The US has lost the war

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 10 17:33:28 PST 2003


Whatever happens in a military sense in Iraq, the US has already lost the war that really matters, the struggle for domination of world opinion. France and Russia stand ready to deliver their vetoes; Kofi Annan has denounced the US for undermining the UN charter -- never have I seen such censure of the US.

Having already lost the war, the only question now is whether the US goes ahead and kills innocent Iraqis for no reason at all. On the TV news tonight, I saw, up close and in person, a middle-class Iraqi family -- mom, dad, two daughters ... nice, ordinary, decent people -- making final preparations for being attacked. The father seemed proud of his orderly food stores. He was also proud of the preparations he had made to safeguard the daughter who's a diabetic (if bombing knocks out the power, he plans to keep her insulin chilled by suspending it in a neighborhood well).

This family may be slaughtered in a US/UK attack in a matter of days. It was heartbreaking to see them. I felt embarrassed and ashamed to peek into their personal lives this way. In no time, the US/UK armed forces may rain high explosive on these people, this loving family, and turn 'em into hamburger. So much ground meat, just to serve the whim of Generalissimo George W. and his diminutive companion St. Tony.

This nation, the US, is now the wrongest it has ever been.

Carl

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