Thursday, September 12, 2013

Selective Horror


The media has begun to show us the atrocities of the Syrian civil war in the drumbeat to war. Where were these pictures and numbers in the attack of Iraq when we were the bombers and killers? The numbers in Syria: over 100,00 dead and  2 million refugees. Did you ever see any numbers about Iraq? If you asked 100 people in the U.S. -  how many people were forced into refugee camps, how many daughters were forced into prostitution to support their families, how many were killed or wounded - none of them would have a clue. It seems it's only a war crime when you lose the war or is committed by someone else.

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