I was thinking about that. Had been thinking about that before you said it. While slithering down the stairs. (Because my knees are stiff - this is my worst thing, pretty much everything else is ok - and I live in a three-level house, I have a hard time with stairs. If my knees are really stiff, I lean my back against the wall for support, it makes a slithering noise.)
I was wondering if a 46-year old woman who couldn't even manage stairs like a normal person had the right to think that other people should kill and be killed in a war. I don't think I'd be much use in combat, although I can cook, assist in surgery, handle paperwork, wash laundry, so I could help, no doubt about that. But I couldn't walk point. And I don't think anyone in their right mind really wants Stephanopoulous walking point, either, he's too old, really.
I remember my mother talking about when the Russians invaded Hungary, and the freedom fighters were on the radio, begging the U.S. for help, and how bad she felt. I remember when the Russians invaded Czechoslovakia, that one I saw for myself, all they had was Molotov cocktails against tanks. I remember seeing film of the liberation of Auschwitz. Of course I remember Tianamen Square. Ruwanda. Now mass graves again. You say we shouldn't do anything.
It's not our problem.
I guess my definition of "us" is different from yours. I can't think of a different explanation. |
