At the risk of alienating everyone here, while looking for tattooed Iraqi women, I found an article on Electronic Iraq (a site I know nothing about) that seemed to me a really perfect example of what I am trying to express (not too successfully, it seems) to wstera and others.
It is not a pro-US site, it is going to anger people, but this piece seemed intelligently and thoughtfully written. And I really believe we need to listen to these opposing opinions, for they EXIST. We can't ignore them. We can't pretend that their claims are bogus, that they are a minority. This is how they interpret what we say and do.
The US siege of Falluja, which has killed hundreds of Iraqis, and forced thousands to flee from their homes, has inspired feelings of solidarity and support across Iraq and the Arab world. While Bush claims that the United States is crusading for liberty, his officials viciously and unfairly attack Arab TV channels for refusing to censor what no one has disputed are genuine images from Falluja of dead civilians, and children writhing in agony, their bodies punctured with shrapnel. What people in the region see is a mighty power that has no business being in Iraq attacking people who are defending their homes.
electroniciraq.net
Reality? Propaganda? When does it become one? Does it matter which it is? Will its power be lessened by labelling it?
But enough. For some of us, the really important things in life loom. The delayed American Idols are warming up in the wings. Time to escape into AMerican decadence and immorality. |
