Bush: Another Agressive Act Against the World

Described by Admiral James Stavridis as the absolute power apotheosis
of navel combat, the USS Gridley was recently inaugurated in the Port
of Miami before 4,000 spectators who observed the Pentagon’s most
recent lethal creation.

The new vessel, with directed missiles and 272 crewmembers, was
baptized with the name of US captain Charles Gridley who directed the
cannons of his vessel Olympia against the Philippines during the
beginning of the Cuban-Spanish-American war in the 19th century; a war
that ended by ripping away from the Cuban people the independence they
had won from Spain.

While the inauguration of the new deadly machinery was held in Miami,
the cradle of terrorist aggressions against Cuba, the international
media announced the death of another US soldier in Iraq, rising the
number of deaths to 3,121 since the beginning of the invasion.

According to US sources, in the month of February alone, 37 US soldiers
were killed. With the increase of occupation troops in Iraq, without
counting the number of "contractors," the number of coffins covered
with US flags continues to grow.

But George W. Bush continues to increase troops in Iraq as well as its
strategy of double moral on the issue of terrorism, despite having lost
support and a found rejection of his decisions in foreign and domestic
policies.

The imperial leader on one hand increases military expenditure while
reducing social spending. According to activists, the budget approved
by the US President to combat HIV/AIDS in 2008 is not enough. The AIDS
Institute in the US alongside other health entities coincide that the
figure is not enough to carry out an efficient fight against HIV which
affects 1.2 million people in the US, 500,000 of whom are
African-Americans.

Rebecca Haag, Executive Director of the Action Counsel against AIDS
said that "the needle is pointing the wrong way," risking the lives of
many Americans. Bush approved a total of $21 million USD to combat the
disease in 2008 through the Ryan White CARE Act, which provides care
and medicine, but it is not enough to finance social services and the
necessary medicine for those who live with HIV, said Gene Copello,
Executive Director of the AIDS Institute.

On the one hand, $21 million USD is not enough to care for millions of
lives at risk and, on the other hand, $1 billion USD is used to destroy
millions of lives. Meanwhile, US social security is more and more
uncertain in the US especially for retirees.

An article published in the online edition of Money and Markets refers
the large debt with retirees contracted by giant corporations that have
reached $450 billion USD. Among these companies are General Motors,
Ford and Exxon. The deficit includes retirement benefits including
healthcare spending.

In total, US companies owe close to $1.5 billion USD above what is owed
for pensions and benefits. And what does the mass media have to say
about these realities? Nothing. However, they have lots of praise for
the deadly arsenal of the US Navy.

Author: Luis Alberto Chirino