"Anti-Americanism"
Shahjahan Ahmed, Dhanmandi, Dhaka
Mr. S. Khan's letter on anti-Americanism (May 30) was interesting for some un-called for remarks. The USA has been criticised in The Daily Star for the right reasons. The USA lied to the international community by telling them that according to their intelligence sources, Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and force was necessary to destroy those weapons. Where are these weapons? The USA is today held in rest of the world with little respect for its stance in Iraq where it went against world opinion by conjuring lies and making excuses for achieving its interests. Thus criticism of the USA is not by any means anti-Americanism but an honest, objective one of the world's only Super Power, which has unfortunately fallen into the hands of ultra conservatives. Mr. Khan's remarks about USA beating the ultra-Islamic fundamentalists to a pulp is so offensive that one can only question his sanity and his ignorance of what he is talking about. Who are the ultra fundamentalists? Saddam Hussein? Osama bin Laden? But Saddam was not an Islamic fundamentalist and Laden has not been neutralised yet, not if we believe all the alerts that the USA continues to give. If Saddam Hussein or Laden had been killed or brought to justice by the US actions, then one could perhaps given the USA the benefit of the doubt. Neither have been killed or captured but in the process, many thousands of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq have been killed. Does Mr. Khan have any sympathy for the innocent Iraqis or Afghans who have been killed by US operations? How would he respond to the fact that both Saddam and Laden were given the greatest boost to the careers of brutality or terrorism by sponsorships of the US Government and the CIA till they chose to pursue their careers against the US interests rather than against those that the US considered harmful to its interests? * * * This is in reply to S. Khan's "Anti-Americanism." I have been insulted by his comment stating that all Bangladeshis would like to become an American. I am currently studying in USA, but will, without a doubt, go back to my country after my education is complete. Additionally, I have seen numerous other people going back home; these people go back because they either like it better in Bangladesh, or out of a sense of obligation towards their country (which Mr Khan obviously don't have). Since it seems he is so keen to be an American, let me give him an advice on taking a further step in that direction quit reading The Daily Star, and stick to Fox News. Sami Afzal, USA
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