america and its issue

"A US congressional committee will likely pass this month a controversial Bill demanding that Japan apologises to World war II-era sex slaves, a lawmaker was quoted saying yesterday." (The Straits Times, 10th March 2007)

What will your reaction be? I was appalled. Firstly because it was, not is, an issue. It is not an ongoing issue, just an unresolved one. Why is the US only bringing up the issue now? My guess is that for the past 64 years or so, the Americans were doing an intensive research on it. I don't know the real reason. It all happened behind close doors. However, now it has made headlines. Therefore, nothing should be concealed. All relevant information has to be disclosed. So, back to the question: Why bring it up now? Not only would it jeopardise their bilateral ties but also realtionship with other countries. According to the writer, the US claim that Japan hasn't apologised but the Japanese said that they "sympathised with the women and had already apologised." So which is true?

The US claimed that Iraq has weapon of mass destruction (WMD) but they have yet to justify. How long has it been? Four years. They say that the 9/11 attack was because of the Al-Qaeda but during the collapse of the twin towers, no Jews were found in the building. Work of Islamic terrorists? I am still wondering...

America: the World Leader? Firstly, who gave them the title? Naom Chomsky writes on Hegemony or Survival. Or was it a self-proclaimed effort just like how President Bush barge into Iraq, like the hero, and save millions of Arabs from the sadistic Saddam Hussein who wanted to annexed the entire Arab nation. Though he faced strong opposition, where in the map is America and Bush's big bottom sitting? Oh, I'm sorry. It was Palestine, or was it Iran, that informed the Bush Administration and asked for help. A few weeks later, BOMB! No words. Just BOOM!

It is puzzling to see our "leader" doing something that might jeopardise themselves. Still, what do you expect from a country who's president sent 300,000 youths to a war-zone area, risking their lives, and one that had sex with his secretary. According to oprah.com," 25 percent of all child sex tourists around the world are U.S. citizens." Though this figure may not be big statistically, what about this then,"the largest number of people trafficked into the United States come from East Asia and the Pacific (5,000 to 7,000 victims)." (oprah.com)

So who should be the one to apologise?