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Monday, October 31, 2005

Letter of the month

The following letter appeared in the UK Guardian on October 27:

"Two thousand Americans are dead. Fifty times that many Iraqis are dead; 300 times that many human beings are injured. One million times that have been indirectly affected by a barbarous act of inhumanity. War is about numbers. The small number of humans who have much to gain by war. The large number affected. The small number who sit home and rally the large number to send their kids to die physically or mentally. The largest number who say nothing. The financial numbers are so huge that millions aren't accounted for, and millions more are paid in bonuses.

"I'm a Vietnam infantry veteran who has taken the time to peel away the onion of war. Strip off the uniforms, the flags, the nationalities, the slogans. War is, at best, the failure of leaders to solve problems. At worst, war is a massive money-generating machine with no regard for life. It's all in the numbers."

Arnold Stieber
Grass Lake, Michigan, USA

2 Comments:

Blogger Antony Loewenstein said...

And ten thousand people who seem to believe that war brings peace, Iraq is a democracy and America's aims are noble.

Monday, October 31, 2005 8:56:00 pm  
Blogger Ibrahamav said...

It appears that Arnold needs a lesson in math and truth. Dirty merely need a lesson in language arts.

The opposite of emotion is indifference. The opposite of love is hate. No wonder you don't know what you are talking about.

Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:47:00 am  

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