Spanish Author: Regarding NATO US Gaddafi oil

My first letter in Spanish! This in response to an author explaining that NATO and the US want to invade Libya to occupy it for its oil. The line that set me off: "you can agree or disagree with Qaddafi" (My response: no, you can't). Later I found out that the article in question was written by Fidel Castro. Had I known that I would have written a slightly different letter but the points I make here still seem to me worth making. I did find a good article on the matter on Al-Jazeera English. It's long but the last section makes the points relevant to my argument. http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/201132093458329910.html

En su análisis de la situación en Libia escrito mientras siguen las protestas y la respuesta a mano dura del gobierno del coronel Gaddafi, el autor comenta “se puede estar o no de acuerdo con el Gaddafi” Este comentario me preocupe. ¿Con qué pudiéramos “estar de acuerdo con el Gaddafi”¿Qué pudiera él mostrar al mundo como justificación? El autor sigue “Habrá que esperar el tiempo necesario para conocer con rigor cuánto hay de verdad o mentira” de las noticias saliendo actualmente de Libia. Sin embargo, no nos dice nada sobre lo que debemos hacer mientras esperemos ese día claro y probablemente lejano. Le pongo la pregunta al autor: ¿En cuál verdad debemos confiar actualmente? ¿En imágines de ríos de sangre en las calles de Trípoli que salen en el YouTube y los noticieros como Al Jazeera o en las aseguranzas de la dictadura de Gaddafi que nos cuentan de que todo en Libia sigue tranquilito? De esto tengo confianza, la gente del mundo tiene que aliarse con alguien.

Claro es que el negro del petróleo está tanto en su color como en las intenciones de las personas y gobiernos, incluso los EEUU, que lo quieren controlar.

Para la gente que se ha, por años resistido a las imposiciones del gobierno del EEUU sobre países latinoamericanos es fácil aliarnos a cualquier quien se opone al nombrado “monstruo” que es el EEUU. Pero hay que tener cuidado no caer en el engaño que el enemigo de nuestro enemigo es nuestro amigo. Esa actitud pertenece a una desgraciada política que aprecia lo pragmático más alto que lo bueno. Al contrario, como hermanos en solidaridad con el pueblo de Libia nos toca reclamar la violencia que sí sucede en ese país actualmente. Nuestra conciencia no nos permite estar a favor del Gaddaffi en este momento.

Atentamente,

-HW

Kirk: Twitter, Egypt

Dear Senator Kirk,

I read your Twitter feed today in which you said “Now we should support the army and the transitional gov[ernment] to prevent [the] rise of the radical Muslim Brotherhood.” I was disappointed by this remark. I would hope that your allegiance would lie with the Egyptian people and that you would say as much. I have spoken to a few Egyptian colleagues both here and in Cairo who say that the people who started this revolution are as adamant about rejecting a potential caliphate as they were about bringing down the Mubarak regime. If there’s anything today has shown us it is that we should not doubt neither the will of the Egyptian people nor their resolve. Let’s get behind them and encourage the army to follow.

Thank you for your service,

-HW

Constituent

Kirk: "Wastebook on Facebook" budget, Israel

Dear Senator Kirk,

I was annoyed and disappointed by your recent “Wastebook on Facebook” email. You really felt it worth my time to send me an email to 'call out' a puny two million wasted dollars in the federal budget?! Knowing the approximate size of the federal budget I have reason to take offense at your measure of my intelligence. Your inference that cutting those little programs addresses “one of the key threats to the future of our country” is like suggesting that a working couple facing foreclosure can save their home if they start ordering the Grande instead of the Venti latte at Starbucks.

If we want to get serious about cutting the budget I have some other programs I’d like to discuss. Let’s start with the $33 billion dollars we spend each year in military aid to Israel. I would like the Isreali Defense Forces to pay us back for every single American missile that went off target killing innocent civilians in 2008-2009 Gaza Incursion. I think that should be more than enough to pay for internet dating studies, Grateful Dead archives and poetry in zoos. Frankly, I could use some peaceful walks in the zoo to recuperate from the disgust I feel watching my elected representatives equivocate about asymmetrical attacks on civilian populations.

You are a thoughtful, intelligent politician and I expect more of you than this rhetorical rubbish.

Thank you for your service,

HW

Constituent, voter

Schakowsky: Egypt, Mubarak

Dear Representative Schakowsky,

I have been watching the situation in Egypt with great concern. It is time for the Obama Administration to publicly ask Mr. Mubarak to step down. Egyptian people have long been our allies in the region and they have now spoken clearly and with great courage. They want Mubarak to leave immediately. We need to be their friend in this moment and join the chorus of their voices.

Thank you for your service to our country,

-HW

Constituent, Voter

Tribune: Egypt

President Obama must publicly encourage Mr. Mubarak to step down. Today I spoke with a colleague in Cairo who wished me to extend a greeting of peace to all Americans and who re-iterated what I have heard everywhere in the news. Mubarak must leave now. This is the will of the people. As an ally of the Egyptian people we must encourage their leader to do the right thing.

Obama: Mubarak, Egypt

Dear Mr. President,

Please publicly encourage Mr. Mubarak to step down. A few hours ago got off the phone via Skype with a colleague in Egypt who underscored what I have heard in all the news reports out of Egypt. Mubarak must leave. This is the will of the people. As an ally of the Egyptian people we must encourage their leader to do the right thing.

All Reps: Mubarak, Egypt

(phone call to switchboards)

My name is HW I am your constituent. I live at XXX Chicago....

Please urge President Obama to pressure Mr. Mubarak to step down. It seems clear to me that President Mubarak has every intention to push out the Press so that a violent crackdown can occur on peaceful demonstrators without the world seeing it. If President Mubarak refuses to step down, we need to withdraw our military aid, which is my tax money, from the Egyptian military.

Thank you