Audacity

Ten people in India killed
In argument over whose
goat should be sacrificed first.

Sometimes I am left speechless, or virtually so. The United States, when George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were in charge, illegally attacked Iraq, a country some eight thousands miles away that posed no danger to us, under false pretenses, destroyed their existing government (such as it was), killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people, including women and children, committed other atrocious war crimes such as torture and war profiteering, has left the country little more than a shambles, and still attempts to control their politics, has now had the audacity to accuse Iran of “meddling” in Iraq.

Iran, a country that shares a border with Iraq, that was not long ago involved in a devastating war with that country (that was being aided by the U.S.), and obviously has vital interests in what transpires in their neighboring country, has far more compelling reasons to be meddling there than we do. And not only are we meddling in Iraq, we are meddling in Iran as well. I am sorry to say it, but the U.S. is a nation drunk with power and dreams of a worldwide empire, so in love with its belief in its own exceptionalism it seems to think that no other nation on earth should have national interests contrary to our wishes, a belief that is rapidly fading and soon going to come crashing down with devastating effects.

LKBIQ:

He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
Lao-tzu

TILT:
The average life expectancy of a camel is 40 to 50 years.