Comments on: The Forgotten Victims of the U.S. War on Iraq http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/10/the-forgotten-victims-of-the-us-war-on-iraq/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:30:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rick http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/10/the-forgotten-victims-of-the-us-war-on-iraq/#comment-7566 Rick Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:00:46 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/10/the-forgotten-victims-of-the-us-war-on-iraq/#comment-7566 Yes, but let's not forget the Armenian genocide of 1915 (While forgetting the generous support Washington gave the Turkish government when it was savagely suppressing the Kurdish independence movement back in the '90's). Or let's not forget the Khmer Rouge genocide circa 1975-79, now used as an excuse to continue the occupation of Iraq (While forgetting the the U.S. government deliberately and maliciously massacred Cambodian farmers and destroyed their farms from the air circa 1969-73). "I can’t see why I would be more involved in stopping the Sudanese civil war than my personal and moral obligation to try to stop the Iraq war." It makes perfect sense to me. People with blood on their hands like to point their blood stained fingers at the crimes of somebody else. If you're a Cruise Missile Liberal who believes in the benevolence of the U.S. government, then, yes, "Out of Iraq, Into Darfur" makes good sense. After trashing Iraq, it's now time to bring the same kind of "liberation" to Darfur. This is why Americans remember Democratic Kampuchea, or what Cambodia was called under the Khmer Rouge, not Nixon's reign of terror over the countryside of Cambodia circa 1969-73. Democratic Kampuchea existed, therefore, American's don't have the blood of Cambodian farmers on their hands. Darfur exists, therefore, Americans should go there and then they won''t have Iraqi blood on their hands. Yes, but let’s not forget the Armenian genocide of 1915 (While forgetting the generous support Washington gave the Turkish government when it was savagely suppressing the Kurdish independence movement back in the ’90’s). Or let’s not forget the Khmer Rouge genocide circa 1975-79, now used as an excuse to continue the occupation of Iraq (While forgetting the the U.S. government deliberately and maliciously massacred Cambodian farmers and destroyed their farms from the air circa 1969-73).

“I can’t see why I would be more involved in stopping the Sudanese civil war than my personal and moral obligation to try to stop the Iraq war.”

It makes perfect sense to me. People with blood on their hands like to point their blood stained fingers at the crimes of somebody else. If you’re a Cruise Missile Liberal who believes in the benevolence of the U.S. government, then, yes, “Out of Iraq, Into Darfur” makes good sense. After trashing Iraq, it’s now time to bring the same kind of “liberation” to Darfur.

This is why Americans remember Democratic Kampuchea, or what Cambodia was called under the Khmer Rouge, not Nixon’s reign of terror over the countryside of Cambodia circa 1969-73. Democratic Kampuchea existed, therefore, American’s don’t have the blood of Cambodian farmers on their hands. Darfur exists, therefore, Americans should go there and then they won”t have Iraqi blood on their hands.

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