American foreign policy seems insane. It is rife with contradictions and hypocrisy. But—is there actually a logic to it?

For example, why the double standard when it comes to human rights? We condemn Saddam Hussein's atrocities. But we turn a blind eye to the long history of oppression perpetrated by the Israeli regime against the Palestinians. And for this hypocrisy we pay the price of being hated by most of the population of the Middle East and, mainly by our own actions (not because we're "rich"), we have spawned a generation of terrorists determined to make us suffer for it. Other that stupidity and hypocrisy, could there be a reason for this? And why deal with Iraq now, when we know for a fact (not just unsupported Presidential assertions) that North Korea does have weapons of mass destruction? Could it be that this is a necessary step in order to reach a goal long desired by a particular segment of the American population? We know that George W. Bush is a member of this group because he has proudly proclaimed himself to be.

I keep banging into a possible motive for Bush's actions that scares the hell out of me.

For your consideration, I submit THIS. And THIS. And these are only two of the many web sites and articles I have found that deal with this question.

Don Firth

P. S. Of course some of our conservative snipers will try to dismiss this because of the source of the second article, but impugning the source doesn't alter the truth of what the article says. I have learned that, in the main, it's a little difficult for some of our conservative snipers to quarrel with me when I use the Administration's own words as evidence for what I say. The snipers can hardly say that I'm trying to distort the Administration's viewpoint. Hey! They said it, not me!