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Titolo: Bush: Se il Messico non vota per la guerra, ci vendicheremo sui Messicani negli USA

Ci sono limiti che Bush non e' disposto a oltrepassare?
Ora minaccia il governo Messicano di razzismo contro i Messicani!!!
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http://www.azstarnet.com/star/today/30309KRUGMAN-Iraq.html
Bush adds Mexico to list of nations he bulliesBy Paul Krugman
'Why does our president condone the swaggering and contemptuous approach
to our friends and allies this administration is fostering, including
among its most senior officials?
"Has Oderint dum metuant really become our motto?" So reads the
resignation letter of John Brady Kiesling, a career diplomat who recently
left the Foreign Service in protest against Bush administration policy.
(The letter is making the rounds on the Internet.)
Oderint dum metuant translates, roughly, as "Let them hate as long as they
fear."
It was a favorite saying of the emperor Caligula and may seem over the top
as a description of current U.S. policy.
But this past week's crisis in U.S.-Mexican relations - a crisis that has
been almost ignored north of the border - suggests that it is a perfect
description of George W. Bush's attitude toward the world.
Mexico is an enormously important ally, not just because of our common
border, but also because of its special role as a showcase for American
ideals.
For a century and a half, Mexico has - often with good reason - seen its
powerful neighbor as an exploiter, if not an outright enemy.
Since the first Bush administration, however, the United States has made
great efforts to treat Mexico as a partner, and Mexico's recent track
record of economic stability and democracy is, and should be, a source of
pride on both sides of the border.
But Mexico's seat on the U.N. Security Council gives it a vote on the
question of Iraq - and the threats the Bush administration has made to get
that vote are quickly destroying any semblance of good will.
Last week, The Economist quoted an American diplomat, who warned that if
Mexico didn't vote for a U.S. resolution it could "stir up feelings"
against Mexicans in the United States.
He compared the situation to that of Japanese-Americans who were interned
after 1941 and wondered whether Mexico "wants to stir the fires of
jingoism during a war." Incredible stuff, but easy to dismiss as long as
the diplomat was unidentified.
Then came Bush's Monday interview with Copley News Service. He alluded to
the possibility of reprisals if Mexico didn't vote America's way, saying,
"I don't expect there to be significant retribution from the government" -
emphasizing the word "government."
He then went on to suggest that there might be a reaction from other
quarters, citing "an interesting phenomenon taking place here in America
about the French . . . a backlash against the French, not stirred up by
anybody except the people."
And Bush then said that if Mexico or other countries oppose the United
States, "there will be a certain sense of discipline."
These remarks went virtually unreported by the ever-protective U.S. media,
but they created a political firestorm in Mexico. The White House has been
frantically backpedaling, saying that when Bush talked of "discipline" he
wasn't making a threat. But in the context of the rest of the interview,
it's clear that he was.
Moreover, Bush was disingenuous when he described the backlash against the
French as "not stirred up by anybody except the people."
On the same day that the report of his interview appeared, The Financial
Times carried the headline, "Hastert Orchestrates Tirade Against the
French."
That's Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House of Representatives. In
fact, anti-French feeling has been carefully fomented by Republican
officials, Rupert Murdoch's media empire and other administration allies.
Can you blame Mexicans for interpreting Bush's remarks as a threat to do
the same to them?
So Oderint dum metuant it is. I could talk about the foolishness of such
blatant bullying - or about the incredible risks, in a multi-ethnic,
multiracial society, of even hinting that one might encourage a backlash
against Hispanics.
And yes, I mean Hispanics, not Mexicans: Once feelings are running high,
do you really think people will politely ask a brown-skinned guy with an
accent whether he is a citizen or, if not, which country he comes from?
But my most intense reaction to this story isn't anger over the
administration's stupidity and irresponsibility or even dismay over the
casual destruction of hard-won friendships.
No, when I read an interview in which the U.S. president sounds for all
the world like a B-movie villain - "You have relatives in Texas, yes?" -
what I feel, above all, is shame.

Ora minaccia il governo Messicano di razzismo contro i Messicani!!!
*ROTFL*
Lo minaccia nella tua fantasia, e non certo nell'articolo che riporti :)
-Stefano


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