Riverbend (Baghdad Burning) remembers 9/11

[shrdlu]

It has been four years today. How does it feel four years later?

For the 3,000 victims in America, more than 100,000 have died in Iraq. Tens of thousands of others are being detained for interrogation and torture. Our homes have been raided, our cities are constantly being bombed and Iraq has fallen back decades, and for several years to come we will suffer under the influence of the extremism we didn't know prior to the war.

As I write this, Tel Afar, a small place north of Mosul, is being bombed. Dozens of people are going to be buried under their homes in the dead of the night. Their water and electricity have been cut off for days. It doesn’t seem to matter much though because they don’t live in a wonderful skyscraper in a glamorous city. They are, quite simply, farmers and herders not worth a second thought.

Four years later and the War on Terror (or is it the War of Terror?) has been won:

Score:
Al-Qaeda – 3,000
America – 100,000+

Congratulations.

[pitohui]

1. whatever

that was totally uncalled for

a lot of 9-11 families are doing a hell of a lot to protest the war in iraq which took away attention & soldiers to the hunt for real terrorists

[htuttle]

2. Totally uncalled for?

We've destroyed her country and made her life a living hell. I think she has the right to say whatever she wants to us about it.

[shrdlu]

3. Read the whole blog...

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

[Spoonerian]

4. Ha! Right!

I've been reading Riverbend's diaries since the slaughter began. She needs to develop a more "called for" attitude.

Maybe she could express some sympathy for Orleanians. After all half of them voted for Bush and the other half voted for Kerry who pledged to send several 10s of thousands more to lay waste to her country.