Sunday, July 23, 2006
Defies Reason
With all due respect to the innocent victims of the Middle East, and to journalists like Seymour Hersh, I have to say I have no interest in hearing once again all the details of who's doing what to whom where and how in this tragic region, unless and until Americans are willing to listen and learn about the patterns of colonialism that have repeated themselves so many times they've become much more than obvious to any thoughtful human being. Because, to anyone who really cares about the atrocities, the question that must be asked is why. And the answer to that is so simple it defies reason that media pundits are still able to baffle so many so easily.
