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ABOUT zwarg.blog CATEGORIES MAIN ARCHIVES 1999(14) [+] 2000(3) [+] 2001(4) [+] 2002(18) [+] 2003(159) [+] 2004(108) [+] 2005(126) [+]United States vs. Iraq
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Wednesday, March 31 2004
. . . s a d n e s s . . . The woe that is in my heart for the people of this world today. There should be a holy verse somewhere that goes "violence begot violence, who begot violence, who begot violence..." This viscous cycle continues. Whether it is occupation troops from any "Coalition of the Willing [to fuck up the state of world peace]," or any "terrorist cell" that plants a roadside bomb. How can one preach compassion to people so overrun by oppression? Where is the Martin Luther King Jr. for the Iraqis? Oh, man, that's a sensitive parallel. Where is the ... ah ... (think of a white person who preached compassion and civil rights) ... um ... well, my mind fails me at the moment. But where are the upstanding people of the world when we need them? Tuesday, March 30 2004Smarter Killers So now the Iraqi intelligensia is being targeted and systematically murdered. Doesn't this just fucking suck? Setting aside all the implications of an organized "death squad," the thought itself evokes (in me) thoughts of Nazi Germany and their systematic elimination of citizens. Is that an acceptable parallel? I don't know, but this is how I think about it: there is an evil mindset that believes that a certain class of people should be eliminated. That class of people can be anything, and in this case it is the academics. There exist those who believe in this mindset and have, organized, mobilized, and equiped themselves with weapons. They target this specific class, and murder them. So what the fuck is happening to this world? What exactly does this accomplish? What kind of war is fought by killing academics? Probably the least likely to resist with force, at least in my understanding. So where does killing them come into play? Are the killers just disgruntled students? They're bummed out about their poor grades, and now welcome the opportunity to slaughter those who are helping them learn? WHAT THE FUCK? How will we ever recover? Monday, March 22 2004Make Friends. I wonder if our fearful leader has read this book. I haven't, I wonder if he is following it to the letter, or if he is deviating from it quite grossly. In any case, how come his strategy is not working? In a more selfish note: CAN WE END THIS FUCKING WAR SO I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP WRITING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S STUPIDITY?. Good. Glad that is out in the open now. Saturday, March 20 2004One Year One year of hell and more wrath for us all. Thursday, March 18 2004Eve of Anniversary Perhaps not one to celebrate, but the United States of America has been at war with Iraq one year tomorrow. In addition, a report by Amnesty International has accused the United States with Human Rights violations. The article is available on the Aljazeera website (full article), and the report itself is available on the Amnesty International website (full article). This is what gets me: we think we're all high and mighty, demanding that countries like Syria and China do something about the few human rights that are in place in their countries. Like appealing to the UN and shit like that. But when it comes to running a country OUR way, with OUR administrators, and OUR military, all of a sudden the puppet country is in dire straights. Isn't the saying: "check yourself before you wreck yourself?" Friday, March 12 2004Busy Bushy Lies No surprise that Bush is blatantly lying to the press in order to rebuff his image. Especially before the critical eye of the American voter. Oh, I heard it all before, "the American voter is like a pig in a dumpster," and "elections in America are honest as Enron CEOs." It's the rottenness of it all, and I just get so upset when I hear the same lies over and over again, and so many sources confirming that it's not true! How many people can get away with this type of deception? It's like an episode of "The Office" I've seen recently. The dialog goes something along the lines of:
By the way, the article that gave me such inspiration to lash out at our fearful leader is found here, on www.atimes.com Thursday, March 04 2004Revised Surprise. In this post I referred to the takeover of civilian targets by the Iraqi army/military at the beginning of the war as "throwing their own people in front of the train." I need to revise that statement. With enlightenment by riverbend, I see that according to the Geneva Conventions, there must be no train in that example. The military is supposed to defer attacking any civilian targets, even if they are suspected of housing military or whatnot. That still makes the move a crummy one, though. It may be too late to harp on the subject, but *ergh*, it makes me so mad. Tuesday, March 02 2004Worst of the Worst. Read that Baghdad has been rated the 'world's worst city', by an unnamed 'UK research company'. The article is available on english.aljazeera.net. You know, it's not that astounding to believe, when an oppressive army has debilitated the basic infrastructure, then barely enforce law in a situation that borders on civil war. (From the reports gleaned from the media, that's what appears to be happening - I understand this may not be entirely accurate.) I don't know if I'd want to live there. I just wonder where Oakland is on that list. A 2003 article
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