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Friday, April 02, 2004
Current Events

So, I look at the paper this morning, and there's some pretty tragic news about four American military contractors being shot, burned, dragged through the streets of Iraq, and hanged from a bridge. It's pretty horrific stuff.

Apparently these guys were ex-US military, and had gone into the private sector to make a little cash off the war. I don't say this to be judgmental. I mean, why should just the administration and their cronies profit? The fighting man ought to be able to get his (or hers), too. That's not really what I wanted to comment about, though.

The brutality of these deaths seems pretty overwhelming. It's a shocking thing when people are killed, let alone mutilated after death. And the initial reaction is, "These fucking Iraqis must be animals to behave this way." And they are.

Now without getting into some partisan debate, ask yourself honestly this question:

If the United States were suddenly occupied by foreign forces and their profiteering tag-a-longs, how unbelievably violent do you think our reaction would be?

We may be a "civilized" country, but let's face it, our entire history is violent. And violence IS necessary at times. The Revolutionary War, The Wild West, The Civil War, massacres of native Americans, slavery, world wars, you name it. We are a people born of violence, and it is most certainly a part of who we are.

So again, an electric-powered humvee full of, oh, let's say, Swedish troops comes rolling down your street in Anytown, USA. You are in your apartment with your high powered rifle that you legally purchased using your constitutional rights, before the Swedes conquered us. You aren't remotely tempted to put one of these blonde bastards in your sights?

Of course you are, and maybe it's even a healthy impulse. Maybe the Swedes are here to help us, and give us universal health care and six week vacations. They want to improve America, even if they have to use force. Is it ok with you? Or are you in your basement working up a bomb?

People are animals, and we invariably behave that way. Don't pretend we are morally superior. That's a large part of the reason why people the world over want to kill us and drag our charred corpses through the streets.

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