30. 8. 2007
23. 8. 2007
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Všichni jsme narozením spadli do rozdělenosti, rozložili jsme všechno na čas a prostor
a na dobro a zlo.
Musíme si tím projít, abychom se něco naučili a pak se opět vrátili do NIC.
Jiný smysl se mi nepodařilo najít, konkuruje tomu jen pokračování své materiální
existence zplozením dětí. Ale to je jen tady, ne tam.
Ostatní, jako třeba fakt, že jdu za chvíli do práce, není samo o sobě podstatné.
Podstatná je jen informace, jejíž kousek tam dnes zase odkryju. K odkrývání
konečně slouží i tento blog.
a na dobro a zlo.
Musíme si tím projít, abychom se něco naučili a pak se opět vrátili do NIC.
Jiný smysl se mi nepodařilo najít, konkuruje tomu jen pokračování své materiální
existence zplozením dětí. Ale to je jen tady, ne tam.
Ostatní, jako třeba fakt, že jdu za chvíli do práce, není samo o sobě podstatné.
Podstatná je jen informace, jejíž kousek tam dnes zase odkryju. K odkrývání
konečně slouží i tento blog.
střep 1
Dear Betty
My opinion about US foreign policy: America is the leading consumer nation
>in the age of addictive consumption. In addition, its military spending
>is greater than in all other nations combined. So it comes as no surprise
>that the US military complex is stationed in the Middle East to keep
>the flow of oil going. And to fuel the illusion of perpetual growth.
>Just as people in many Western nations are living off debt, our whole
>industrial civilization is living off energy debt. We just burn resources
>that took millions of years to create. We're stuck and most won't admit
>this is unsustainable, it would mean giving up lots of luxuries we're
>so used to.
>Yet the time will come when we all realize that, and that time may come
>pretty soon. So, the U.S. policy is just a symptom of a greater problem.
>And the case of Iran in particular: the regime there is bad and unpopular.
>There is no doubt about that, although I have met some people who actually
>supported their current president. Some told me there "I pray to God
>to topple this government". It only abuses
>the cause of religion and exploits the traditional religiosity of the
>people. That said, Iran is probably not worse, actually much more "liberal"
>than a long-term U.S. ally - Saudi Arabia, where women can't even drive
>and would probably get flogged if they dared to. The only difference
>is that Saudi Arabia chose not to stand in the way of U.S. interests
>in the region, whereas Iran did so. Iran's Islamic revolution aimed
>to topple the U.S.-backed Shah and one of the many reasons included
>Shah's bowing too much to the U.S. That the new Islamic republic actually
>turned out to be worse than Shah's rule is another matter. Iranians
>now say the Shah was better. The fact that they dislike their government
>does not make them big fans of the U.S. If they had to choose between
>a U.S.-organized violent regime change or defending the government,
>they would defend the government, they would not see it as help from
>outside, but as a criminal attack on their country. They wish to change
>the regime, but not for a puppet government directed by any foreign
>power.
>I think the best solution would be for the U.S. to pull out from the
>region altogether and work really really hard at home to conserve energy
>so they don't have to import it. The prospects for this to happen are,
>however, bleak, no matter who takes office after Bush. There needs to
>be some serious conservation effort here in Europe, too, we shouldn't
>just content ourselves with better gas mileages and a better public
>transport than in the U.S.
>Here in Czech the government is still supportive of U.S. policy, but
>that stance is increasingly unpopular. The reason to lean towards the
>support is because of history, most recently in the 80s when Reagan's
>pressure contributed to the fall of "communism". Or the WW2, when the
>U.S. and the Allies defeated Hitler, who wanted to annihilate our nation.
>But now people see what's going on in Iraq. Most think we shouldn't
>just blindly follow the U.S. in whatever it is doing out of gratitude.
>Some even go on to say that the government is servile to the U.S. as
>it once was to the U.S.S.R.
>I hope I didn't tire you with this long text, but at least you have an
>idea of what I think.
My opinion about US foreign policy: America is the leading consumer nation
>in the age of addictive consumption. In addition, its military spending
>is greater than in all other nations combined. So it comes as no surprise
>that the US military complex is stationed in the Middle East to keep
>the flow of oil going. And to fuel the illusion of perpetual growth.
>Just as people in many Western nations are living off debt, our whole
>industrial civilization is living off energy debt. We just burn resources
>that took millions of years to create. We're stuck and most won't admit
>this is unsustainable, it would mean giving up lots of luxuries we're
>so used to.
>Yet the time will come when we all realize that, and that time may come
>pretty soon. So, the U.S. policy is just a symptom of a greater problem.
>And the case of Iran in particular: the regime there is bad and unpopular.
>There is no doubt about that, although I have met some people who actually
>supported their current president. Some told me there "I pray to God
>to topple this government". It only abuses
>the cause of religion and exploits the traditional religiosity of the
>people. That said, Iran is probably not worse, actually much more "liberal"
>than a long-term U.S. ally - Saudi Arabia, where women can't even drive
>and would probably get flogged if they dared to. The only difference
>is that Saudi Arabia chose not to stand in the way of U.S. interests
>in the region, whereas Iran did so. Iran's Islamic revolution aimed
>to topple the U.S.-backed Shah and one of the many reasons included
>Shah's bowing too much to the U.S. That the new Islamic republic actually
>turned out to be worse than Shah's rule is another matter. Iranians
>now say the Shah was better. The fact that they dislike their government
>does not make them big fans of the U.S. If they had to choose between
>a U.S.-organized violent regime change or defending the government,
>they would defend the government, they would not see it as help from
>outside, but as a criminal attack on their country. They wish to change
>the regime, but not for a puppet government directed by any foreign
>power.
>I think the best solution would be for the U.S. to pull out from the
>region altogether and work really really hard at home to conserve energy
>so they don't have to import it. The prospects for this to happen are,
>however, bleak, no matter who takes office after Bush. There needs to
>be some serious conservation effort here in Europe, too, we shouldn't
>just content ourselves with better gas mileages and a better public
>transport than in the U.S.
>Here in Czech the government is still supportive of U.S. policy, but
>that stance is increasingly unpopular. The reason to lean towards the
>support is because of history, most recently in the 80s when Reagan's
>pressure contributed to the fall of "communism". Or the WW2, when the
>U.S. and the Allies defeated Hitler, who wanted to annihilate our nation.
>But now people see what's going on in Iraq. Most think we shouldn't
>just blindly follow the U.S. in whatever it is doing out of gratitude.
>Some even go on to say that the government is servile to the U.S. as
>it once was to the U.S.S.R.
>I hope I didn't tire you with this long text, but at least you have an
>idea of what I think.
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