What do you think?: June 2006 Archives
I see that the US, in all its wisdom, decided to strike fear into hearts of man by bombing someone, someplace, something. While the US might be chanting praises and whoops of glory, the European view is a little different.
In a local paper, here in Zurich, an expert was asked a series of questions that went something like this:
Q: The Americans just bombed somebody,...who was he?
Expert: He was part of a terrorist ring. As people go, he was a very bad guy, as terrorist go, he was just a guy with lots of friends.
Q: Was he important?
Expert: Not really. Just unlucky.
Q: Will this bombing and the execution of this guy change terrorism?
Expert: No. It might make it worse. This was only one guy in a sea of thousands.
Q: Are Americans any safer today?
Expert: No. And it will probably get worse.
Q: Are Europeans safer today?
Expert: Not really.
Q: Then why did the Americans do it?
Expert: Bush needed a win to deflect the attention away from his horrible numbers and an eroding economy. Plus, he needed to make sure that everyone saw that they were actually "doing something" in Iraq.
Q: Will they ever catch Bin Laden?
Expert: Never. American politics needs an enemy.
What a difference it makes to not be exposed to the political machine of the US and its control of the media. I think I'll stay in Europe for a while. "Ra-Ra-Ree! Kick 'em in the knee! Ra-Ra-Rass! Kick 'em in the other knee!"
