HOME	Where the World's Views of America Come into Focus

March 19, 2005

Original Article (Arabic)

Who is it that has the authority to institute laws, decrees, decisions and recommendations that define the suitable forms for the world's governments to follow, sets their "democratic" specifications, the nature of freedom and the dialogue on human rights, and intervenes in all of the world's meetings, conferences and summits, both large and small?

Is it not strange that Americans demand that others do one thing, but then do the opposite? Is it not strange that they accuse others, for example, of human rights violations while at the same time, they themselves cross every red line in the violation of human rights? Or that in Washington, human beings differ in description and definition from one county to another, so that the death of an Israeli soldier while aiming his rifle at a Palestinian child's head is a crime, but when that Palestinian child becomes a martyr, that child is called a terrorist?

This is the state of the world today, a world turned on its head ... Because of the deceit of the one nation that pins its name on human rights, freedom and democracy.

And if we exceed this rare state in human history, represented by the subversion of truth and the forgery of the past and present, if we exceed that, and arrive at the free world that the United States says it want to lead us toward by force and fire, we would like to ask … When does Mr. George Bush's Administration plan to abide by its shining slogans?

How can Bush abide by his democratic slogans as long as the nations of the world are arbitrarily divided between two camps: the camp of wealth that Bush's Administration leads, with its fleets, armies and occupations, and the evil camp, comprised of the small countries that have committed no sin other that that they want to defend themselves and their borders for future generations.

Why is it that he [President Bush] wants our cultures to approve the principle of dialogue and be open to other opinions, but when we try to open our mouths to speak, we are branded terrorists and in violation of American law as if Washington embodies heaven's will. Why isn't it suitable for us to justly defend ourselves and our views. Why should our attitudes and policies change to match and satisfy the policies of Washington and Tel Aviv?

The current American administration is perhaps the only government in the world that enacts laws and regulations that other nations may not exceed.

The American administration is alone in closing the door on dialogue and approving a policy of threats and pre-emptive war, while it is oblivious to its own interventions in the affairs of other nations.

There is nothing new in pointing out these truths - I say truths because they are real and because the world knows that they are truths. What is new, however, is that these American concepts and those that accept them, do so because they serve their own narrow and selfish interests, even if that leads destruction.

The United States is alone in closing the door on constructive dialogue with smaller powers. It closes the door on dialogue and closes its ears to the call of the mind and believes that it will reap gains. But if it continues to refuse dialogue, it will lead itself and perhaps our entire region into the abyss.

We can only hope that those who wish to gamble on American interventionism withhold their praise long enough to wake up and see the consequences of it.