One of the children wounded in the American airstrikes on Sadr City, April 11th, 2008:
From: “Gorilla’s Guides”
Filed under: Bush’s war
America Runs From The Truth
If ever proof were needed that many in this country live in a world detached from reality, it is evidenced by the response of certain individuals and mainline media outlets to the remarks made recently by Barack Obama.
That a few simple truths were seized upon as a “political tempest”[1] surely is a backlash from those afraid to admit their bitterness is real, reinforced by media outlets preying on the fear and hopelessness of vulnerable human beings?
What, I wonder, fuels the vehement anti-immigration-ism, illogical demand for gun arsenals, and the “my-god-is-better-than-your-god” mindset so prevalent in small town America today? If it’s bitterness, it is often understandable, given the manner in which successive administrations have sucked away the hopes and dreams of so many Americans over the years.
If it’s not bitterness, it can only be ‘something in the air’.
Clinton supporters in Pennsylvania are bearing slogans reading, “I’m Not Bitter.”
How many of them, I wonder, are out of work, or disabled and trying to claim benefits, or barely getting by working two or sometimes three jobs?
None, is the likely answer.
For the first time – possibly, ever – America, you have a politician prepared to stand up and tell it as it is.
I guess that’s good reason enough to burn him at the stake of American hypocrisy.
[1] “Obama’s remarks give Clinton an opening”, Yahoo News, April 13th, 2008.
Filed under: Crucify him!
The Price Of Savagery
From “Gorilla’s Guides”:
” The number of children who have been handicapped or disabled due to massive U.S. offensives to subdue the restive city of Falluja has reached 500, according to a private aid group.
Alaa Hamed of the Society for the Welfare of Children said the U.S-led military operations in the city have left behind “massive destruction and at least 500 mentally or physically handicapped children.”
Falluja was once the main stronghold of groups opposing U.S. occupation among them al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia.
The city of nearly 200,000 people exchanged hands several times with the U.S. forces deploying disproportionate fire power from warplanes, heavy artillery and helicopter gun ships.
Hamed said all the 500 children were between one to five years of age.
U.S. troops invaded Iraq five years ago.
He said neither the U.S. nor the Iraqi government was paying any attention to their plight.
Hamed said his society was working with international aid organizations to transfer some of the most acute cases to hospitals in Jordan for treatment.”
Filed under: Bush’s war