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04-11-2003, 08:17 PM

Americans live so much of their lives through their televisions that most Americans here act as if they've just fought and won the war themselves.

They loved the part where a marine draped our besotted flag over the head of Saddam's statue. I cringed. I don't have television (can't stand the lies), so what I learn is what I overhear at work, or from my family, or what I see on the occasional barroom television that isn't tuned to ESPN.

I was dismayed, because I thought it was time that I admitted I was wrong about Iraq. I contended that most Iraqi's had no desire to be "liberated" and knew damn good and well that the control of their country had just been seized by a force that was not very sympathetic to their needs, and much more sympathetic to the needs of Israel...a force that is, in fact, practically a servant boy to the latter.

So I'm listening to my coworkers crow about the sight of the statue falling down, I cruise the net and sure as hell, I see the images. But I still say to myself...something about that just doesn't seem right.

And sure as hell I was right.

Baghdad is a city that is almost the same size as London or Los Angeles.

Look at that picture up there. There aren't 200 people in that square, and a sizable number of them are US troops.

But virtually nobody in America knows that...and if the networks have their way, they never will.

So now the Bush supporters gloat. "Aren't you glad we freed Iraq?" they say, snidely.

"We'll see," I say. It's all that I can say. "We'll see."

How did Nicaragua fair when our "freedom fighters" saved it from the mildly socialist Sandanistas? Not well. In fact, the country was virtually destroyed. The USA was convicted in an international court of law for using excessive force, and ordered to pay Nicaragua nine billion dollars. We never paid, and instead we only stepped up our attacks.

The man that the Bushists want to replace Saddam, a man by the name of Chalabis, was convicted in Jordan of embezzling $300 million.

How would you feel if the country that had just "liberated" you was going to appoint a convicted embezzler to run your nation for you?

All of that means nothing, though, to the gloating Americans.

And yet, still they wonder, "Why does the world hate us?"

04-11-2003, 08:17 PM	#8
Jackblack Guest Posts: n/a	Americans live so much of their lives through their televisions that most Americans here act as if they've just fought and won the war themselves. They loved the part where a marine draped our besotted flag over the head of Saddam's statue. I cringed. I don't have television (can't stand the lies), so what I learn is what I overhear at work, or from my family, or what I see on the occasional barroom television that isn't tuned to ESPN. I was dismayed, because I thought it was time that I admitted I was wrong about Iraq. I contended that most Iraqi's had no desire to be "liberated" and knew damn good and well that the control of their country had just been seized by a force that was not very sympathetic to their needs, and much more sympathetic to the needs of Israel...a force that is, in fact, practically a servant boy to the latter. So I'm listening to my coworkers crow about the sight of the statue falling down, I cruise the net and sure as hell, I see the images. But I still say to myself...something about that just doesn't seem right. And sure as hell I was right. Baghdad is a city that is almost the same size as London or Los Angeles. Look at that picture up there. There aren't 200 people in that square, and a sizable number of them are US troops. But virtually nobody in America knows that...and if the networks have their way, they never will. So now the Bush supporters gloat. "Aren't you glad we freed Iraq?" they say, snidely. "We'll see," I say. It's all that I can say. "We'll see." How did Nicaragua fair when our "freedom fighters" saved it from the mildly socialist Sandanistas? Not well. In fact, the country was virtually destroyed. The USA was convicted in an international court of law for using excessive force, and ordered to pay Nicaragua nine billion dollars. We never paid, and instead we only stepped up our attacks. The man that the Bushists want to replace Saddam, a man by the name of Chalabis, was convicted in Jordan of embezzling $300 million. How would you feel if the country that had just "liberated" you was going to appoint a convicted embezzler to run your nation for you? All of that means nothing, though, to the gloating Americans. And yet, still they wonder, "Why does the world hate us?"