Vengeance and the Butcher’s Bill

[WilliamPitt]

In the days following the ‘Shock and Awe’ attack on Baghdad, I wrote an essay titled ‘The Lords of Vengeance.’ The essay was directed at those who supported the invasion. The essay argued that the war was not about weapons of mass destruction or al Qaeda connections in Iraq. The war was about revenge for September 11. It read:

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I understand why you support this engagement. At bottom, you do so because you are loyal. The President has said it must be so, and so it must be so. The loyalty of this nation's citizenry is now and has always been our greatest strength. Many of you who support the war are veterans of other conflicts, and so your support is based upon a desire to stand with the troops now in harm's way. This is more than honorable.

At the end of the day, though, I think I know the true reason why you support this war. You still see September 11th when you close your eyes. You still fear blue skies and airplanes. You tremble when your subway dives down into a tunnel, you grip the wheel tighter when you drive across a bridge, and your stomach sinks when you know that, again tomorrow, you must face a day of work in a high-rise office building. You, a mighty American, citizen of the greatest nation that has ever existed, have been made to fear on your own soil. Somehow, somewhere, someone has to pay for that.

More:

http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/3/16/1025/32683

[Jesus Saves]

1. How long will we be paying off that bill?

[WilliamPitt]

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