War torn
Have we gone completely mad? I never thought I’d see a headline like this from, of all places, USA Today:
Bush orders humanitarian aid to Lebanon, but opposes cease-fire
The article comes from The Associated Press. Basically, Bush says to keep supplying Israel so they can keep bombing Lebanon back into the stone age, and next to those bombs to include some first aid kits, blankets, and bottled water. That is so wrong. The people who control Bush have gone completely mad. All of them.
Here are some more words from the current mouthpiece of the Bush Administration, Tony Snow:
Look, we would like a cease-fire tomorrow. We would like a cease-fire immediately. But it has to be a cease-fire that is going to stand the test of time so the people in that region and people in Lebanon particular, a country that has been hard hit by occupying forces and by frustrations of its democratic aspirations, deserve a shot at having the freedom and democracy its people deserve. And the only way that’s going to be possible is if there is no longer an internal threat of the sort that we’ve witnessed in recent weeks.
Deserve a shot at democracy? By destroying the capital, blowing up schools, bombing bridges, power plants, television and radio stations, and water treatment facilities, tearing families apart, by these acts we are giving the Lebanese People a shot at democracy?
When I was growing up, back in the 70’s and early 80’s, Beirut was synonymous with “war zone”. If you saw a building being torn down in the neighborhood you’d say, “Wow, looks like Beirut”. And now, unfortunately, due to a new generation who refuses to learn from history, Beirut looks like Beirut again. This is a tragedy for the world. We should be ashamed.