BLAMING AMERICA AND AMERICA’S SACRIFICE TO SPREAD FREEDOM

BLAMING AMERICA AND AMERICA’S SACRIFICE TO SPREAD FREEDOM AND RELIEF TO VICTIMS OF OPPRESSION AND MISERY IN THE WORLD

I wonder why Americans allow the mainstream media (and I mean NY Times , Washington Post, L/A Times, NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN) to control what American public should hear and think when these media sources have always proved to blame America in spite of all the sacrifices this country offers to bring peace and prosperity to the rest of the world. Facts always abound as to how the enemies of freedom have and still continue to benefit from America benevolence but still propagate the blaming of America on everything that goes wrong in the world. The case in point is that, the terrorists and Rogue Regimes are still making efforts to acquire more lethal weapons to pursue their goals of killing more innocent civilians and blame their deaths on America. The chaotic events of the past and present in many parts of the world have been confronted by every U.S. Governments (Republican or Democrat) to minimize this danger in the world.
Please read my attached article on “The impotency of the United Nations to Control WMD Proliferation Saddam’s Nuclear Program” which I wrote way back in 2002 and make your own informed judgment. The present serious danger facing the world is how the Democrats are beginning to side with the forces of “blame America first” attitude. I am a product of American Peace Corp Volunteers in Ghana in the mid and late 60’s. These young American men and women had left the comforts of their lifestyles in the United States to live in a different cultural and climatic environment to teach us in High Schools in Ghana. Their sacrifice enabled many Ghanaian students including myself to proceed to Universities in Ghana and in my case was fortunate to pursue my graduate studies here in the United States.
Ironically, it is so hard for Americans to understand the political divide in the news and world events. This divide is between America’s good intentions but cannot be perfect versus America being painted by her enemies as the source of evil and chaos in many parts of the world. As we read about the polls of anti-Americanism throughout the world, the bombing of American Embassies, the burning of American and Israeli flags in many Islamic capitals, we are never shown the daily lines at American Embassies in many of these countries queuing for Visa applications to come to United States. Such balancing of news would expose the hypocrisy of anti-Americanism in the world. Americans at times take their democratic freedom for granted to criticize themselves and their Governments without considering the implications of given moral support to the enemies who feel justified to hate America. The critics of America refuse to acknowledge the line between perfection and imperfection of pursuing good in the chaotic world of hate and ingratitude towards American people and their Government.
How much more should Americans sacrifice to the rest of the world except fold her arms and say enough is enough and let the rest of the world fend for themselves? Is this possible and if not when will the mainstream media hold the terrorists, the dictators and oppressive Governments of other countries accountable for the violence, misery, and Human Rights abuses. The same terrorist groups and Governments kill their innocent civilians, deny the basic freedoms and prosperity to their own citizens are the very ones who blame their plight on America. It is therefore unconscienable for American citizens, the Human Rights groups, Anti-War activists, the academia and the Mainstream media not being able to see the implications of blaming America to embold the actual perpetrators of violence and Human Rights abuses.

Felix A. Diawuoh
08/31/08