Imperial
Hubris by Michael Scheuer, 2004, Excerpts
The U.S. has allied
itself with regimes whose barbarism has long earned the Muslim world’s hatred.
The Persian Gulf regimes – especially Saudi Arabia – are among the earth’s most
corrupt, dictatorial, and oppressive. They rule peoples eager to be free of
their yoke and who think their torturers survive because of U.S. protection.
Washington and the West have supported the Muslim tyrannies Islamists seek to
destroy. We have nothing in common with the regimes; the tie is based
overwhelmingly on the West’s obsession with cheap oil.
Washington’s
half-century record of safeguarding tyrannies entirely discredits for Muslims
any claim we make of intending to build democracies. The creditability issues
that result from America’s proven taste for any Muslim tyrant who maintains
internal order and stability, peace with Israel, and low oil prices destroys
what little democracy-building potential we may possess.
Few Muslims would
oppose the destruction of these apostate governments that are among the
planet’s most brutal, repressive, corrupt, and hypocritical, family ruled
regimes that have the profits from oil sale to fund their own debauchery and
rent the loyalty of their bankers, businessman, and academics.
No comments:
Post a Comment