Insanity marching on
Earlier I wrote the post below, and since then have been reading in other blogs and other sources regarding statistics and casualties of war. In order to really drive the point home about the idiocy of our government trying Hussein for 149 deaths, look at the following for current figures on the death toll directly caused by the invasion of Iraq by the U.S. Media Memorial Day
From Yahoo news today (excerpt):
In Baghdad’s heavily guarded Green Zone, Saddam and seven co-accused returned to court to face charges of crimes against humanity in the killings of 149 Shi’ites in the early 1980s.
His defense team sought to tear a hole in the case against him, saying 10 people out of 148 said to have been killed after an attempt on his life were still alive 24 years later.
I got the link to the news from a blog I’ve started reading by someone living inside Iraq. I have a real problem with our government going into other countries and telling them what to do. Our judeo-christian heritage seems to include the belief that our way is the only way; that we have the right to tell other countries to have a certain type of government, law, customs or dress. Hidden in the agenda of course is the implied fact that their religion should be changed as well. Bush was certainly not slipping when he mentioned the Crusades in his early speeches regarding the middle east and terrorism. His only real slip was letting that out in front of the public. But even then a great deal of the country agreed with him. The above sentences to me seem absolutely ludicrous. Not that I am in any way saying that Hussein was a good man, a person who was worthy of any sort of respect. He terrorized his own people and did terrible things. But how do compare the numbers above with the numbers killed since the US started this debacle?
And just exactly what is it that makes our country feel justified in telling other cultures what to do when our own country is struggling? Our poverty, infant mortality, drug use, violent crime, education and health care issues are all RED. We have many things broken in this country (except of course big business, which as usual is doing just fine screwing the middle class and wrecking havoc on the lower class). How could we possibly presume to push a broken system on another country.
Read the whole article. The number of kidnapped and dead, according to that article is already close to what they are numbering above on Saddam’s head. In one day! And that with the nod from the US.
I’m ashamed to be American. I can’t believe the country that our forefathers formed, based on freedom, feels completely justified in killing, maiming, torturing and tearing down governments where ever there is a business interest. We are truly a nation of thugs and thieves. It is time to wake up, stop the killing and take back our country and our constitution. Not voting is agreement. Register and participate. Let’s stop this.
