The Business of Martyrism
On this day, 5 years ago, thousands of Americans died, due to causes directly linked to poverty and a poor health care system. America hasn't invaded the host country over this catastrophic loss of American life, and it continues unchecked today; in fact, it's worse.
Since this day, 5 years ago, 1/10th of a million people died as a belligerent force invaded and has occupied their country.
On a day a week from now, 5 years ago, 11,000 non-Americans died in a disaster which has seen no monuments, no confiscation of surveillance tape, no cover-up rumours so blatantly easy to disprove but for one missing piece of mitigating evidence -- any piece. The news of this disaster barely reached us, and was forgotten a day later.
Since this day, the 11th of November has come and gone 4 times. Remembering the reason for war - and the reason not to go to war - doesn't seem to happen in a place where they can't even get the name of the day right. In two months, to the day, we will probably still be hearing "yeah, we shouldn't invade people, but this reason's different."
Today, the networks are jammed with approved messages of how "things will never be the same," how rebuilding - by definition - will never occur, and how the liability battles have barely seen the light at the end of the sewer tunnel. Of the two countries most connected with this disaster and its apparent perpetrators, one continues to skate with nary a sanction and the other continues to invade other countries in the name of the Empire.
A less blindly arrogant country, I hope, would look toward solving the mystery and prosecuting the people involved, rather than letting those wolves tighten their hold on the henhouse. 'Lesser' countries have.
Piss off. I was there.
Since this day, 5 years ago, 1/10th of a million people died as a belligerent force invaded and has occupied their country.
On a day a week from now, 5 years ago, 11,000 non-Americans died in a disaster which has seen no monuments, no confiscation of surveillance tape, no cover-up rumours so blatantly easy to disprove but for one missing piece of mitigating evidence -- any piece. The news of this disaster barely reached us, and was forgotten a day later.
Since this day, the 11th of November has come and gone 4 times. Remembering the reason for war - and the reason not to go to war - doesn't seem to happen in a place where they can't even get the name of the day right. In two months, to the day, we will probably still be hearing "yeah, we shouldn't invade people, but this reason's different."
Today, the networks are jammed with approved messages of how "things will never be the same," how rebuilding - by definition - will never occur, and how the liability battles have barely seen the light at the end of the sewer tunnel. Of the two countries most connected with this disaster and its apparent perpetrators, one continues to skate with nary a sanction and the other continues to invade other countries in the name of the Empire.
A less blindly arrogant country, I hope, would look toward solving the mystery and prosecuting the people involved, rather than letting those wolves tighten their hold on the henhouse. 'Lesser' countries have.
Piss off. I was there.
posted by Westley | 12:39 AM
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