of resources of other nations, to increase the profits of their corporations or to install compliant regimes.
The fact is that the US is not a democracy as its governments are controlled by the Military/Industrial/Extreme Right Wing Complex (M/I/ERW/C). Dwight Eisenhower, before he retired as US President in 1961, warned the US people to beware of the Military Industrial complex because he had the foresight to see that this was going to be a very powerful and undemocratic force.
Since then, many extreme right wing organisations have worked to strengthen the power of this complex even further eg right wing
Republicans (and Democrats), the Tea Party, The Family, Moral Rearmament (some quite pro Nazi in outlook) etc and they provide an almost insurmountable force in relation to the decisions of US administrations.
Republicans (and Democrats), the Tea Party, The Family, Moral Rearmament (some quite pro Nazi in outlook) etc and they provide an almost insurmountable force in relation to the decisions of US administrations.
However, to prevent US administrations (and the compliant governments like Australia) from bowing to the dictates of the M/I/ERW/C, more must be done to loosenthe strangle hold it has on decision-making processes.
The supreme war criminal Robert McNamara was never elected by the US people to high office. He was appointed by the Kennedy Administration from the Ford corporation and was given great powers to escalate the US War in Vietnam to an incredible extent. Three million Vietnamese died, their infrastructure was massively destroyed and their environment was greatly
contaminated because of this criminal megalomaniac and the US presidents (and other political leaders) who listened to him.
contaminated because of this criminal megalomaniac and the US presidents (and other political leaders) who listened to him.
As we fight for the human rights of the victims of human rights abuses, we also need to confront the political forces that help to install the dictatorships that carry out the crimes against humanity.
And we need to look very critically look at our political structures that have given US and western politicians so much power to affect the politics of other
nations.
And we need to look very critically look at our political structures that have given US and western politicians so much power to affect the politics of other
nations.
If we do not do this, certain individuals will always be able to get away with making more people suffer because of their greed and lust for power. And those of us who are struggling for social justice, human rights and a safer environment will be condemned to continue in this struggle forever.
Yours for peace, social justice, human rights and environmental responsibility
A La Lucha Continua!
Andrew (Andy) Alcock
Forestville
South
Australia
AUSTRALIA
Forestville
South
Australia
AUSTRALIA
Posted on January 10th, 2012
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