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Subject: "I am an American"! SO WHAT? :)
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" I am an American" - SO WHAT...? :)
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http://www.jaihoon.com/egoptics/sowhat.htm
In the recent developments happening in the Middle East crisis, many
parties are changing their traditional stance towards the region.
Thank God that unlike organized religions, there isn't any single
custodian or a specific city in the case of English language to
dictate what is authentic or not. Or else it would become hard for
humanity to distinguish between the terms- 'terrorism'
from 'patriotism'.
That being said, look above at the topic of this essay. DO you feel
like asking, "Why does this have a laughing face on it?" :)
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In the article, an American is narrating the unwarranted raid of her
home by 50 armed Israeli OCCUPYING forces who were 'kind' enough to
ask her to 'shut up and sit down' when asked the purpose of their
attack.
To quote her words,
I insisted that they leave the house and told them that, as an
American, I protest to what they are doing. They said "this is no
worse than what your country is doing in Afghanistan."...
...they kept on pushing me, poking me with the guns and telling me to
get back in the house. I started screaming, "I cannot believe you are
doing this, don't you realize I am American??"...They started
laughing and calling me [U.S. President George W.] Bush....
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Not that I have anything against the nation cherished by the ideals
of individual liberty and freedom for pursuit of happiness. Nor am I
in favor of the misdeeds of the Israeli troops.
Yet, I cannot ignore the two ironies involved in the above
experience. And hence the :) icon.
When Madeline Albright, the former US Secretary of State, was
asked, "We have heard that a half million children have died... and
you know, is the price worth it?" Albright responded, "I think this
is a very hard choice, but the price-we think the price is worth it."
Or as U.S. Brig. General William Looney says (Interview Washington
Post, August 30, 1999) while referring to the the mass-murder of
hundreds of civilian Iraqi men, women and children during first eight
months of 1999 "They know we own their country. We own their
airspace... We dictate the way they live and talk. And that's what's
great about America right now. It's a good thing, especially when
there's a lot of oil out there we need."
And therefore the intentions behind the so-called Global War on
Terrorism should not surprise us. Uncle Sam fails to understand the
parity between the Burger-eating American and the Roti-eating Afghan
civilian............
Jaihoon analyses the two ironies in the experience of the American in
Ramalla, Palestine @ http://www.jaihoon.com/egoptics/sowhat.htm
