[A-List] UN: Bush Delivers Latest International Hit List

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Subject: [stopnato] UN: Bush Delivers Latest International Hit List


http://www.state.gov/p/io/rls/rm/92719.htm

U.S. Department of State
September 25, 2007

President Bush Addresses the United Nations General
Assembly

United Nations Headquarters
New York City

Released by the White House, Office of the Spokesman

[Excerpts]

[Synopsis: During her US Senate confirmation hearings
for secretary of state in January of 2005, Condoleezza
Rice identified the next targets of US economic
warfare, 'color' subversion and ultimately military
threats: Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea and
Zimbabwe, branding them collectively as 'outposts of
tyranny.'
The latter supplanted the earlier (September 2001)
'states supporting terrorism' - Cuba, Iran, Iraq,
Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria - out of which
three - Iran, Iraq and North Korea - would in January
of 2002 be labeled the 'axis of evil.'
In today's address at the UN Bush has added Sudan and
Syria from the 'states supporting terrorism' list to
the six 'outposts of tyranny' as a clear indication of
which nations he and his Western allies in the
'international community' intend to "liberate from
tyranny and violence."
That all eight nations in question have close
diplomatic, economic and military ties to Russia and
China should not be missed, any more than that US
Secretary of State Rice is the first-ever Cold War era
university-trained Sovietologist to occupy the
position she does and that Robert Gates is the
first-ever Cold War era university-trained
Sovietologist to become a US secretary of defense.
Next, Bush - once again - tallies his foreign policy
triumphs: Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon have been
'liberated' through direct or proxy military force;
"Ukraine and Georgia and Kyrgyzstan and Mauritania and
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Morocco" through 'color
revolutions', Yugoslav-style isolation and the panoply
of sanctions, travel bans, frozen financial assets and
'war crimes' charges and assorted covert assistance.
Morocco, of course, is a monarchy that illegally
seized the former Spanish Sahara in 1975 and has
brutally occupied it since with US and general Western
support. As such, it was already 'liberated.'
The Manichean division of nations, governments and
peoples into enlightened and benighted, free and
enslaved - particularly as Bush, who chastises the
world community below for ignoring nations "suffering
under dictatorship," breezily skips over dozens if not
scores of medievalist, neo-fascist, narco-trafficking
and other US political and military client states as
well as what are nothing other than colonies of the
United States itself and of its NATO allies Great
Britain, France, Denmark and the Netherlands -
proceeds apace to yet more dangerous extremes.
The world cannot pretend not to recognize the nations
identified as US and allied targets; they are Belarus,
Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and
Zimbabwe.
And behind them, Russia and China.]

PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President,
distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen: Thank
you for the opportunity to address the General
Assembly of the United Nations.

Sixty years ago, representatives from 16 nations
gathered to begin deliberations on a new international
bill of rights. The document they produced is called
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - and it
stands as a landmark achievement in the history of
human liberty. It opens by recognizing "the inherent
dignity" and the "equal and inalienable rights of all
members of the human family" as "the foundation of
freedom, justice, and peace in the world." And as we
gather for this 62nd General Assembly, the standards
of the Declaration must guide our work in this world.

Achieving the promise of the Declaration requires
confronting long-term threats; it also requires
answering the immediate needs of today.
....
First, the mission of the United Nations requires
liberating people from tyranny and violence.
....
The United States salutes the nations that have
recently taken strides toward liberty - including
Ukraine and Georgia and Kyrgyzstan and Mauritania and
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Morocco.

The Palestinian Territories have moderate leaders,
mainstream leaders that are working to build free
institutions that fight terror, and enforce the law,
and respond to the needs of their people....

Brave citizens in Lebanon and Afghanistan and Iraq
have made the choice for democracy....The people of
Lebanon and Afghanistan and Iraq have asked for our
help. And every civilized nation has a responsibility
to stand with them.

Every civilized nation also has a responsibility to
stand up for the people suffering under dictatorship.

In Belarus, North Korea, Syria, and Iran, brutal
regimes deny their people the fundamental rights
enshrined in the Universal Declaration.

Americans are outraged by the situation in Burma,
where a military junta has imposed a 19-year reign of
fear. Basic freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
are severely restricted. Ethnic minorities are
persecuted. Forced child labor, human trafficking, and
rape are common. The regime is holding more than 1,000
political prisoners - including Aung San Suu Kyi,
whose party was elected overwhelmingly by the Burmese
people in 1990.

The ruling junta remains unyielding, yet the people's
desire for freedom is unmistakable. This morning, I'm
announcing a series of steps to help bring peaceful
change to Burma.

The United States will tighten economic sanctions on
the leaders of the regime and their financial backers.
We will impose an expanded visa ban on those
responsible for the most egregious violations of human
rights, as well as their family members. We'll
continue to support the efforts of humanitarian groups
working to alleviate suffering in Burma. And I urge
the United Nations and all nations to use their
diplomatic and economic leverage to help the Burmese
people reclaim their freedom.

In Cuba, the long rule of a cruel dictator is nearing
its end. The Cuban people are ready for their freedom.
And as that nation enters a period of transition, the
United Nations must insist on free speech, free
assembly, and ultimately, free and competitive
elections.

In Zimbabwe, ordinary citizens suffer under a
tyrannical regime. The government has cracked down on
peaceful calls for reform, and forced millions to flee
their homeland. The behavior of the Mugabe regime is
an assault on its people - and an affront to the
principles of the Universal Declaration. The United
Nations must insist on change in Harare - and must
insist for the freedom of the people of Zimbabwe.

In Sudan, innocent civilians are suffering repression
- and in the Darfur region, many are losing their
lives to genocide. America has responded with tough
sanctions against those responsible for the violence.
We've provided more than $2 billion in humanitarian
and peacekeeping aid. I look forward to attending a
Security Council meeting that will focus on Darfur,
chaired by the French President. I appreciate France's
leadership in helping to stabilize Sudan's neighbors.
And the United Nations must answer this challenge to
conscience, and live up to its promise to promptly
deploy peacekeeping forces to Darfur.
....
The United States is committed to a strong and vibrant
United Nations. Yet the American people are
disappointed by the failures of the Human Rights
Council. This body has been silent on repression by
regimes from Havana to Caracas to Pyongyang and Tehran
- while focusing its criticism excessively on Israel.
To be credible on human rights in the world, the
United Nations must reform its own Human Rights
Council.

Some have also called for reform to the structure of
the Security Council, including an expansion of its
membership. The United States is open to this
prospect. We believe that Japan is well-qualified for
permanent membership on the Security Council, and that
other nations should be considered, as well....

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