We are a warrior nation instead of a healing nation

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sent by hterrya since 27 days 5 hours 20 minutes, published about 26 days 19 hours 16 minutes
Through our own actions at the hands the previous Bush administration, we became the terrorists of an innocent people. When will it stop? We who voted for President Obama were hoping and praying for a real change, yet, the killings go on. They are not only felt in Iraq, but are consistently being felt in Afghanistan and as reports are filed; Pakistan. How can we exactly say we are a nation at war when we are not suffering from daily attacks? Yes, our military and their families do, but not we the people. ...We cannot even imagine the life of an Iraqi citizen or an Afghani citizen. Their lives are a daily hell on Earth. ...Just think about it: You are an innocent Pakistani family who had no part in 9/11 and a bomb comes crashing through your home through a predator bomb delivered by a drone. You are not Al Qaeda, but a family trying to get by in this arduous world filled with war and violence.
tags: war, violence/terrorism, u.s. detachment
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  1. #1    I'd like to read more about the concepts of "healing nation" and "warrior nation" sometime, because I don't believe the US has ever been either one.

    A few quibbles with the article: "Through our own actions at the hands the previous Bush administration, we became the terrorists of an innocent people." OUR own actions? (What you mean "we," white man?)

    First, GWBush was on the cheerleading squad at football games in New Haven when I was practicing what is defined as "terrorism" when directed at the US government, and "our foreign policy" when directed at anticolonial and/or anticapitalist resistance movements abroad.

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    written by nasrudin since 26 days 17 hours 36 minutesnasrudin
  2. #2    We are a warrior nation - pure and simple. We started off by slaughtering the native population, enslaving another native population to build the nation. Not a good track record.

    We became the big boss when we slaughtered a few hundred thousand Japanese civilians with our test versions of nuclear weapons and still have 3000 of them pointed all over the world - who has time for healing and love?
    written by zelator since 26 days 17 hours 31 minuteszelator
  3. #3    I think I have a different concept of "warrior." Just because one is willing to murder civilian women and children for personal gain, for instance, or practice genocide-for-profit, doesn't make them a "warrior," in my understanding.
    written by nasrudin since 26 days 16 hours 25 minutesnasrudin
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