Brilliantly, sadly observed

[ish mailian]

Did we pretty much midwife an Islamic state? No. We did not. That is sound
bite.


On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 1:17 PM, David Kilroy <thesaintgodard at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
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