Where's your outrage, America? Where's the shame?

[LynnTheDem]

Imagine a big televised football game. Hundreds of thousands of Americans watching. Perhaps millions. Perhaps people from around the world tune in to catch this big game.

Would you be outraged if 200 Americans, men and women -adults- at this game picked out a 5 year old child from the audience and beat the crap out of him? On television? In front of hundreds of thousands of people? And no one did anything but watch?

A child who'd been sitting quietly watching the game with his family, just sipping his soda and eating his popcorn. A child who'd done absolutely nothing wrong to anyone. And these 200 American men & women punch and kick and slap this 5 year old child until he's nothing but bloody raw meat.

Would you be outraged?

Would the watching TV audience be outraged? The world? Would you be ashamed that the world was watching this behaviour of your fellow Americans, both those committing the horrific beating of a child and those sitting by doing nothing to stop it?

Would you demand justice? Would most Americans demand justice?

Or would Americans want and eagerly wait for that child's entire family to meet the same fate?

Because that's exactly what the good ol' US of A has done -is doing now- to the people of Iraq. In front of the entire world.

Like that 5 year old child, the Iraqi people were defenseless against the firepower of the greatest military the world has ever known, and like that child, they'd done nothing whatsoever to deserve the beatings we're giving them. And they're dying every day by us and because of us. Hundreds every week. For the past 18 months. And there's no end in sight.

And as Iraqis, one by one and family by family, decide they can no longer take the beatings, can no longer stand by watching their friends and neighbors die, holding their loved ones as they die, burying the bodies of men, women, children and babies every day after day after day, they fight back.

Wouldn't you?

Apparently not; as the Iraqi people group together in greater numbers to do exactly that, fight back, we hear Americans scream in outrage, and demand America "mow them all down!"

Newsflash, America; WE are the BAD GUYS in this. WE are the INVADERS. WE INVADED a sovereign nation that had done NOTHING wrong to us, that had NEVER uttered a single threat against us, that didn't have ANY capability to hurt us, even had they wanted to. And in Nuremburg, we said that's a WAR CRIME. We hung people who did what we are doing now. We are on the WRONG side of everything in this and the entire world knows it. The Iraqi people know it. There is no wiggle room on this; we are simply WRONG.

Saying sorry doesn't cut it. That's of no importance, though, as no one from the bush administration has apologized. To anyone. For anything. And don't hold your breath waiting for any apology from President "It's Not My Fault" Bush. Or anyone else in his "not us!" administration.

So what exactly does the bush administration say we must now do? Why, we must stay and "suppress and pacify Iraq". In literal terms, this means "kill lots more Iraqi men, women and children".

Would you be outraged if 200 American adults beat a 5 year old child to a bleeding pulp?

If you would be, then why aren't you outraged now on behalf of Iraq's children?

Shame on you, America.

[Jasper 91]

1. If there is any justice in the world

Then Bushco will be found guilty of war crimes , and as Bush is so fond of the death penalty , he and all his cronies , will be executed . And I DON'T believe in the death penalty .

[Amich]

2. very moving. I passed it on to a couple of people who think

that everything we do is right. I can't get seem to reach them saying anything, maybe this will help.

[Jeebo]

3. Thanks for that, I could have written it...

...because it pretty well expresses how I feel about the invasion, conquest and occupation of Iraq by the Bush administration -- which I feel is the absolutely WORST thing this country has ever done in my lifetime. I was outraged and deeply offended when it happened a year and a half ago, and I am still outraged and deeply offended.

Ron

P.S. -- I hope it's okay with you, but I just copied and pasted your piece and e-mailed it to some of my relatives.

[LynnTheDem]

5. Feel free.

I don't mind at all.

I agree with your feeling; I think this is the worst thing done in my lifetime too. My husband thinks so too; he's active duty army just recently back from Iraq & he's felt this was insanely wrong of the US to do right from the start. Now he says he's lost all respect for Americans, his country, and the military he gave 20 years of his life to. :(

[ALoeppert]

4. agreed...

but, since this is a democrat(ic) website what is John Kerry (and by extension the democratic party) going to do about Iraq?

Try to internationalize? Ha. Good luck. Yeah, that's an easy sell... telling practically the whole world which opposed this nonsense, "Hey... pick up some slack and you might get some contracts..." Iraq is a hornets nest.

The "best" solution is to announce a definite date of withdrawl, and say you guys are on your own from then, and BTW: here is a TON of money to kickstart your economy (by hiring Iraqi's to rebuild Iraq)... not because we are generous, but because it's what is OWED to you.

The United States government/corporations has/have been among the world's biggest criminal syndicates for a long time. It didn't start with Bush, and it isn't going to end with him.

[LynnTheDem]

6. That would be my plan

Would be nice if we could end this shit with bush. But that would mean Americans learning about the REAL history of America. And that isn't likely to happen.

[Karenina]

7. Kick!

:kick:

[jdots]

8. Ask the Repubs to imagine waking up as Iraqis

Most will reply that they don't play that imagine game,they won't feel for anything but thier comfort zone.I don't know much about Christianity isn't there something in thier rule book about DO UNTO OTHERS ?