Katrina? Don't Give to Hurricane Bush

By Shujaat Wasty  - September 17, 2005 shuj@videotron.ca

Montreal: As a general rule, lending a helping hand to one another is an obligation upon every citizen of Earth. The aftermath of Katrina, however, has complicated things - in more ways than one - much to the already unfortunate situation of its victims.

Undeniably, the United States of America has a pool of more than adequate financial resources to take care of the victims of Katrina and its fallout. However, those resources have been invested in an evil investment: terrorizing poor people all over the world.

Yes, it is mainly the poverty-stricken populace that has experienced the brunt of this storm and are now left with even less. Nevertheless, the fact remains that if the US government sincerely wanted to help them, they would stop their global Crusade and would actually start taking care of their own citizens. If the Bush administration truly and sincerely wanted to help all those disaster-struck people, they would stop bombing underdeveloped/developing nations and using that as pretext to marginalize certain segments of society, and start to truly protect their own citizens regardless of race, colour, ethnicity and creed.

Many Muslim groups are busy collecting funds for the victims of this disaster, and many Arab and Muslim countries have offered a tremendous amount of aid, highlighted by Kuwait's $500million, Qatar's $100million[1] and Iran's offer of sending 20million barrels of crude oil to the US[2]. As much as this gesture of humanity is one that can be appreciated, the fact remains that donating money for this cause allows the Neo-Cons to continue to fund their terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere; therefore, the donor is essentially funding the biggest problem in the world today: Neo-Con and Zionist Imperialism.

There is much media coverage of Katrina's fury and that can perhaps explain the generosity that is being shown by people. However, there are many ignored and more serious avenues that are in dire need of funding; for example, there are hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan that have been devastated by Neo-Con terrorism. Perhaps the money could be used in sponsoring an orphan through a legitimate charitable organization, such as Human Concern International (HCI)[3][3], so as to give him/her a life and to prevent them from falling prey to any missionary, pedophile, or organized sex rings.

There is also a grave famine in Niger affecting millions of people - including at least 800,000 children[4] - as well as in other parts of Africa, not to mention the thousands of street kids and orphans in Asia whose otherwise bleak futures can be completely altered with minimal funding.

Assuming all the countries that are pledging money and offering assistance are doing so in line with the principle of helping their fellow man rather than currying favour with any Earthly superpower, where are all the donations for these other causes? Where is all the generosity?

Katrina may not have been stoppable, yet Hurricane Bush is. Giving money will cause more victims as it will undoubtedly strengthen this Disaster and allow him to continue his path of destruction all over the world, including in the United States.

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[1] http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050905-115927-8813r

[2] http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=9682

[3] http://www.humanconcern.org/  

[4] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/02/earlyshow/main713303.shtml