Fahrenheit 911

I finally saw Fahrenheit 911 last night. Such movies do not come easily to North Idaho and will probably never come to our own little town of Bonners Ferry. As I had read so many reviews and comments about the film I was not surprised, shocked, or disappointed. As I have been outraged for so long about the Bush/Cheney administration I was not even increasingly outraged. I left the theatre with a feeling of ineffable sadness, knowing that none of the bombing, killing, maiming, looting, raping, and torturing had to happen.

It is not surprising to me that Bush, Blair, and all the rest of the criminals involved cling to their claim that they did the right thing. They quite likely even believe that (with the possible exception of Dick the Slimy). Psychologically, what else could they do? With so much blood on their hands they would be totally unable to face the horrors they unleashed. Unforgivable horrors that came about for no reasons other than power madness, naked greed, racism, and the totally discredited notion of “the white man’s burden.”

If democracy ever comes to Iraq it will certainly not arrive at the barrel of a gun. Realistically, Iraq is already engaged in a civil war, with one side being supported by U.S. mercenaries, and other elements aided by other outside mercenaries. However this eventually plays out the United States will suffer probably forever for needlessly bringing it about. And we will surely suffer in the Middle East forever for our outrageously partisan, thoughtless, racist, blind, and pigheaded support for Israel, no matter how often or blatantly they thumb their noses at the rest of the world, and no matter how much Palestinian land and water they attempt to steal. Let the obscene wall they are building stand as a symbol to remind all the world of Israeli evil deeds and intentions. And spare me any ridiculous assertions of anti-Semitism, they’ve worked that canard to death. Greed and intransigence are just that, whether Jewish or not.