COMMENT POSTED TO A STORY IN THE GUARDIAN
I just cannot accept the image of Obama as a caring leader,
somberly bowing his head over yet one more mass killing in America. The photo
you use here resembles for me a scene from a well-acted movie.
In truth, Obama's own hands are drenched in the blood of
many thousands in a half dozen lands.
One of his drones often kills groups of innocents as large
as the number of victims in Oregon.
And his continued tolerance of Israel's keeping five million
or so people as prisoners with no rights of any kind and constant abuse speaks
for itself.
Israel killed a thousand children about a year ago in Gaza.
I don't recall any similar photos of Obama after that true horror.
And America's induced terror in Syria has killed a quarter
million and sent millions running from their homes.
I don't see a glimpse of genuine compassion in this entirely
narcissistic man.
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Response to another
comment:
Americans are afraid and in great numbers. That is the basic
reason for embracing the cult of the gun.
And when there are literally tens of millions of guns
floating around, any maniac can obtain one.
America's fear – of course, never expressed in public - is
about black people.
The slave holders in the pre-Civil War South generally kept
pistols under their pillows or swords near the bed because they were terrified
of a slave revolt in the night.
There was only one genuine revolt in all those years, and
that rather small one, but it terrified the South’s plantation owners.
What Obama refuses to see and many people abroad do not
understand is that America was born in quite extreme violence - Indian
massacres and massive slavery - and it remains a violent place.
How else do you think Americans support all that bombing of
people around the globe?
