Friday, September 19, 2008

Politics And Elder Abuse : In Bed Together ?


Islamabad Pakistan

It never ceases to amaze me how closely elder abuse and politics parallel each other, when I read about world events and politics, I seem to be reading about elder abuse , only have to change a few words.

Re: the Pakistani Marriot Bombing credible eyewitnesses said that "all access to the hotel was closed off while the Marines unloaded steel boxes from a white US Embassy truck, bypassed both Pakistani and hotel security, and took these boxes directly to the fourth and fifth floors of the hotel -- just where the fires mysteriously broke out."

In a phone call to an Islamabad TV station, "a group calling itself Fedayeen-i-Islam" has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, according to the Pakistani leading English newspaper Dawn.

Pakistani investigators yesterday said they had found new evidence of al-Qaeda's involvement in the suicide truck bombing of Islamabad's Marriott hotel. Intelligence officials also reported the arrest of up to five militants in connection with planning attacks.

Let's see now: The police are arresting members of one group while another group claims responsibility.

And there you have it; it doesn't matter who did it; it doesn't matter who claimed responsibility; it doesn't matter why Marines were acting mysteriously (and evading security) in the building shortly before it was attacked; it doesn't matter what evidence is collected during the investigation; it doesn't even matter whether there is an investigation.What matters is that the media and the politicians have already decided who's going to be blamed, and who's going to pay the price. And once again -- just like 9/11 -- it won't be the perpetrators.

And there you have it; it doesn't matter who did it; it doesn't matter who perpetuates elder abuse or exploitation ; it doesn't matter why perpetrators act mysteriously , isolate and drug elders before fleecing them ; it doesn't matter what evidence is collected during the investigation; it doesn't even matter whether there is an investigation.What matters is that the guardians , attorneys and judges have already decided who's going to be blamed, and who's going to pay the price. And once again -- it won't be the perpetrators.

And there you have it ....

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