1300 Iraqis have been murdered since Wednesday, when a sacred mosque was blown up, and the civil war drums officially started beating.
1300 fucking people.
That's 1/3 of 9/11.
Did you know that?
Did you read that in your local newspaper today?
No, you didn't.
Iraq is a fucking sidenote in the newspaper. These fucking people that are being slaughtered like cattle, they are a small article you skim through on your way to the sports section.
Never do we see the pictures. The bodies. The dead kids and the mothers holding them. We never see that shit.
Because it ISN'T APPROPRIATE.
Let me tell you something...this is a government of the people. Meaning every single American citizen is responsible for electing people to represent them. So since you are the government, you are responsible for the actions that your country takes.
So this mess that the U.S. has created in Iraq, it is your fault.
It is all of our faults.
So why the fuck are we not shown the results of our actions?
Why is showing graphic pictures of the war inappropriate?
We should have to see it.
We should be forced to see the results of our foreign policy.
It should be mandatory to view the pictures of the blown up bodies and rotting corpses and murdered families.
If it was, there would never be another war. Ever.
And the sad thing is, even if there was a 24 hour, no-commercial TV station dedicated to showing the pictures and videos of the death and carnage that our foreign policies cause, there would still not be enough time to show it all.
America lives in a big, soft, cushioned bubble.
In order for this bubble to pop, everyday American citizens need to start giving a fuck.
And when will Americans give a fuck? Never, as long as we are content in our plastic existence...our neverending lifestyle obsession with consumerism and fame...the many beautiful happy shiny things that distract us from reality.
The apathy of this country fucking disgusts me.
All the horrible things that are going to eventually happen to us...the events that will unfold as a result of the chickens coming home to roost...we deserve them.
You can't throw shit into your neighbors yard day after day without them eventually throwing it back.
And we have thrown so much shit, in so many yards, I won't be surprised when the whole fucking neighborhood gets together and burns our whole fucking house down with us inside...burned alive as we sleep soundly.