Bill Sykes' - In Retrospect
IV.
(December 2006)
Bill Sykes
looks back in retrospect at material which has been published
in previous editions of "View from America",
in an attempt to determine whether the subject matter
written then is still applicable in today’s world.
These observations have been extracted from Bill
Sykes Newsletter “View from America”. November
2002 Edition.
Article #4C.
Subject:
John writes from Canada.
I really enjoyed your recent column, but
am surprised that you didn’t
make more of the loss of American civil rights since
the September 11th incident, which brought into force
the restriction of rights that the American public
have enjoyed since the writing of the Constitution. As
a non-American citizen I think the new laws have
been overdone and the restrictions imposed give the
law enforcement agencies far more power than they require
and will have far reaching consequences for current
and future generations of Americans.
With respect
to the subject of the possible torture of political
detainees, hasn’t
the American Government set the scene to use such means
of interrogation by using the new law to detain people
secretly without legal representation, or without
charges being made, for as long as deemed necessary.
The general consensus here in Canada is that the George
Bush threats against Iraq is all a matter of a personal
vendetta to complete what George Bush Senior failed to
do and has really nothing to do with weapons of mass
destruction.
John
Comment.
I can only answer John’s comment
" That
perhaps I should have made more of the an issue of the
infringement of American civil rights", by
saying that from time to time in several issues of the
newsletter I have quoted the world as envisaged by George
Orwell in his book "1984", with the fervent
hope that maybe there are a few American readers of the
Huddersfield One web site who have heard of George Orwell
and recognize the implications of his predictions.
The torture of political detainees is an introduction
into the barbaric world of sadistic practices and goes
very much against the grain of the honored traditions
of the American people’s Bill of Rights and Civil
Liberties, which have always been the rallying cry against
countries such as China, Russia, South Africa, (apartheid),
and also certain Arab and African countries.
I too must confess to being of the opinion that President
George Bush is looking for any excuse to complete what
his father before him George Bush Senior failed to do,
the removal of Saddam Hussein and the Americanization
of the Iraqi people with perhaps the added colonialist
ambition of controlling the vast oil reserves that exist
in Iraq.
Note: To view the complete November 2002 edition of “View
from America” please click HERE.
Disclaimer
Some of the information gathered for this news letter
has been gleaned from American and International media
sources, (including the Internet), and as such is quoted
as accurately as possible. I try to obtain confirmation
on each subject from several outlets, so the text is
a mixture of composite news items and personal comments
and therefore the reader must make his/her own judgment
as to the reliability and degree of accuracy of the subjects
discussed.
We
welcome feedback about any of the contents of these articles.
Please send all correspondence to bill_sykes@huddersfield1.co.uk
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