Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Shock and confusion - Our dark hour
A day of confusion, as I find out from the " confessions " of Lynn England, one of the first US soldiers to be detained for the Iraqi prisoners' abuse affair, that all she did was to "follow orders". Sound familiar anyone?
I have been on the road for the last 3 days: France, Italy, Germany and Poland. For the first time I have felt humiliated by those looks European "intellectuals" secretly give you once they find out you are an American. Why has someone let this happen to us? Who is responsible for the careless atitude that has allowed acts of abuse to be committed and reiterated by fellow US citizens? Those who hate us ( and they are many more than we believe ) are now on the same level with us. The problem is, we're all in the gutter.
Time to get back up and work hard to re-establish our reputation.... 50 years of good behavior might do the trick!
A day of confusion, as I find out from the " confessions " of Lynn England, one of the first US soldiers to be detained for the Iraqi prisoners' abuse affair, that all she did was to "follow orders". Sound familiar anyone?
I have been on the road for the last 3 days: France, Italy, Germany and Poland. For the first time I have felt humiliated by those looks European "intellectuals" secretly give you once they find out you are an American. Why has someone let this happen to us? Who is responsible for the careless atitude that has allowed acts of abuse to be committed and reiterated by fellow US citizens? Those who hate us ( and they are many more than we believe ) are now on the same level with us. The problem is, we're all in the gutter.
Time to get back up and work hard to re-establish our reputation.... 50 years of good behavior might do the trick!
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