A democratic country?
Every now and then US leaders try to teach us democracy, human rights and justice. They also tell us that the USA is the most successful democracy in the world. Former US President Bill Clinton moves a step forward and claims that the USA is the greatest civilisation on earth. True the USA is the most powerful and prosperous country in the world. But we wonder whether the US leaders preach what they really practice. Don't the activities and powers of the US President George Bush, his confrontations with the US Senate and House of Representatives, his flouting and scoffing of American and world public opinion, invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, indiscriminate killing of millions of innocent people on the one hand and overall US possession of nuclear arms, weapons of mass destruction, stationing of US troops in foreign countries like Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Afghanistan and Iraq for indefinite period point to the real intentions of the US? Would the US leaders kindly clarify the relevant matters for the sake of information, freedom of speech, freedom of press and welfare of billions of people of our good earth?
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