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• Friday, November 28, 2008 09:33 AM

  Never was a good war ...

  I see some folks here are peddling the old lie that the Afghanistan war was "good and proper".

  Let us see now. If we take the highly unlikely official story of the events of September 11, 2001 we will conclude that some men (mostly from Saudi Arabia) attacked two buildings and killed 3,000 innocent people who were minding their own business. These men died in the attack, but we could seek out any others that were part of the plan and charge them with conspiracy. (or whatever the proper legal term is)

  We elected not to prove a god damn thing, only make accusations that bin laden did it. He claimed that he was glad it happened but did not do it. We demanded that the Taliban (suitably demonized in advance as if we knew what was coming) hand over a national hero, former CIA asset, former military asset of the USA, and a man who claim innocence. (To this day we have not proved what happened in a courtroom, nor will we ever try.)

  When asked for some proof --- any fig leaf --- by the Taliban, we invaded and killed countless innocent men, women, and children. Americans on the left, in the center, and on the right hailed that action as "good and proper" in a frenzy of revenge.

  If the collective punishment of the people of Afghanistan for a crime that has never been properly proven is "good and proper" then there is no morality left in America. None. If collective punishment of civilian women and children is what Americans call "heroic", then perhaps Mona was justified in demanding that babies be sacrificed to the gods of science to give us everlasting life.

  Bush was given the green light to invade Iraq when the country cheered his killing Afghani women and children.

  There has never been a "good war" and there never will be one.

  —heru-ur Read heru-ur's other letters
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