Re: Everyone is an american
- Subject: Re: Everyone is an american
- From: p*@whidbey.net
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 05:09:06 -0000
I just want to add to my comment that -- once again -- it is the
innocent who pay the price for acts of 'state.' Can't we just STOP
all this power-playing and focus on all that binds us together as
human beings? I keep thinking of the old saw that if middle-aged
politicians et al power brokers were the ones who had to actually be
among those in the line of fire, there would be a quick end to wars.
Patricia
-- In iris-talk@y..., pbrooks@w... wrote:
> Theo,
>
> Your statement about losing, and now regaining, our soul as a
nation
> moves me to share a thought which may be felt too political to be
> appropriate, but...
>
> Throughout what was called the Gulf War, watching with a sickened,
> heavy heart as U.S. planes bombed the bejeezus out of Arabs and
their
> country, from a safe height, with a nation held rapt by the TV
> pyrotechnics, the self-congratulations of Bush Sr. and our other
> political 'leaders' about wreaking such destruction without a
single
> American fatality, made me say to a friend, "This is the worst
thing
> that could happen to this country."
>
> Declaring such cold-blooded havoc and death a 'victory' made me
feel
> we had really lost our soul, as you say. This belated consequence,
> as I can't but see it, horrific as it is, has a kind of
> inevitability, even justice, to it that make me feel, as we band
> together now and feel for each other, that we are regaining our
> soul. Now if we can just resist this vicious circle of
retaliation,
> we may again feel what it is to belong to the human race, rather
than
> a distant arrogant nation which has come to feel inviolable, able
to
> portion out its compassion while keeping our central focus on our
own
> selfish interests.
>
> If this earns me the anger of my precious family of iris lovers,
> sobeit, but I feel it needs to be said.
>
> Patricia Brooks
> Whidbey Island, WA -- not the safe little island it often feels,
> since a major Navy Airforce Base is on this island and a logical
> target.
>
>
>
> -- In iris-talk@y..., THEO1415@a... wrote:
> > Sylvain ... what a wonderful thought. I am glad I understand
> French. It is
> > a beautiful comment. I have thought of late, so often, that we
> had lost our
> > soul. Despite all of the horrendous tragedy, we and our friends,
> have drawn
> > together, as during World War II, as one nation ... We have
> regained our
> > soul. Theo1415
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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