I’d like to wake up and feel all warm and fuzzy and excited to
meet the day. And then I turn on the news. War. Drone strikes. Israel.
Gaza Strip. Hamas.
And what, pray tell, is it that riles the American people up about
political assignations and air strikes and the killing of civilians when it’s
done by another country, such as Israel, yet we barely raise an eyebrow at our
own daily American air strikes on places like Pakistan and Afghanistan?. In my heartmind, it is the same. Illegal warfare . . . dead, maimed,wounded
and terrorized people everywhere --men, women, children. Those innocent and those fighting under
government orders.
Confrontation falls on many fronts. There's the drone of military aircraft, with its punishingly accurate firepower, there's the drone of those militants who go on about drones, and then there's the drone of silence -- a silent condoning of these actions in our name. Which is more deadly?
So, no, there’s no honey in the tea this morning ---simply a
question – why aren’t more people protesting their government and their military
in the U.S. and in Israel today or any day? What pretense keeps us in a supporting role in this power play on our world stage? Why not now?
Because we’re just too busy working, I suppose.
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"You cannot be anti-war and pro-Obama."
David Swanson
"You cannot be anti-war and pro-Obama."
David Swanson
Obama: "the first Nobel Peace Prize winner with a kill list."
(Frontline)
