America
Must Be put on the Right Track
By Ibrahim Ebeid
The Majority of
Americans feel that President George W. Bush and his Administration
deceived them. Indeed they were tricked to believe that America was in grave
danger and Americans might die by the thousands if Mr. Saddam Hussein released
his “weapons of mass destructions and his inter continental missiles” across
the oceans into the United States. Or he might give his “destructive
weapons” to some American hater organizations in order to create havoc, terror
and death. This dread spread across
America, people were frightened and America went astray.
Bush was successful
in rallying the Majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate behind
him to launch his aggressive war against Iraq that led to the occupation of that
country.
Former Vice President
Al Gore said in reference to
the war against Iraq, “The
direction in which our nation is being led is deeply troubling to me -- not only
in Iraq but also here at home on economic policy, social policy and
environmental policy. “
President Bush has
betrayed the American people and American values Millions of us Americans share
the “ feeling that something pretty basic has gone wrong in our country and
that some important American values are being placed at risk.” We want the people to control America and we demand our
Representatives to restore the dignity of America and restore and protect our
values. We demand our Representatives to put America back on its right track.
Former Vise President
Al Gore was right again when he said, “The way we went to war in Iraq
illustrates this larger problem. Normally, we Americans lay the facts on the
table, talk through the choices before us and make a decision. But that didn't
really happen with this war -- not the way it should have. And as a result, too
many of our soldiers are paying the highest price, for the strategic
miscalculations, serious misjudgments, and historic mistakes that have put them
and our nation in harm's way.”
The policies of the
United States are creating many problems in the World. These policies that are
motivated by blind visions and selfishness of our present and past
Administrations must be changed. Our foreign policies should be based on peace,
justice, and equality. Human values and respect of other nations’ right to
decide their way of life and destiny must be revered and respected. Cooperation
between nations must replace domination.
President Bush
occupied Iraq on false pretences that many of us Americans came to see clearly.
He violated the Charter of the United Nations as well as our Constitution.
Our young men and
women are dying in this war that will have no end until this Administration is
replaced and the mistakes are corrected, cooperation must replace domination and
our troops must come home to build America and revive its economy.
President Bush is not
concerned about the problems that America is facing at home and abroad. He is
concerned to build an empire and claim himself the dominating ruler of the
World. He continues to create fear and havoc to scare the American people in
order to secure his election in 2004. The danger that America is facing could be
avoided if we replace the policies of domination for cooperation, then everyone
will love and respect America.
The President is
avoiding the real major problems that America is facing. Problems such as,
Poverty, Homelessness, Unemployment, Housing, the Elderly, Medicines for the old
and the poor, and the list is very long. If he continues in this path America
will crumble and fall. We need to rescue America and to replace his regime with
a new wise and peace loving Administration that cares for America and respect
other nations.
America should stop
wasting our money on building empires. We should stop wasting billions of
dollars on wars and on far away countries that the Administration wants to put
under our domain
The billions that we
are spending on armaments and wars should be spent on America in order to help
secure good life to all Americans. Those billions are needed here to help
eliminate all the serious problems that America is facing at home. Such as:
Homelessness
Homelessness is a big
problem in the United States, according to figures provided by the US
Department of Health and Human Services, up to 600,000 men, women, and
children go homeless each night in the US.
Recent evidence confirms that homelessness
among families is increasing. A survey of 25 U.S. cities found that in the
year 2000, families with children accounted for 36% of the homeless population
(U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2000), with requests for emergency shelter by
families with children increasing an average of 17% from previous the year.
In New
York City alone, city officials estimated that there were 30,000 people
utilizing the shelter system on a daily basis, more than at any other time in
the city's history.
Unemployment
Unemployment is
another serious problem that the Bush Administration is ignoring. Millions of
people are losing their jobs or are accepting cut off in their salaries. When
people lose their jobs certainly they cannot pay their mortgages or their
property taxes and at the end they loose their homes and become homeless.
People with low in income are prone to become homeless as well.
The Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reports the unemployment
rate is the highest in nine years.
The unemployment rate
rose to 6.4 percent in June.
The number of
unemployed persons increased by 360,000 in June to 9.4 million.
Teenage unemployment
rose to 19.3%.
There were 2 million
persons unemployed for 27 weeks.
478,000 persons are
considered discouraged workers who have given up looking for work because they
believe no jobs are available for them.
Manufacturing cut
56,000 jobs, bringing total job cuts in the sector to 2.6 million in last two
years.
The rise in the
employment rate was greater than the 6.2% that had been predicted, surprising
economists who had forecasted a lower increase.
In addition, the New
York Times reported recently that this is the worst job market in twenty
years. The economy has lost more than two million jobs since the most recent
recession began in March 2001.
Senior Americans
This grave problem
should be tackled and corrected. Our seniors spent their entire lives working
and building this country. Contrary to George Bush and others in the
Administration, the majority of them have served this country in war and peace.
Some of them are veterans and live in poverty. Senior citizens cannot afford to
pay for medicine. The price of
medicine is sky high and our Administration is busy in launching wars around the
World and ignoring our seniors. It is time to reward the elderly for their great
contributions for building America. The money is needed here.
We need a regime
change right here in Washington. Let us spend our money here in America to
provide decent life for all of its citizens. Let us provide food, homes,
education and medicine for everyone. We can do it. Let us follow the policy of
cooperation not domination and occupation.