State terrorism and Tsunamis

It boggles the mind that billions of dollars in foreign aid and continued coverage by mainstream newspapers and television is offering itself to the Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and devastated areas...yet not hardly a stir in the mainstream media at the outrage that has gone on by way of the illegal wars on Afghanistan and Iraq. Yes, besides the hundred thousand Iraqi citizens now recently dead from a war based on "falsified Niger documents" and pumped up tales of "potential" weapons of mass destruction, we have in North America a populace that sits back in apathy not remembering the million and a half Iraqi citizens that had died because of US sanctions and bombings on Iraqi infrastructure just prior to this second onslaught by the US Empire.

Does anyone read? Does anyone care? Is it more 'politically correct' to aid those destroyed by a tidal wave than by our own military forces? Are North Americans aware that the US military uses both depleted and non-depleted uranium tipped warheads? This leaves radio-active contamination in the soil for thousands of years to come, resulting in a kind of slow genocide of the Iraqi and Afghani peoples...not to mention all troops and soldiers fighting in the area.

The question I ask is: Why are our politicians and newspapers refusing to expose the atrocities being committed on these innocent Middle Eastern countrymen, women and children by destructive US foreign policies?

It is time to risk a little more than just aid money to those in great need from the earthquake disaster. We must take the time to read, become informed outside of mainstream media productions, and take necessary actions such as holding our politicians accountable for international war crimes.