Brilliantly, sadly observed

[David Kilroy]

Considering we pretty much midwived the existence of the Islamic State I
don't think we merit much understanding.

Not for a second saying the terrorists are right, but I understand
precisely why we're perceived as the great satan.  Our government has done
everything in its power to destabilize the middle east, murder & impoverish
hundreds of thousands of people and it's an absolute fucking disgrace.

http://thedollop.libsyn.com/122-the-iraq-war
​
Professional comedians can't even manage to make jokes about it.  It's just
an abysmal state of affairs.  Our government has made its citizenry
complicit in wars where we refuse to keep a body count or allow ourselves
to be held accountable to international law.  We've held POWs for over a
decade without trial.  How has that made us secure?  MY GOVERNMENT HAS MADE
ME COMPLICIT IN WAR CRIMES.  The people in Guantanamo are hostages,
political pawns who have been abused physically & mentally, and no amount
of therapy will heal that.  Call me naive all you want: this shit matters.
We look like fucking barbarians.

The U.S. hasn't made things any more secure.  It's made American citizens
targets wherever we go: U.S. policies have created a climate of hatred &
danger for citizens traveling abroad.  It's infuriating.  We're losers for
believing we're in any way righteous.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20151127/e9770d76/attachment.html>