Cheer Up Charlies
Knows the Truth and Tells It
RECEIVED Wed., Aug. 29, 2007
Dear Editor,
Re: Louis Black's response to the letter “Of Course There Is Only One Reality” [“Postmarks”]: “Finally, take a morally complex situation like in Iraq where almost everyone involved not only has a different perception of their own role and intentions but also of the role and intentions of all others including those that they oppose. You can argue the reality of any event is knowable, but the interpretations are going to be radically different without any of them being either clearly right or clearly wrong as they involve far more complicated issues than what actually might have physically happened” – Louis Black.
What crapola! There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq when the U.S. invaded. Next-door neighbor Iran is now working on them, and the U.S. caused it to happen. Since 9/11, more Americans have died in Iraq than died in the World Trade Center, and the number continues to rise. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have died since our invasion, and the numbers will continue to rise whether we stay or leave. Two million Iraqis have fled their country, thousands of who gave assistance to the invaders, but only about 100 have been allowed to enter the U.S.
We upset the balance of power in the Middle East, wasted hundreds of billions of dollars in another Vietnam quagmire while U.S. victims of poverty and natural disasters are left to fend for themselves, and our constitutional rights are whittled away under the guise of homeland security (USA PATRIOT Act). Corporate America has feasted on the “war against terrorism” as it does in all wars, and we are less safe today, despite the billions of public pork.
History will show the 2000 presidential election was in fact a coup, followed by massive bloodletting and loss of individual freedoms that furthered the rise of corporate America. While major domestic issues languish, Congress loads meaningless legislation with wasteful “markers” to buy future votes.
Our country is on the downside of its existence because too many individuals have lost their moral compass and see events like Iraq as a morally complex situation.
Bullshit.
Re: Louis Black's response to the letter “Of Course There Is Only One Reality” [“Postmarks”]: “Finally, take a morally complex situation like in Iraq where almost everyone involved not only has a different perception of their own role and intentions but also of the role and intentions of all others including those that they oppose. You can argue the reality of any event is knowable, but the interpretations are going to be radically different without any of them being either clearly right or clearly wrong as they involve far more complicated issues than what actually might have physically happened” – Louis Black.
What crapola! There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq when the U.S. invaded. Next-door neighbor Iran is now working on them, and the U.S. caused it to happen. Since 9/11, more Americans have died in Iraq than died in the World Trade Center, and the number continues to rise. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have died since our invasion, and the numbers will continue to rise whether we stay or leave. Two million Iraqis have fled their country, thousands of who gave assistance to the invaders, but only about 100 have been allowed to enter the U.S.
We upset the balance of power in the Middle East, wasted hundreds of billions of dollars in another Vietnam quagmire while U.S. victims of poverty and natural disasters are left to fend for themselves, and our constitutional rights are whittled away under the guise of homeland security (USA PATRIOT Act). Corporate America has feasted on the “war against terrorism” as it does in all wars, and we are less safe today, despite the billions of public pork.
History will show the 2000 presidential election was in fact a coup, followed by massive bloodletting and loss of individual freedoms that furthered the rise of corporate America. While major domestic issues languish, Congress loads meaningless legislation with wasteful “markers” to buy future votes.
Our country is on the downside of its existence because too many individuals have lost their moral compass and see events like Iraq as a morally complex situation.
Bullshit.
Charles O’Dell, Ph.D.
