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Western media miss real focus
B\ Mi \tmii
I he distorting \ ui< e ot the
media lias misrepresented inn
tin t in thf world Instead ot to
i using on the underlying ml
menls afflicting tin A/erli.iij.ini
republic m the Sm iet I uion
Western media and government
_Commentary_
institutions seem to be more
com (Tin'll about the implit a
linns the latest stnle holds till
the polil ii a I" 1 ile ot (India
i he\
U ith their region mm ot i n
pied, hundreds ot Azeris have
been indisi i iniinalely slaugh
leri'd (some run over w ith
tanks], and millions lie sup
pressed under a del .ufeiit ( iom
mumst system, vet the media
i ompel us to see it not as a liu
man tragedy, but as a 'danger
ous com pi ii at ion to
(lorln s reign
( lorhat bev must pre\ail
say s Hush ( )t course the
means to "preyaiI " |( iinseut to
murder). are lett to the i real I ve
mind ol (ini bai hev (although
Hush, being a former ( If A direi
Ini i an show him a pointci or
two) And tanks are sufise
i|uentl\ rushed in to t rush the
slightest whimper of diss.itis
f.u lion dared out liy the help
less populate \o hum.ill tost
is loo big w hen it t nines to
safeguarding the long term m
vestments ol the capitalist
West
Although the media have
depil ted the ret enl strife lie
tween the Azeris and Anne
mans as being the primary is
sue (and one that justifies So\ i
el military interfereni e). the
teal problem I ies with
deep seated grievaut.es which
the Azeri people nurse against
the Sov let I 'nion
I heir region has been lerioi
i/.etl In M.H agents since its
annexation Iw the infamous
Stalin in the I'Utls Sim e then
then entire history has been
falsified, and then Isiaunt lullll
suppiessed anti outlawed to tin
extent that the\ weie tint ed to
adopt the Russian alphabet
111 the et minline sphere Mils
tow has plundered A/eibai
jan's niinerai resoiin es. notabK
oil while investing very little III
return Azerbaijan is largely left
undeveloped. and where it is
industrialized it suffers ecolngi
t_.il disastei
Living conditions have tie
t lined w hile infant mortality is
twice the Soviet average and
uniTiipluvment is g; 0 percent
Appalling health tare and edit
iatiim.il services t tiinplele tile
dismal picture <>l .1 nation lte.it
ed as a snbjet t people In the
ruling 'dux elite of the Soviet
I limit
Hut when the \/.eris th“( the
to revolt against tins tnjuslit e
and. like all free human beings,
stand lip for lilt'll lights lliex
are ruthlessly paid bulk xxilli
death and destrui lion Ami the
Western media reward them
even mitre beautifully b\ mis
representing their plight and
justifying Soviet aggression
against them Ihe \zeris and
their struggle for freedom are
being kilied twit e ovei
llus is not the first revolt
against Soviet domination Ity
Ihe A/ens Manx ot then past
leaders liaxe been assassinated
and their liberation movements
t ruellx suppressed In the Sun
et M dt Who t fluid fiax e ex ei
believed attei decades of com
iinmist flashing that the West
t-iii med 1.1 \\ oillil come to the
defense of tin* Sox lets '
In the past. Russia was the
toil empire ' and evil, natu
rallx t omimls evil Hut now
thanks In the new kid on the
I1I01 k to il has a mix erted
And xvht'iievei one enters a
iiiox "tuilh. thev are automat 1
i.illx granted all the privileges
offered to the lest of that
faith's' members
So even though the same 1 ru
el pr.it I a es are still being per
pet rated In the Soviets the
HOW t.llllltlrs .111(1 Services .it
whit It media is tiic biggest)
provided h\ the lieu church
|c apitdllsm), step lit tills time In
lust it v .ill in thi' n.iinr ut tlic
new order Membership It.is its
pm item’s
\d (ini' spe.ihs lui tlic up
pressed ut tile wtirhl Tltev ur
nut profit,thle llte\ i .ml altord
to advertise Then side is onlv
t.iken when it proves prulil.iltle
to tile niunev l.iunderers ut the
world lint thin are just as easi
Iv forsaken when thin become
a liabililv to then henel.Idols
I lie ( limese students fight tin
drititx rat V is one lei nit exam
pie
As a Muslim. I used to at
wav s think that Muslims wen
bring singled out tin spet lal
( rtiellv Hut to its i redit the
t apituilsl West does not dis
t rilllinale All people, whether
Muslim t'alestmian A/.eri la
tino 01 Asian are eqtmllv
IVlannizahle linn are ail tie
V ol 1 red W it tl tile same appetite
W itli a i rumbling (omuiu
msl s\ stem. and ( apitalist
gains \ isdilv emerging on the
horizon am people (this tune,
it happens to be the Muslims)
bn nine polite nllv expedient
to ensure the long lick to t dpi
Idlism is led In the man ol tire
iits ade
\lt Attnii is a mrin/in ut tin
Muslim student So, u-tt
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