[lbo-talk] 52 Lights for 3,000 US Military Deaths

[Kathleen de la Peña McCook]

I have 52 promised to show at our vigil tonight in a small town south 
of Tampa. Hope those of you in larger cities can get larger crowds.
There are 314 events.
We have photos of US Army Specialist Dustin R. Donica, 22, the 3000th 
death. We will also read names of Iraqis killed. We will stand on the 
old "Tamiami Trail.' Veterans for Peace members are participating.
Will be reporting here: https://www.afsc.org/3000/



On 1 Jan 2007 at 12:32, Jim Straub wrote:

> "Critical solidarity" has perhaps devolved to 99.99% criticism of
> foreign governments and movements and 0.01% solidarity with
> foreigners.  :->
>
> When we had a little discussion about our shares of political
> responsibility for what's happening in Iraq, the only LBO-talk member
> who stood up to claim responsibility was Ravi, an Indian man, the rest
> insisting that their "hands are clean."  Just as many multinationals
> have outsourced jobs to India, China, etc., maybe US leftists have to
> outsource political responsibility to foreigners: hire foreigners to
> hold candles for dead US soldiers!  :-|
> --
> Yoshie

Oh come on Yoshie.  A smiley-faced emoticon doesn't make hyperbole 
any
more useful.  99.99%, huh?  How'd you measure that?   When hating on
the US left for addiction to failure (a habit I indulge in plenty
myself), you might temper it with a reflection on how bunkering down
in a university sitting on computers all day long doesn't really turn
the tide either.  Not only do I believe myself and other residents of
the US bear grave responsibility for the horror in Iraq, I happen to
be fixated on it personally in a way that rarely leaves my mind.
Almost all bile leftists sling among and between themselves about
their collective failure/wrongness/responsibility/whatever, is on its
face better spent motivating them to talk instead to non-leftists
about these issues.
:)
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