A news titled US House Approves New Funding for Bush's War on the Jakarta Post, June 21, 2008 cathed my eye. "By vote 268-155, the House approved the funding for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pentagon will get 161.8 USD billion, which is slightly less than Bush requested will be used to fight in Iraq".
Wow, the vote's gap was quite big! The statement of John Boehner, an Ohio Republican who voicing support for the war was worse "I am glad we are there. Our effort in Iraq is important. Building a growing democracy in a part of the world that has never known it will pay great dividends over the next 50 years".
Give me a break, what kind of democracy that US offers for Iraq? Well Sir, you said democracy with a gun in your hand. I think you don't even know what democracy is. How about going to Burma and learn from Aung San Suu Kyi for the real work on democracy?
Its very interesting to see US media propaganda and strong government's control that make most of the citizens follow Bush's War on Terror (a silly concept that exploit nationalism, fear, racism, religions, to chase corporate benefits in the energy, armaments, and other important sectors. I think the war is a matter of "bussiness"). Do Americans notice this? Hmmm...Good example for Gramsci's theory on hegemony.
Posted at 12:11 pm by tempatmita
