[Peace-discuss] There must be a reckoning for this day of infamy

[Brussel Morton K.]

 From the Guardian, UK. Its editorial stance regarding our wars and  
occupations is in general equivocal,
but this article by Seumas Milne hits the nail on the head. For example,

In the western world, far from the scene of the unfolding  
catastrophe, such suffering [in Ira and afghanistan] has been somehow  
normalised as a kind of background noise. But the impact on the  
aggressor states, both at home and abroad, has only begun to be felt:  
not only in the predicted terrorist blowback finally acknowledged by  
Tony Blair last year, but in a profound domestic political  
alienation, as well as a loss of standing and credibility across the  
globe. How can anyone take seriously, for example, US or British  
leaders lecturing China about Tibet, Russia about Chechnya, or Sudan  
about Darfur, when they have triggered and presided over such an orgy  
of killing, collective punishment, prisoner abuse and ethnic cleansing?

For the remainder, see  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/ 
mar/20/iraq

--mkb



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