MaxedOutMama

M.B.H.S.: You often call for uniting Muslim and progressive forces globally. How far is it possible under current situation?

George Galloway: Not only do I think it's possible but I think it is vitally necessary and I think it is happening already. It is possible because the progressive movement around the world and the Muslims have the same enemies. Their enemies are the Zionist occupation, American occupation, British occupation of poor countries mainly Muslim countries.

They have the same interest in opposing savage capitalist globalization which is intent upon homogenizing the entire world turning us basically into factory chickens which can be forced fed the American diet of everything from food to Coca-Cola to movies and TV culture. And whose only role in life is to consume the things produced endlessly by the multinational corporations. And the progressive organizations & movements agree on that with the Muslims.

The point my myopic little friend is that if the US forces were not there bombing the living piss out of everything that moves, there would not be an insurgency. There would be nothing for them to insurge against.

Is that clear enough for you?

It takes a lot of gall to label men like Turner--or the warrior abolitionist, John Brown--"terrorists" when we haven't been afforded the "experience" of seeing one's father lynched, mother raped, or having one's siblings sold down the river.

Why do we expect the oppressed to suffer in silence when, in all likelihood, most of us would (rightfully) take arms to defend our families?

Idealizing the Iraqi insurgents as universal freedom fighters is dangerous and looks for all the world as if we accept terrorism as an acceptable tool to combat "oppressors". Bombing and killing is wrong. Wrong when the US does it, wrong when the Iraqi insurgents do it.

"On the Eleventh of September 2001, 3000 westerners were killed in the worst terrorist attack the west had ever been bothered by (because we don't see the attacks commited by America on 21 countries since WW2 as terrorist - none of the countries emerging with stable, democratic rule)

On the Eleventh of September 2001 - 420,000 children died of starvation which could easily been prevented had the West

a) Not imposed global policys which favour fat wallets
b) Used the gargantuan wealth garnered from exploitation of the non rich to help people other than themselves for a change".

NOW who do you think are the terrorists?

ZACTLY!!!! US global corporate policies which have exploited humanity!!!!

Those policies have destroyed more lives than several wars combined. Add the fact those policies also led to assassinations and wars which further oppressed people and no one should ever wonder why anti-Americanism has been fiercely rising over the last 30 - 40 years.

These facts can no longer be hidden, suppressed or denied if we are truly concerned about others' freedom and about "democracy". Of course, the BushCo/neoCON administration is interested in FORCING others to abide by their modern-day economic slavery and power. They have NO concern about human rights, civil rights, morality or values. They live for the love of power and money, not humanity.