[nukkad] Letter to Bush

["Dr.M.C. Gupta" <>]

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Some time ago, Rohit stated on the mail that I had once written a letter to
George Bush. I thought I never did. had alluded to an old mail of mine. I
had forgotten it. I commend Rohit's memory, even though partial. Mine is a
total failure. I had requested some kind soul to help me trace any letter I
might have written to Bush. Carola was kind enough to lend a helping hand.
She brought to my notice a mail I wrote 5 years ago.


The link to my mail is--

http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/mar2003/msg00853.html

The mail itself is reproduced below for quick reference. [This was 5 years
ago. How prophetic proved to be the writer's words! Bush has on his hands
the blood of an elected president, attacked, caught and murdered judicially
at the behest of Bush. He will pass away, but his country will pay for it.
The sins of great men are suffered by the common man. As I read Coelho's
letter again, I was struck by his words: "Thank you for ignoring us, for
marginalizing all those who oppose your decision, because the future of the
planet belongs to the excluded". This brought to my mind a poem , which
states, in the same context, that:"The meek shall inherit the earth"--

http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1243040

 MCG

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And here is the mail:

*          Subject*: [nukkad] Thank you, President Bush

   - *From*: "Mahesh chandra gupta" <>
   - *Date*: 22 Mar 2003 03:49:34 -0000
   - *Organization*: Mumbai Central
   - *Reply-To*: "Mahesh chandra gupta" <>

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The following is a forward from another site. It is an open letter
to Bushman. Makes interesting and sensible and promising reading.
I recommend reading it.

MC Gupta

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Thank you, President Bush


By Paulo Coelho
The author is a Brazilian writer.
This article was originally published in Portuguese on the Open
Democracy Web site, at www.opendemocracy.net



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Thank you, great leader George W. Bush.

Thank you for showing everyone what a danger Saddam Hussein
represents. Many of us might otherwise have forgotten that he used


chemical weapons against his own people, against the Kurds and
against the Iranians. Hussein is a bloodthirsty dictator and one
of the clearest expressions of evil in today's world.

But this is not my only reason for thanking you. During the first


two months of 2003, you have shown the world a great many other
important things and, therefore, deserve my gratitude.

So, I want to say thank you.

Thank you for showing everyone that the Turkish people and their


parliament are not for sale, not even for 26 billion dollars.
Thank you for revealing to the world the gulf that exists between
the decisions made by those in power and the wishes of the
people.

Thank you for making it clear that neither Jose Maria Aznar nor


Tony Blair give the slightest weight to or show the slightest
respect for the votes they received. Aznar is perfectly capable of
ignoring the fact that 90 percent of Spaniards are against the
war, and Blair is unmoved by the largest public demonstration to


take place in England in the last 30 years.

Thank you for making it necessary for Blair to go to the British
parliament with a fabricated dossier written by a student 10 years
ago, and present this as "damning evidence collected by the


British Secret Service."

Thank you for allowing Colin Powell to make a complete fool of
himself by showing the UN Security Council photos which, one week
later, were publicly challenged by Hans Blix, the inspector


responsible for disarming Iraq.

Thank you for adopting your current position and thus ensuring
that, at the plenary session, French Foreign Minister Dominique de
Villepin's antiwar speech was greeted with applause - something,


as far as I know, that has only happened once before in the
history of the UN, after a speech by Nelson Mandela.

Thank you too, because, after all your efforts to promote war, the
normally divided Arab nations, at their meeting in Cairo during


the last week in February, were, for the first time, unanimous in
their condemnation of any invasion.

Thank you for your rhetoric stating that "the UN now has a chance
to demonstrate its relevance," a statement which made even the


most reluctant countries take up a position opposing any attack on
Iraq.

Thank you for your foreign policy which provoked British Foreign
Secretary Jack Straw into declaring that in the 21st century, "a


war can have a moral justification," thus causing him to lose all
credibility.

Thank you for trying to divide a Europe that is currently
struggling for unification; this was a warning that will not go


unheeded.

Thank you for having achieved something that very few have so far
managed to do in this century: bringing together millions of
people on all continents to fight for the same idea, even though


that idea is opposed to yours.

Thank you for making us feel once more that though our words may
not be heard, they are at least spoken - this will make us
stronger in the future.

Thank you for ignoring us, for marginalizing all those who oppose


your decision, because the future of the planet belongs to the
excluded. Thank you, because, without you, we would not have
realized our own ability to mobilize. It may serve no purpose this
time, but it will doubtless be useful later on.


Now that there seems no way of silencing the drums of war, I would
like to say, as an ancient European king said to an invader: "May
your morning be a beautiful one, may the sun shine on your
soldiers' armor, for in the afternoon, I will defeat you."


Thank you for allowing us - an army of anonymous people filling
the streets in an attempt to stop a process that is already
underway - to know what it feels like to be powerless and to learn
to grapple with that feeling and transform it.



So, enjoy your morning and whatever glory it may yet bring you.

Thank you for not listening to us and not taking us seriously, but
know that we are listening to you and that we will not forget your


words.

Thank you, great leader George W. Bush.

Thank you very much.


"World Peace is us. We are each walking agents
of the vision of peace we carry inside us."


~ Kathleen V. Kiett




-- 
Prof. M C Gupta
MD (Medicine), MPH,  LL.M.,

Advocate & Health and Medico-legal Consultant

mcgupta44@gmail.com
www.writing.com/authors/mcgupta44
http://mcgupta44.blogspot.com/

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