Wednesday, April 09, 2003 Liberation or Occupation?
*me... thinking out loud*
Now that Saddam regime has fallen, many Iraqis feel liberated. Is it a true liberation or is it the beginning of US occupation in Iraq? What will be the aftermath when this war is over? I'm sure their freedom has a price tag that they have to pay in the future. I can imagine that the US will .. sooner or later ... take over all of the oil plants in Iraq. Restructuring the politics in Iraq ... hhhhmmmm.... how? By taking in a bunch of pro-Americans and leaving out the true Iraqis ... to make it easier for US to rob their resources? What's the real purpose behind this war? I guess the truth will unfold ... soon that is! I don't think the whole war thing will end here. The Arab communities are furious and feel defeated with the fact that the US troops occupying Baghdad. They expected to see a bloody nose on the US government over this confrontation. Apparently, they thought wrong. It's like a slap on the face for those Arabs. I hope they're not planning any kind of revenge 'cuz if that ever happen... that will scare the shit out of me.
Well.. well ... well... seems like the Iraqis are having a ball today. They're celebrating the fall of the Saddam regime... cheering and looting on the streets of Baghdad. It chuckles me when the CNN cameraman captured this scene of a group of Iraqi males holding a US flag with the picture of Sylvester Stallone on it and cheering "U! S! A!". Heheheh I guess they don't know that Stallone is Italian. How funny.
A close friend sent me this link today and I just thought I'd share it with the rest of the world. So everyone can see what the war has done to those innocent children in Iraq. It breaks my heart to see their tears. I feel their pain, anger, and sadness. What have they done to deserve this? Has the world forgotten that its future lies on their hands? Are we pretending to be blind so we can't see their tears? This nightmare has got to stop! God Pleassseee .... send those bastards Saddam and Bush to hell. They can fuck each other in hell for all I fucking care! Oh well, cursing won't help anything. So let's all pray for the children and for a better day to come. May the victims' souls rest in peace. Amien.
When The Children Cry - White Lion
Little child
Dry your crying eyes
How can I explain
The fear you feel inside
Cause you were born
Into this evil world
Where man is killing man
And noone knows just why
What have we become
Just look what we have done
All that we destroyed
You must build again
When the children cry
Let them know we try
When the children sing
Then the new world begins
Little child
You must show the way
To a better day
For all the young
Cause you were born
For the world to see
That we all can live
With love and peace
No more presidents
And all the wars will end
One united world
Under god
Pentagon membayangkan jika AS terpaksa harus menyerang Indonesia berapa kerugian yang harus di pikul pihak AS dan berapa keuntungan pihak Indonesia dari kehadiran tentara AS di sana.
1. Begitu memasuki perairan dataran indonesia, mereka akan di hadang pihak bea cukai karena membawa masuk senjata api dan senjata tajam serta peralatan perang tanpa surat izin dari pemerintah RI. Ini berarti mereka harus menyediakan "Uang Damai", coba hitung berapa besarnya jika bawaanya sedemikian banyak.
2. Kemudian mereka mendirikan Base camp militer , bisa di tebak di sekitas base camp pasti akan di kelilingi oleh penjual Bakso, Tukang Es kelapa, lapak VCD bajakan, sampai obral Cel-Dam Rp. 10000 3 Pcs. 3. Belum lagi para pengusaha komedi puter bakal ikut mangkal di sekitar base camp juga.
3. Kemudian kendaraan-kendaraan tempur serta tank -tank lapis baja yang di parkir dekat base camp akan di kenakan retribusi parkir oleh petugas dari dinas perpakiran daerah. Jika dua jam pertama perkendaraan dikenakan Rp. 10.000,- (maklum tarif orang bule), berapa yang harus di bayar AS kalau kendaraan & tank harus parkir selama sebulan.
4. Di base camp militer, tentara AS sudah pasti nggak bisa tidur, karena nyamuknya masya Allah, gede-gede kayak vampire. Malam hari di hutan yang sepi mereka akan di kunjungi para wanita yang tertawa dan menangis. Harusnya mereka senang karena bisa berkencan dengan wanita ini tapi kesenangan tersebut akan sirna begitu melihat para wanita ini punya bolong besar di punggungnya.
5. Pagi harinya mereka tidak bisa mandi karena di sungai banyak di lalui "Rudal Kuning" yang di tembakkan penduduk setempat dari "Flying helicopter" alias wc terapung di atas sungai. Pasukan AS juga tidak bisa jauh jauh dari pelaratan perangnya, karena di sekitar base camp sudah mengintai pedagang besi loakan yang siap mempereteli peralatan perang canggih yang mereka bawa. Meleng sedikit saja tank canggih mereka bakal siap dikiloin. Belum lagi para curanmor yang siap beraksi dengan kunci T-nya siap merebut jip-jip perang mereka yang kalau di dempul dan cat ulang bisa di jual mahal ke anak-anak orang kaya yang pengen gaya-gayaan.
6. Para komandan di pasukan AS ini juga akan kena tugas tambahan mengawasi para prajuritnya yang banyak menyelinap keluar base camp buat nonton dangdut di RW 06, katanya ada Inul di sana.
Membayangkan ini semua akhinya Rumsfield memutuskan TIDAK AKAN MENYERANG INDONESIA !!!
wahoo... ternyata bokap gue tidak kena SARS tapi kena flu hongkong. Nah lowh.. bedanya apa? Nah itu gue gak jelas deh tapi yang pasti gak separah SARS. Siyal.. gue udah panik2 gitu kepikiran bokap gue kena SARS. Gara2 adek gue nih pagi2 nelpon nangis2. Pas gue kasih tau kalo itu bukan SARS ke adek gue ... eh dia malah sewot balik bilang ... "eh dodol... yang bilang SARS sapah! Orang gue bilangnya flu hongkong.. gak nyambung deh loe." Hihihi... kayaknya emang guenya yang error. Maklum deh.. sapa suruh nelpon pagi2 jam 7. Udah tau otak gue belom konek jam segitu.
Anyway, titipan akhirnya kelar semua. Amiin... amiin... tiga mall dan satu outlet gue jabanin buat nyari titipan doank. Abis mintanya pada aneh2. Ini lagi nih ada yang nitip bola football... gile kenapa gak ama lapangannya aja sekalian. Dikira gampang kali bawa bola segede gitu. Kayaknya yang satu itu gak gue beliin deh. Kalo nitip cd2 doank boleh deh cuma kalo gue tau bakalan ngerepotin gue... kayaknya gak bakalan deh gue bawain. Maapken deh maapken.
Trus2... apa lagi yah. Oh iyee... gue dikasih paid vacation juga sama boss gue dan baru bisa diambilnya week terakhir bulan April. Cihuy... bodo deh ah kalo pulangnya musti diundur lagi... yang penting eyke fekesyen deh au!
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