It's quite extraordinary. I have no tv and have only today been listening to
the radio at all closely
And over the day it has started to grow on me how clueless the us govt is
What a gift to Bush to become the saviour; but it seems there just isnt the
organisation there and possibly not the awareness of the opportunity
As at WTC and the Pentagon, and more recently with the bombs in London, one
gets a glimpse of what would happen if the war first prepared for USSR were
ever fought
And many of the failures and derelictions which have seemed (to me)
institutionally racist in Iraq now seem to be happening in the US itself. It
isnt that the powers dont care about Iraqis; they dont care (effectively)
about anyone
I know that the UK is administered by tossers but... well the comparison
doesn't matter once it falls below functional
I have listened with astonishment and growing pain as I have heard this
evening's broadcasts on BBC Radio. Change the accents and it could be
anywhere in the poorer parts of the world. Yet here one doesnt even have to
think Can I afford to give? because money isnt the problem.
There will be great pleasure among those who see USA as an enemy to be
fought; and there will be exhilaration that for all the country's resources
it can't or isn't interested in helping its own citizens
I was thinking, probably not that appropriately, of occasions when I have
watched people doing high tech camping, spending hours unpacking, more hours
assembling and more hours still debugging all their shelter and cooking
arrangements, clueless about where to site themselves, what to do when
something goes wrong etc
The advantage of many who survived the big tsunami was that they didn't
expect to be helped. I heard bewilderment approaching despair today as
USAmericans realised that there are no plans as such to help them and that
it won't be fixed except in a ramshackle way - presumably while anything
that can be creamed off will be as it has been in Iraq, regardless of the
importance of whatever is stolen to the intended recipients
L
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From: "Stephen Vincent" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:23 PM
Subject: Hurricane Katrina / some thoughts
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