Nobel laureate flays Bush
Jun. 1, 2006. 01:00 AM
HAROON SIDDIQUI
Gunter Grass, celebrated German novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, sculptor and commentator, is a living legend. When this Nobel laureate speaks, people listen.
The death toll from America's "three Gulf Wars," as he called it — "the first one having been fought by Saddam Hussein against Iran, with support from the United States" — runs into hundreds of thousands.
"In Western evaluation, not only are there first-, second- or third class citizens among the living, but also among the dead."
As for Bush and Tony Blair, he says, "whenever their lies lack persuasive power, they put God into harness. Hypocrisy is written all over their faces. They are like the priests and missionaries of old who used to bless weapons and carry death with their Bibles into distant countries."
The enormity of U.S.-initiated death, destruction and torture, places a burden on the citizens of democracy to be more vigilant: "Who wanted this war? What are the lies that have disguised its true purpose? Who profits from it? Whose shares go up because of it?"
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