Letter to the Freedom Fighters of Fallujah, and to All the People of Iraq

I apologize to you that George Bush robbed, ransacked and pillaged your museums – removing priceless artifacts that reflected the great beginnings of your noble civilization. Then he destroyed your universities, trying to obliterate your indigenous, ancient culture and the great intellect of your people.

I apologize to you for George Bush’s complete disdain for the Geneva conventions, in his rape, torture and murder of innocent men, women and children inside the walls of Abu Ghraeb prison. May God protect the newly captured freedom-fighters of Fallujah! Let them not also be stripped, raped, tortured and murdered by their captors inside the walls of another Abu Ghraeb!

I apologize to you that George Bush blocked the Red Crescent and other aid agencies from entering Fallujah yesterday and today to bring food, water and medicines to the handful of survivors.

I apologize to you that in the destruction of Fallujah, it was not enough for George Bush to drop 500-ton bombs on your people from 30,000 feet above. No, he had to also use napalm (again breaking Geneva conventions) on your soft flesh to make your sufferings unbearable! He is worse than Saddam. Bush made some of us ashamed to say we are American!

I apologize to you for the American soldiers who came to Iraq. Some came to defend America. Others came because they could not find work here at home, so they joined the US army to survive. To get a salary and feed their families, they kill the innocent people of Iraq, who only want to be free of foreign invaders! Other soldiers came to Iraq to defend America. But they never once stopped to think, to question, whether they had a moral right to torture, maim and murder the warm, hospitable people of Iraq!

I apologize to you for the unspeakable, unpardonable crime of George Bush that the air, soil and water of your country is now contaminated with depleted uranium dust from American bombs, that this dust will poison your country for centuries to come, and will cause many of your babies to be born as mutations – with two heads or missing arms. Witness Afghanistan!

I apologize to you for the cold, cruel, callous nature of Mr. Bush. He flouts international law and rendered the United Nations impotent. He is incapable of caring for even a single suffering civilian in your country. Again and again he refers to Iraqis as ‘the killers.’ But he is the killer of 100,000 Iraqis! He gave the orders!

I apologize to you that this war is conducted only to make George Bush and his cohorts richer. Their greed is insatiable, their pursuit of wealth endless and relentless. Witness Halliburton, Bechtel, Chase Morgan, Citibank, Carlyle and Monsanto.

I apologize to you that George Bush passed an evil law in your country banning your farmers from using their indigenous seeds, which were cultivated by your people for thousands of years – and forcing you by law to now buy GM seeds annually from US corporations. Bush has also flattened your beautiful date palm orchards and destroyed centuries of Iraqi agriculture.

I apologize to you that Mr. Bush installed a puppet prime minister in your country, who matches Mr. Bush in coldness and cruelty, and who serves as poodle number two – Blair being poodle number one. All these crimes against your country, all these sufferings of your people, have happened under the watch of Mr. Bush. He is directly responsible for your sufferings!

I apologize to you that George Bush will torture you for four more years. He and his cohorts rigged the electronic voting machines on November 2nd, 2004. For the second time, he became president through fraud. (See www.blackboxvoting.org.) When there is election fraud here in America, how can the US stage elections in Iraq? Those elections will also be based on fraud and corruption! Witness Afghanistan!

I apologize to you that I have no power to change my government. What power does one woman have? What can I do but tell you that my heart bleeds for you – for the freedom fighters of Fallujah who give their lives in the noble fight to drive out the imperialist American invaders plundering Iraq and helping themselves to the oil! What can I do but weep in pain at the sorrows and sufferings of your people.

These days will come to an end. Clouds cannot overcast the sun forever. The creatures of darkness will one day be vanquished, and your people will once again be free. Your land is sacred. Your land is your mother. You are enduring countless pains, agonies, and humiliations. But one day you will be free, and your land will once again be yours.

I want to tell you, please have hope. Please know that God is great! Please know that there are people in every country of the world who love you, who long for you to be free, who long to see you once more smiling and laughing. Human beings were not born for weeping. They were born for rhythm and song, to take joy in the blue sky, the gentle breeze, the sweet song of birds and smiling flowers. Please know that one day we will together become one world, one humanity, and one family. We will join hands together and be free! Let the moralists of the world unite and work together to bring that day near! With love from your sister,

Garda Ghista
Kentucky, USA