September 2004

NOT IDIOTS... BUT DANGEROUS

WE HAVE TO express profound gratitude to Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish and those of her colleagues courageous enough to maintain their vocal opposition to the process of tying Canada even more tightly into the US Empire's war machine. It is a good sign to see members of the "natural governing party" reject Paul Martin's policy of bowing down to Washington, looking for a few favours in exchange.

On one point, however, we beg to differ with Carolyn Parrish. It would be heartening to believe that the people who support "missile defense" are truly nothing but "idiots." If that were the case, they could be educated to understand the foolishness of cranking up the arms race with this so-called "shield," or perhaps replaced by wiser decision-makers.

The more difficult truth is that the forces pushing Star Wars know perfectly well that this system has nothing to do with the "defence" of North America against non-existent threats, and everything to do with giving the Pentagon for "full spectrum domination" of the air, land, sea and space. "Missile Defence" is an offensive system, not a protective umbrella, planned to give the US the ability to strike first at any potential target.

The military-industrial complex which reaps enormous profits from building weapons systems may be shortsighted, but it is not composed of fools. It is a capitalist social organism which poses a terrible threat to the ongoing existence of the human race, and indeed all higher life forms on this planet. We urge all who love peace to make this point loud and clear on October 2, when the Canadian Peace Alliance is organizing a country-wide day of action against Missile Defence. There is still time to block Canadian participation in this madness before the US election: let's do it!

© 2004 Communist Party of Canada