The River

Wednesday, November 17, 2004


I'll wake up in the morning and read about 50 of our soldiers dying in five days...and will automatically wonder how many Iraqi children died during those same five days, and then I will think about what I did over the past five days and feel completely ashamed and guilty that I have so much and they had so little...yet still we took it away.

"When nothing's what you've got, Nothing means a lot." Still, we take it away from them.

Why? Why? Can anybody out there tell me WHY this is happening? Does George W. Bush have THAT MUCH POWER?

How could we give power to a murderer? Why aren't we out in the streets? Where is everybody?

--

elaine in Petaluma

A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION


800 Civilians Feared Dead in Fallujah

”our estimate of 800 civilians is likely to be too low.” -- Red Cross Official.

posted by Bruce at 9:03 AM
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Comments:
Elaine represents an individual American, and, for me, a lot more truth than your statement here. I don't think reducing the answer to Elaine's question to "Americans are stupid and brutal," while obviously true for some, is very productive. Quite the opposite. It cuts off thinking, as does this hyperbole from Xymphora:

"The only possible reason which explains the attack on Falluja and the attitude of Americans towards it is that Americans like to see dead Muslims. I think the American people owe the German people an apology. Unimaginable evil can happen anywhere, and with remarkable ease."

I feel compelled to point out that demagoguery such as this is WHY governments can get away with their crimes. I should also point out that the American people are not evil; they are not informed, not aware.
# posted by Blogger Bruce : 7:59 AM
 
who are these "Americans" you speak of?
Stupid, mindless, moral cripples? Did I say that? Does that characterize Elaine? Fuck no. Yet she is an American. See the problem?
# posted by Blogger Bruce : 1:26 AM
 
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