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Now a bomb, undetermined origin, has killed upwards of another 50 civilians. But does it matter where it came from? No. The only thing that is assured is those 50 + people would be alive today had Bush kept his cock in his pants. (This is not a thread for debate, so keep out spunk if you have nothing to offer otherwise) I was listening to a reporter speaking to a protesting Egyptian professor. Paraphrasing, the professor said...'look we supported America after 9-11, we had sympathy for you. A huge injustice was delivered upon you. Now, your president is turning us not only against him, but the American people as well. The people of America are being delivered a terrible injustice from their very own president. I used to believe America was a just country, but not anymore' *sigh* Im afraid of what Bush has done to our world standing. Im afraid he has made this world more dangerous for me and my friends and family. We now have Iraqi intelligence individuals targeting our interests abroad they say (how soon homeland?). This war is a recruitment call for those who have already delivered us injustice as well as pulling those, who stopped short of action, over. The dead bodies of innocents are as good a reason as it gets. Im afraid of all the men and women who will die in the coming days at the hands of Iraqi guerilla tactics and perhaps chemicals. If they do use the chemicals...does it serve as an automatic qualifier for this war? No. Because the only 'for sure" there is that the weapons have been used (god forbid). Had Bush kept his cock in his pants there was no guarantee of their use. Im not that idea is as clear as Id like it to be, but im sure you can get my jist. When was the last time you heard of a family, whose house and life was ruined by an American bomb actually welcoming Americans in their cities? Where's the logic in that. It won't happen. Im afraid for those poor souls misguided by a tyrrant, yet led to protect their homeland (like most would do). Im most afraid those innocents caught in the middle who didnt ask for any of this. Im afraid of the fires that are starting to erupt throughout the region, in neighboring countries. Im afraid of the huge disservice that this motherfucker is doing to our country, in our name. Im afraid this war serve as the flushing of the toilet with the giant crap that is our economy. As world sentiment grows against the US, and US goods are target for more and more boycott. In short, im afraid of the giant fucking mess the leaders in Washington have made. |
Seriously, read this -- http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm -- and tell me what you think. |
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There are a couple of signatures on that letter that I would group with Rummy. Wolfowitz and Perle. Im surprised Cheney's isnt on it. I mean really....lets not beat around the Bush (get it????/ayeeeee i kill me) Dubya just isnt bright enough. He's always falling back on Reagan and Daddy's era of republican, military stalwarts. "fuck Saddam, we're taking him out' he's a kid given the illusion of control. im afraid you may be right, admittedly we'll never know. |
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but you know. id like to try and remember this thread, come back to it in a month, and see what exactly has transpired in this war and see how right or wrong my fears are. |
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Just wanted to say that I understand what you mean and where you are coming from. I have been there myself, and go back there still on occasion. I have been there a lot in the past 6 months especially. |
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[On a side note, I have been singing to myself for most of the day; "run to the hills, run for your life"] |
that's what we sing here in the hills, anyway. |
i mean real action. maybe. i think my fears have little to do with the fact that im about to be a father. i dont feel my immediate world is necessarily any more or less safe than it was 2 weeks ago. i honestly belive if another attack comes on US soil it will not directly hit me. i have to believe this despite living in #2 big city. i think my fears, as to how they manifested into this particular thread yesterday had everything to do with the constant ups and downs I experience in particularly emotional and catastrophic times. that is, catastrophic for them, and emotional for me subsequently. last night i was able to recite dave's brilliant "how many dead soldiers for a Halliburton contract? who cares we're rich" joke to angry sam and actually laugh and be cynical about other aspects of the war. so, you know....whatever. |
i never hear your outrage about it, so i was wondering if you knew anything. |
i am aware, on an elementary level of the injustice by Mugabe in Zimbabwe...as far as that continent goes. |
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