Sunday, January 09, 2005

 

The 'tsunami' victims that we don't count

Powell said of the tsunami, "The power of the wave to destroy bridges, to destroy factories, to destroy homes, to destroy crops, to destroy everything in its path is amazing." He said, "I have never seen anything like it in my experience."

Yes, he has. It was in Iraq. The tsunami was us.
The 'tsunami' victims that we don't count
By Derrick Z. Jackson
I love Derrick's comment about Powell's comment. Attaturk linked to this article in the comment section of one of Eschaton's threads. There is so much pain and suffering in this world, we certainly don't need to be the cause. Unfortunately, the government feels differently. Apparently 51% of our population doesn't give a rat's ass about the blood on our hands, either.

# posted by oldwhitelady @ 1/09/2005 11:48:00 PM
Comments:
Along with many other problems, Powell continues to call the victims "casualities." I really felt the war hawk mentality of this administration through all of this. We would have given a lot more a lot quicker if we had a decent humanitarian in the office and our military wasn't stretched to its limit.

weblackey
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : Monday, January 10, 2005 5:04:00 AM
 
The editorial was right on. I'm ashamed to say I hadn't seen it before: we're eager to quote the numbers killed by the tsunami but there's a wall of silence around the numbers killed in Iraq. And forget the word "casualty" or the euphemism "collateral damage." Killed is what they were. Dead, dead, dead with homes and lives destroyed as our gift to them.

Echoes of the Crusades, indeed.
# posted by Blogger Sarah : Monday, January 10, 2005 10:59:00 AM
 
Yeah, last time I checked, that wasn't a very good gift to give!
# posted by Blogger oldwhitelady : Monday, January 10, 2005 11:08:00 PM
 
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