Reply #6: It isn't so much "so what?" as a profound sense of helplessness and despair. [View All]

[Raksha]

That's what I'm feeling right now. I just broke the story on another discussion board, yet I can't bring myself to post the link on my Facebook page or send out a big group e-mail heads-up to my friends and family.

What I'm feeling right now is a profound sense of futility, because I know already there isn't one damn thing we can do about it! I already know what everyone else here knows: There will be NO accountability.

"Our" troops commit mass murder in our name in a war zone, gunning down civilians and journalists doing their job. We have incontrovertible evidence of it, we are witnesses right through the murderers' own gunsight. But there will be no court-martial; nobody will be held accountable. It doesn't matter how many petitions we sign or how many demonstrations happen over the next few months.

We have lost control of our government and there isn't ONE damn thing we can do about it! They have ALL the power and we have NONE. About the only choice we seem to have left is whether to confront this reality head-on or continue in denial.

I think if I were capable of lying to myself, I'd be strongly tempted right now. Fortunately (or unfortunately) that just isn't an option for me.