Posted by
Sanity 102 on Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:58:19 AM
It was almost two years ago that America broke my heart.
Our grand, noble inclined nation allowed a man to starve his wife to death. Some said his new family (girlfriend and kids) and his desire to keep the insurance and court settlement money was the motivation behind this truly horrific inhuman act. Others ignored the method of termination and insisted that Terry Schiavo’s death was really an act of mercy.
I remember the sleepless nights and the almost insane refusal to believe that a nation that could make heroes of John Wayne, Capt. Kirk, and Spiderman would actually allow a woman to starve to death.
But they did.
In fact, this wasn’t even an issue that conservatives were united on. I remember writing to a blogger on the old Townhall and asking if the man knew exactly what was involved…put aside all the arguments…we are talking about a human being starving and being dehydrated…something we won't allow to be done to a dog.
The reversal of his opinion gave me hope…but it was short lived.
A few weeks later, I told my European business partner that I was ashamed of my country…that I finally understood the term “ugly American.”
It didn’t matter that inhumanity like this happens in every corner of the planet; in almost every nation. America the beautiful is MY home and her people is MY people…and somehow, we’re supposed to be a cut above…the GOOD guys.
Now you might wonder why I bring this up..more than 20 months after the fact.
Our newly elected Democratic Congress, joined by a few accommodating Republicans are about to pull the plug on the Iraqi people. 11 MILLION voters put their purple fingers on the line, showing courage unheard of in our “can’t bother to vote” nation, and voted for a chance to be free.
We are about to repay them with a bloodbath.
Unlike with the 2 million Cambodians who were massacred when we cut and ran out of Vietnam or the 1 million Kurds who got slaughtered when we left an unforgiving Saddam to continue to rule Iraq after the first Gulf war…this time, I will be around to watch what happens to those who believe in American’s promises.
As each child dies clutching books and candy bars given to them by kind American soldiers and each mother sees hope lay at the lifeless feet of her men, I will defiantly watch and remember.
And this time there will be no spin, no hiding behind half truths of concern for dead Americans.
Every politician who hated Bush more than they wanted to beat terrorism…every media pundit who put their ratings above the only party that wanted to win this war…every poster who insisted on putting their hatred for Mexicans over the war, the courts, and the economy…
Know this…I will be here and I will remind you what your selfishness cost.