A recent blog-posting on the “Shelley the Republican” blog demonstrates that you can justify almost any act of violence, repression and destruction by posting an image of a small blond child weeping at a funeral. When a small blond kid cries then armies move. Exceptional budgets are authorized and the brave and patriotic armed forces go to work.
As shelley says: “we never want our citizens to suffer like this again”, because she knows that nothing ends suffering like an international mobilization followed by a multi-year hostile occupation.
Now I very much doubt that American conservatives get to see images of starving and mutilated olive-skinned children on their nightly news; That sort of image doesn’t sell a war in the same way that weeping blond children do.
When asked to justify war in Iraq, most war-supporters will quickly remind us of Saddam’s appalling human rights record. They will position American and British involvement in the middle-east as if it were some kind of humanitarian mission. They genuinely believe that their president authorized a $200bn spend for mainly humanitarian reasons.
“I completely support the fact we should to to Iran, Syria, North Korea and any other country that threatens peace in civilization all Cesear-style. ” - Shelley
The truth comes out; many of the people who most avidly support war in Iraq are explicit supporters of imperialism, and would happily support their politicians if they decided to nuke the whole of the middle-east. Anything to keep the depressing foreign death-toll from their nightly news.
“Shelley for President - the one candidate who isn’t afraid to use a nuclear weapon to discipline out of control, weaker governments who call for our death. I’m willing to stake my reputation that the U.S. Colony of Iran could be a great tourist destination. I won’t even bother to set up a Constitution.” - “Shelley”
What I find most baffling about this whole thing is that many of the people who are most comfortable with the idea of nuclear genocide are also the ones who claim to be Christians. I’m not aware of any teachings of the mythical christ-figure advocating thermo-nuclear obliteration of ones foes, but then again I don’t pay too much attention to my bible.
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