Hope, Memory And Rage

I can’t think of anything more crucial to keep in my mind on this anniversary of September 11th than the hope that we will all remember how our national tragedy was so blatently exploited as justification for the needless destruction of human life in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last four years. How can we not all be absolutely incensed with rage over the biggest lie of them all? Why are we there? Why do we all fail to pursue this most obvious question?

Every justification given to us by the Bush administration has been proven to be not just mistakes, but outright lies, plain and simple. And because the big lie (that we’re fighting in Iraq for any justifiable reason whatsoever) has never been fully aknowledged or challenged, the liars took miles when we gave them that inch. And now there are four years of lies upon lies, successfully stoking our collective fear, paranoia and complacency to the point that we’re now numb to the reality that we’ve become a “democracy” that sanctions torture, and extra-legal prisons and the suspension of Habeaus Corpus and on and on. Is there really No End In Sight?

If we can’t force ourselves to answer the big question honestly, then how are we to prevent being mislead into yet another all consuming war which will likely trigger the end of civilization as we know it?

There is something we can all do, for ourselves and for our children. Call this number (the Capital switchboard): 202-225-3121

Demand answers of your congressresional representatives. And keep demanding until we regain our sanity and our hope. No one can save us, but ourselves.