[CitizensTruth] LTE: Fireworks can't hide US atrocities

[Jay Becker]

Published in Beacon News, suburban Chicago



http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/opinions/letters/1039587,2_4_AU04_LETTERS_S1.article



Fireworks can't hide U.S. atrocities




At a time when our collective consciousness has been assaulted by a
duplicitous government that arbitrarily assigns the status of a "rogue
nation" or "enemy combatant," while incessantly lying about its true
intentions, information and own lawlessness, how can we cavalierly
"celebrate" our nation's independence with picnics, parades and parties
as a demonstration of patriotism?


Will burgers, brats and beer
discharge the culpability of our silence in response to the senseless
slaughter of millions of innocent people? How can we enjoy traditional
festivities with our own families, knowing that millions of men, women
and children suffered incomprehensible losses, their lives utterly
destroyed?

Does a sporting event on a big-screen TV allow us to
relinquish our responsibility in what it is our government has done at
Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo Bay? Will the final score erase the barbaric
torture inflicted upon tens of thousands of innocent people, including
children, who have been denied any legal recourse to prove their
innocence?
 
Can a magnificent fireworks display justify our
pride in the "liberation" of millions of people we displaced, leaving
them homeless, without adequate food, shelter or medical care? Perhaps
the three-day weekend will exonerate us all from the billions of
taxpayer dollars -- needed for our own schools, health care and
infrastructure -- that dissipated amidst the sands of blood and oil
without a trace.

Can we just continue sleepwalking in this
unconscious state of denial and delusion until the election or January?
How many more people will we allow to be tortured, raped and murdered
in our name until "we" get around to making some changes within a
government infiltrated with corruption and controlled by thugs?
 
What will it take for Americans to actually stand up for the ideals
upon which this nation was originally founded?

 Barbara Zaha 
World Can't Wait
St. Charles



      
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