The thousands who have senselessly perished could have touched so many lives. Created smiles, opened doors, cured us our nation of our many problems.
Dead. For what? A few more dollars in the pocket of some Halliburton exec? A 54 foot yacht instead of a measely 50 footer?
And now what?
To describe the despotic Pinochet regime Pablo Neruda wrote "The blood of the children ran in the streets like the blood of the children ran in the streets." There are no metaphors that capture horrors like these.
The wails of the friends and family of the fallen ring out, meeting the closed ears of the president like the wails of the friends and family of the fallen ring out, meeting the closed ears of the president.
Cindy Sheehan's shouldering a crucial role in the fight for peace. Oftentimes we hear "4 die in bombing", "6 die in ambush" but no stories beyond the basic bio info.
With Cindy there's a more intense story, pain, hurt, an unbearable burden--honestly is anyone else in America going through this much pain in public?
A lot of the humanity of the deceased is lost in 5 second news blips, Cindy helps us talk about war in a human way...not a cold body count cost/benefit way.
I'm disgusted tonight.