When they bombed Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, El Salvador and Nicaragua I said nothing because I wasn't a communist.
When they bombed China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Cuba, and the Congo I said nothing because I didn't know about it.
When they bombed China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Cuba, and the Congo I said nothing because I didn't know about it.
When they bombed Lebanon and Grenada I said nothing because I didn't understand it.
When they bombed Panama I said nothing because I wasn't a drug dealer.
When they bombed Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen I said nothing because I wasn't a terrorist.
When they bombed Yugoslavia and Libya for "humanitarian" reasons I said nothing because it sounded so honorable.
Then they bombed my house and there was no one left to speak out for me. But it didn't really matter. I was dead. 1
The Targets
It's become a commonplace to accuse the United States of choosing as its bombing targets only people of color, those of the Third World, or Muslims. But it must be remembered that one of the most sustained and ferocious American bombing campaigns of modern times — 78 consecutive days — was carried out against the people of the former Yugoslavia: white, European, Christians. The United States is an equal-opportunity bomber. The only qualifications for a country to become a target are: (A) It poses an obstacle — could be anything — to the desires of the American Empire; B) It does not possess nuclear weapons; (C) It is virtually defenseless against aerial attack.
The survivors
"We never see the smoke and the fire, we never smell the blood, we never see the terror in the eyes of the children, whose nightmares will now feature screaming missiles from unseen terrorists, known only as Americans." 2
NASA has announced an audacious new mission, launching a spaceship that will travel for four years to land on an asteroid, where it will collect dust from the surface and deliver the precious cargo to Earth, where scientists will then examine the material for clues to how life began. Truly the stuff of science fiction. However, I personally would regard it as a much greater accomplishment of humankind if we could put an end to America's bombings and all its wars, and teach some humility to The Holy Triumvirate — The United States, the European Union and NATO — who recognize no higher power and believe they literally can do whatever they want in the world, to whomever they want, for as long as they want, and call it whatever they want, like "humanitarian."
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