Interesting front page on the Asia Times

[McKenzie]

Seems like everywhere I go these days, there is hostility to **. This article is thoughtful and puts an interesting slant on the current US presidency from an Asian perspective.

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Now, Bush has wrapped himself in the slogans of liberty and depicts himself as a fighter against tyranny, while al-Zarqawi makes a point of describing the US as a tyrant. Millions of reasonable people of the world want some straightforward explanations of the world about them; a simpler world, even returning to the Cold War. Then, the enemy was the Soviet Union. There was no lack of clarity about that. Now, Bush is clear in stating that his fight is not against Islam, but he is not at all clear about what or whom he is fighting. Now he tells us he is fighting tyranny. But whose tyranny is he fighting against? Looking at the world from Islamabad, Cairo, Baghdad or Jakarta, there is no tyrant in their parts of the world. They see another tyrant. And you know who that is.

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GA22Aa02.html

[theresistance]

1. Let me guess: the tyrant is Bush

[McKenzie]

4. just bookmarked your site. The ActiveX controls?

Are they just for some fancy graphics? Just wondered because I never enable ActiveX.

Very nice site with loads of good links.

thnx

[theresistance]

5. Wow thanks

Your the first person to make mention of my site, but I have to say, what the hell is "ActiveX"? I'm not exactly a computer geek...

[McKenzie]

7. Microsoft software

to allow web browsers to download and execute programmes. Nifty but has security risks. On sites like yours it's unlikely to be an issue.

Basically, it can run code on your computer. It depends upon trust as regards the security of the code but it's easy to be less than honest>>>

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There is no substance to the argument that Firefox is only more secure because it's not a target. We have the world's foremost security experts working to find exploits in Firefox, we don't support harmful technologies like ActiveX

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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=3993

[theresistance]

8. I'll ask the computer geeks I have working on my site

about this. Thanks for info...

[Historic NY]

9. I lifted info from the Salon story on the Bush scandles.....

just had to send it to Repuke friends who whined about, Whitewater, travelgate & blowjobs.

[proudbluestater]

2. On Inaugural day, the BBC carried the world's reaction to

Shrub's speech. Amazingly, the entire world seems to GET Bush and his ilk, but we cannot convince a mere half of our COUNTRY that he is up to no damn good. Gee, could it be the propagada here?

[LynnTheDem]

3. Problem is, many Americans (& most all rightwingnuts) totally lack ability

to look at things from the other side of the fence. The inborn overwhelming arrogance so many Americans have means they simply cannot comprehend that people who are not American may not like all things American, may not want all things American, may prefer their OWN cultures and their OWN lifestyles and their OWN nation's way of doing things, over the American way, and may not feel grateful for America's sticking its nose into their business.

America was indicted & found guilty (and admitted guilt) in the terrorist state-sponsored deaths of 30,000 Nicaraguan civilians. Most Americans aren't even aware of this. Most wouldn't care if they were made aware of it, or would spew the standard excuses and justifications. 30,000 dead. Courtesy of the United States of America, for the benefit of the financial interests of the United States of America.

No one has ever done the shit to America that America does every damn year to other people all around the world. The closest we've ever come to tasting what we constantly wreak on others was 911.

And look how frigging berzerk Americans went over that. But we kill 100,000+ Iraqis, killed 30,000+ Nicaraguans...and Americans don't say boo.

NEWSFLASH; Americans are NOT God-Chosen Special People.

We flip out over losing 3000 Americans; we wage 2 invasions on nations, both of whom had nothing to do with the 911 attacks. We denigrate & sneer at the entire world. We cower and chant "remember 911!" like it's the biggest tragedy ever suffered.

That American parents murder an average of 3000 American kids every single year doesn't raise an eyebrow; as long as it's AMERICANS killing Americans, all is well. It's them FURRINERS doing the killing we can't stand...yet we have no problem whatsoever going around the world killing others.

God help us all if we EVER experience anything close to what we have done & are doing to the people of Iraq just in the past 2 years. Although losing the equivalent of 1 million Americans by an invasion & occupation might be what's needed to WAKE AMERICANS THE F UP. Maybe.

[theresistance]

6. And who would know that Bush was found guilty

at a war crimes tribunal last August over Iraq?

See: http://freedomliberationmovement.com/cms/article210.html

& www.PeopleJudgeBush.org

[neweurope]

10. Thank you, LynnTheDem.

Hardly anybody in the US seems to remember Nicaragua... And thanks for everything else you said, also.

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!