Let them eat gas

[Bekah]

In my mind I've been remembering the Holocaust and all the people who are aghast that we didn't get involved in WWII earlier and how many lives we could have saved.  And now we see exactly why we didn't.  In the US there is,  and has been ever since the Mexican War,  a huge anti-war sentiment unless we have been personally attacked in some way (including capitalist fears of governments who nationalize companies and resources).  

If you,  a 6-foot 200 pound male age about 30,  see a 13-year old beating the crap out of a 5-year old what do you do?  To ignore it co-signs the 6th grader's actions - to get involved assures the 5-year old's safety.  There is no "fair" grouping to stop the fight.   And in the case at hand,  the 5-year old is likely to jump on us and start scratching and kicking - (the new regime would be worse).  

I have no idea if I'm for or against action in Syria -  I wish we had a more forceful UN or something but I'm not sure that wouldn't be more of the same from a different source.  The other nations have spoken anyway - without a formal "vote."   

Bek
(sigh)

On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:53 AM, alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe the Syrian conflict is an imperial plot hatched in the bloody war
> room, the gas leaked from the oil satellites, into the rooms where children
> slept fitfully. Maybe not.
> 
> Maybe Washington wants the revolution in Syria to succeed. Maybe not.
> 
> Maybe the insidious creeping of neo-liberal capitalism, more deadly than
> gas, and clearly in use by all sides is the WMD. Maybe not.
> 
> Maybe Obama hit the replay on the tube, so we Thanatoids are watching
> a re-run  of the Bush-era lies that led to the war on Iraq. Maybe not.
> 
> Maybe Syria's dictatorial President Bashar al-Assad and the 40-year
> rule of his family is nothing but another brick in the old cold war.
> Maybe not.
> 
> Maybe its time for an Arab Winter. Maybe not.
> 
> Gas tyranny, corruption, occupation, poverty.
> 
> Let economic development, social justice, real representation and
> democracy Spring.
> 
> Let them eat gas.
> Let them eat gas.
> 
> Oil and blood.
> 
> Noam Chomsky said.
> 
> Spread the revolution.
> 
> Spread the revolution.
> 
> Let them
> Let them
> 
> Oil and Blood.
> 
> Eat Gas.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk4aP0hsen0