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What kind of bloody savages would kill people and drag their corpses along the road? |
by Helen & Harry Highwater, Unknown News
April 5, 2004
War is about killing. Most people find it hard to kill people they don't hate, so war is also about hatred. And sometimes, after you've gotten used to hating people, killing them isn't enough.
You not only want to kill them, you want to kill them twice. You hate 'em so much you want to kill 'em and strangle their souls. Maybe you want to kill 'em and drag their frickin' corpses through the road.
What kind of bloody savages would do that? The answer is, almost anyone. Maybe you. Maybe me.
War brings out the worst in people, even good people.
After Americans saw grisly photos of their killed countrymen being dragged through the streets of Fallujah, what was the response of many Americans? Hatred. Vengeance. I've heard a lot of people mutter -- or shout -- that we should just nuke Iraq. You've heard it too.
Well, that might be more efficient than dragging their corpses through the road one at a time, but it means the same thing: Kill 'em, and then strangle their souls.
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U.S. troops drag the corpse of an un-named Vietcong soldier behind their tank (Vietnam, 1966) |
And that's from Americans who presumably haven't lived in a war zone. They've only seen bits and pieces of war on TV. How much more hatred must people feel, Iraqis and Americans, who've lived through the last year in Iraq?
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This American response is no different than the Fallujah response, or the Mogadishu response. It's the hatred that comes with war. So please, unless one of the dead was your friend or relative, cut the "we're so outraged and offended" act.
At least acknowledge that if America was invaded and occupied, your average American would be willing and very eager to kill the invaders and drag their corpses through the streets.
I probably would, and chances are you would, too. It ain't savage or psychotic. It's patriotism. It's a perfectly natural response when your country is invaded and occupied.
And of course, it will happen again and again, as long as the occupation of Iraq continues. So get used to it.
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At least acknowledge that if America was invaded and occupied, your average American would be willing and very eager to kill the invaders and drag their corpses through the streets.
I would, and chances are you would, too. It ain't savage or psychotic. It's patriotism. |
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