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We invaded Iraq as retribution for 9/11 even though Iraq had no involvement in 9/11 and despite the salient fact that theocratic bin Laden and secularist Saddam Hussein (Ronald Reagan's trusted ally) were at opposite ends of the ideological spectrum.
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People are captivated by "stories" (particularly those with a high level of "human interest" and the more perilous the protagonist's position, the more transfixed we are.
It's likely that 50 to a 100 people died in the Thai ferry disaster that took place 3 days ago, but the tragedy barely rises to radar.
As an issue, "justice" does not hold a candle to "the perils of Pauline."
Even so, I remain hopeful that the inter-related issues of 1.) "family separation," 2.) the Trump administration's bizarre need for DNA matching to return kids to parents, and 3.) the overwhelming likelihood that some kids will never be re-united... will have "legs."
Family separation should play on the heartstrings of those white women who voted 53% for SOBMF.
Admittedly, a staggering number of people want to be lied to and depend on constant cultivation of falsehood to protect their rigid, brittle, breakable beliefs.
Again, the loss of one's identity -- which most often means the loss of one's "religion" -- is more frightful than the prospect of physical death.
This is why Chesterton said "Every war is a religious war."
The quest to secure one's identity is why "religious and/or political beliefs" undergird all belligerence.
"My group of believers are "righteous-and-saved" whereas the other group of believers are "verminous and damned."
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What's more, my righteousness and my ultimately selfish "salvation assurance" are fortified by finding "good reasons" to kill "infidels," which is to say "brittle believers" continually cast about for "reasons" to justify the killing of anyone who does not believe what they do.
Of course, we don't kill everyone who "needs killing" as we say in The South... aka "The Bible Belt."
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At intervals -- and with remarkable randomness -- we "designate enemies" whom, for the forseeable future, we "feel good" about killing -- e.g., the Vietnamese, Iraqis, Sandinista Nicaraguans.
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On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 9:38 AM, FV wrote:
Dear A
As I watch the world concern for and elation over the rescue of 13 boys in Thailand, I wonder why so much universal emotional angst is spent on it and not on the over thousands torn apart whose only crime is asking to be rescued from a different deadly situation.The Thai children are in this predicament because of poor judgement.The migrant children because of birthplace.So much energy to rescue (sort of )fault over no fault.Is it because watching imminent life or death daring rescue makes better television ?A judge was shaken when he had to ask a 1 year old if the child, with its lawyer, understood the proceedings but he was legally obliged to do it.Why isn't the world watching that?Why isn't the world watching when this government admits it's lost track of some parents and can't reunite families without DNA?Children in internment camps can't be rescued because they have no place to go.It's just not good television and has no Hollywood ending.LoveF
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