We Gotta Do What We Can

TONY BLAIR SHOWS THAT BRITAIN MEANS BUSINESS WITH STRATEGY FOR SOLVING UNEMPLOYMENT

I can't help but think about the way the imposition of the New World Order is affecting ordinary people on a daily basis. Also I know there are many people out there who are utterly sickened by the way that elected politicians can continue to claim success where there is clearly failure, such as in Iraq , profess democratic ideals yet support the detention without charge of thousands of Palestinians, prevaricate over calling for an unconditional ceasefire in Lebanon and yet continue to behave as if they hold the moral high ground whilst hundreds of men women and children die just because they happen to live where they do. Tony Blair and most of his sycophants have become part of a worrying programme aimed at bringing about a frightening reality where soldiers rarely venture out onto the battlefield to do the dirty work whilst the so called "War Fighters" sit behind their computer terminals guiding ever more sophisticated UCAVs (Unmanned Combat Ariel Vehicles) to deliver their payloads at targets designated as causing a threat to the status quo, usually resulting in widespread death of innocent civilians and untold damage to private property and community services and infrastructure. This is the modern war that is envisaged as being necessary in the fight to bring American neo-conservative so called democratic values to the world. Tony Blair, the politically bankrupt outgoing British Prime Minister still somehow expects us to invest some vestiges of moral legitimacy in him and his gung ho approach to ignoring the deafening criticism of liberal thinkers everywhere in the world. When people voted Labour in 1997 did they really think they would elect a Leader into office who takes more notice of the inner sanctums of the Pentagon than of his own Cabinet? I seriously doubt it.

So now with Iraq ravaged by what increasingly looks like civil war, and Lebanon and Gaza suffering from outrageous over the top systematic destruction aimed at completely cowing the civilian populations in all three of these countries where democratic elections have been held, what can we ordinary people in West Wales do to contribute to bringing about peace? This is the question that will be posed at a public meeting to be held in Carmarthen at St Peters Hall on 17th August 2006 doors open 7.30pm. This meeting is being organised by Bro Emlyn For Peace and Justice and all people with ideas for NVDA (non-violent direct action) are invited to attend. There will be speakers, including Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Plaid Cymru AM) and people are asked to come to this meeting with ideas.


The Campaign Against Arms Trade website is very clear about how our taxes are being used to fuel war in the Middle East.