TvNewsLies Challenges the Silence of the Opposition!

[veracity]

TvNewsLIES.org CHALLENGES
THE SILENCE

Has the opposition been permanently muted? Do we just sit back and watch the endless war go on? Do we pretend it is no longer our concern? Do we become one with the warmongers? Do we watch in silence as Death rides unfettered through the streets of Iraq?

Or do we start asking the questions that no one has answered?

Not long ago, Death had some clout. Not long ago, the mounting deaths of our fighting men and women in Iraq were reported on the evening news. Not long ago we heard the totals and not long ago the numbers saddened an enraged us. As the futile and immoral war against Iraq went on, Death boldly rode roughshod over our troops with impunity. In a horridly short time, ten deaths became twenty, twenty became a hundred, and then, with much fanfare, we passed a much heralded milestone. By the closing days of the 2004 election campaign, more than one thousand American men and women had lost their lives in George Bush’s War!

Not long ago, as Death was riding high, we railed against him. Not long ago, though Death was in charge, we shook our fists in anger, and raised our voices in protest. We were half the nation, and we were loud.

As Death dealt his blows, coalition casualties didn’t seem to matter; their numbers were never of much interest. What the heck….foreigners are foreigners. But, if you listened closely, some Americans did care. Some of us loudly and consistently mourned the deaths of all who were being sacrificed in the growing quagmire. And some of us abjectly refused to look aside as Death continued riding high.

Iraqi deaths didn’t really matter, either – a thousand here, a thousand there, what the heck. You couldn’t tell an insurgent from a terrorist, anyway. But, in truth, some of us really did care. We sought after the numbers, and we asked to see the photos, and we were terribly troubled by what we learned. But they had stopped counting the dead civilians long before…. it wasn’t a very good statistic for the Bush image. So time went on, and Death went on. And just his month, he took full advantage of it all. Death went on a rampage and rode into Fallujah.

And then, and then….and then came the Darkness and the Silence.

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[knowbody0]

1. and the silent screams echo in the netherworld. amen

[KoKo]

2. I was one who protested BEFORE the War, during the war for a couple

of months then turned to working on the election which I was convinced would turn Bush out of the White House. When Bush supposedly won, and he started the Fallujah bombing, I turned off the TV and stopped reading any article anywhere including DU about Iraq. I could not and still cannot read anything about what is going on there.

It reminds me that we who protested failed. We who worked for Kerry/Edwards were left with only a recount where fraud is suspected and there's no way I can deal with all of it at the same time.

I had to close my eyes and ears to Iraq and the death and destruction being done in my name and every other citizens name. I was around for Vietnam...that we are doing this again, and our country doesn't care is beyond my ability to understand humankind in what was once a civilized country with laws and rules and who abided by international treaties.

There is nothing I can do about Iraq. Going into the streets about Iraq won't accomplish anything. And if we go into the streets now it could get ugly.

So....what do we do? When someone comes up with something, I'll be there if it has a chance of being effective. Until then, we have to figure those who will be asked to go and kill and die or be maimed psychologically or physically will have to speak up in some way by refusal to serve and those who have served will have to turn against those who sent them.

The attitude about Iraq has to chance for the killing to stop. It has to come from those who will be sent there.

Probably many are like me who can't bear it. The rest of America couldn't give a damn. It's somewhere over there and since it's not here it doesn't matter.

[veracity]

3. It's ugly now...

I was out there, too. Every single time from the summer before the war until the protest in NYC in August. If it gets ugly, it gets ugly. The killing is uglier, and the silence is even more horrifying. What if someone had risen up in Nazi Germany after the first million Jews had been taken. What if? It's doing NOTHING that's the most immoral act of all.