Letters to the Editor
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We hope you are enjoying our war. Stay tuned for more.
At the beginning of the Iraq war, my wife was offered a very well-paying job as a translator, due to her Arabic background.
She politely declined. She had already lived in the U.S. for 15 years, and was now more aware of how things really work.
People in other countries do not have the luxury of this insight. They hold in their own minds a distinction between the U.S. policies and government, and the citizens
themselves. The latter they see as freedom-loving, open-minded, generous, and kind.
This is somewhat of a fallacy, isn't it?
Our government, being elected, is an extension of ourselves. When I hear Bush talk, it is like listening to my own father at the dinner table.
We were the enablers. But now, more and more of us are waking up. For many, it will be too late.