Good beheading vs bad beheading. What’s the difference??
After 20 years of slaying evil dragons and failing, we have
the mother of all dragons to slay. These evil dragons behead their victims, so
we must take up arms and begin a “long “war according to the President, to slay
the latest in a long series of dragons.
This should not be confused with the short war of 13 years in
Afghanistan, and the first invasion of Iraq, followed by the Mission
Accomplished short war against Iraq that all began over 20 years ago. This one, warns the President, will be
“long”. Why war now? Because these savage folks, our latest enemy, actually behead
their victims. At least two Americans have
been beheaded in public spectacles and the nation has been in a state of
horror. But questions must be
addressed. Why are some beheadings so
barbarically horrible, while others appear to be acceptable? Is it the act, or who
commits the act, that makes it barbaric or not so barbaric?
For example, on the same day the first American reporter was
beheaded which shocked this nation, our good friend in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia,
beheaded 19 people and we did not even blink.
How come no horror and shock??
How come no bombs for them? Why
did the beheading of 19 people in one day not even make mainstream news? Some
might argue they were guilty of serious crimes, but those folks don’t know what
the Saudi system of justice is like.
They do not have trial by jury, they do not have trial. Someone of
influence just says you are guilty and that’s it. Were these “good” beheadings?
Other recent examples that did not bother us comes to
mind. During our best friend’s horrific
bombing of Gaza, a mother was asked to identify the dead body of her infant
child. She could not identify her own
child because the head was missing. Why
was this beheading so acceptable, while the beheading of the reporter so
horrible? Is it the act itself, or does it depend on who is doing the beheading,
or how it its done? Is beheading an infant with a missile, any different than
using a knife? Is the end result any
different? Is this a “good” beheading?
What about the Free Syrian Army, the so called “good guys”
in Syria, whom we have been and will continue to help. They beheaded 6 people, and once again it was
not a big issue. Why no bombs for them? Were those 6 beheadings “good”
beheadings?
Another example from Gaza involved a father who had to claim
his daughter’s body at two different hospitals because his daughter’s body had
been cut into two separate pieces, with each part being brought to a different
hospital. Why was there no outrage here? We did not blink at this “beheading”. It
did not even make mainstream news. Is it because our friend did the beheading
so it’s ok? Was this a “good” beheading?
US drones have killed hundreds of innocents in Pakistan and
Afghanistan. We have wiped out at least
7 complete weddings with all the guests killed.
Witnesses tell us and Amnesty International, that body parts were strewn
all over the place and remains could not be identified. In one of those weddings
46 innocents were killed including the bride. Hajj Khan, an elderly man who
survived, had been holding his grandson's hand as they walked toward the
groom's village. According to a British paper, the Guardian, a bomb strike
threw Mr. Khan to the ground. When he opened his eyes, he said, "I was
still holding my grandson's hand but the rest of him was gone. I looked around
and saw pieces of bodies everywhere." Is that beheading and the many others
like it from US drones not horrible and repulsive because we did it? Why didn’t
that beheading even make mainstream news? Was the beheading of Mr. Khan’s
grandson a “good” beheading?
Is a public beheading any more inhuman than the botched legal
execution of an American citizen in a state penitentiary which used
experimental drugs causing an agonizing death which took over 43 minutes?
Are these
“beheadings” any worse or more barbaric than the two reporter’s
beheadings? Why was the beheading of
ISIS so barbaric, but we don’t even count our beheadings and slaughters, and
those done by our friends? Just think about it. Could you be a victim of
propaganda for the sake of war? Did you
buy into the WMD in Iraq? Are you old
enough to have bought in to the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home