FALLUJAH
America's Waterloo
By Linda Gale Nolen
4-24-4
Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of the French Lived: 17691821
With each new shock and awe event during our first few years of the
21st Century, my thoughts always turn back to historical events. I
think about the how and the why of the rise and fall of every Empire
which were so similar in the reasons for both. Many writers have been
using Vietnam as a comparison to our quagmire in Iraq. Others point
out the differences between the two.
My memory went much farther back in time. I use Waterloo for the
purpose of comparison not of events in Iraq but of choices that people
made throughout history. And why those choices brought us to the dire
straits, in which, we find ourselves today.
Recently, and continuing today, we are bombarded with news and
opinions of the atrocity on-going in Fallujah. Many learned men and
women have already written articles stating facts and opinions and
possible future outcomes due to the slaughter of the innocents and the
leveling of that city.
To what purpose can these actions be justified?
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None, by anyone with a conscience. But, then the rulers of America
either don,t have consciences or have succeeded in turning the volume
down or off. They surely don,t hear them and they refuse to hear
anyone else,s who are listening to theirs.
Fallujah is not just a Waterloo for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft,
Rove, Rice and the others running our country into the dark ages. No,
it,s actually a Waterloo for all Americans. It,s also a Waterloo for
all of those leaders and those citizens of the countries who are
aligned with The Bush Pirates.
And, by the way, we all keep saying "Bush" when we know he is not even
involved in planning anything. He is merely the ventriloquists
"Dummy", (as the wooden puppet propped upon the ventroloquits' laps
used to be called) capable only of the movements which the
ventriloquists' controlled.
Oh, in reality, we hear the Bush voice, see the Bush facial
expressions, the body moving and often the body twisting, revealing
his total confusion as he waits for the words he needs, sometimes
delayed coming into his ear from his 'ventrioloquist'.
And, yes, they do allow him to babble his own disjointed thoughts, and
then scramble to mop up the mess he causes with his oral diarreah.
I realize that some of you reading this may not be familiar with
Napoleon,s Waterloo. Perhaps you would benefit by looking at that
historical account now. Especially, now, since there is no doubt we
too have arrived in Waterloo.
The internet is chockfull of information about the mega maze of our
dilemma and many suggestions for ways to get out of it. However,
electing anyone who is in the political arena now is not going to lead
to the way out.
We have arrived in Waterloo. How can we avoid what Napoleon did not?
Why was it that he went so far when he was also warned it was a bad
idea?
Historically, and sadly, we have always been a species who kill the
messengers. This is still happening today. As the wise man who wrote
Ecclesiastes told us, "there is nothing new under the sun. This
knowledge ought to be an asset and a pivotal one for ending the cycle
of repeating mistakes clearly recorded for us in hundreds of thousands
or perhaps millions of books and articles published throughout
recorded history.
If we look the other way now, we cannot break the cycle. Do you know
what that will mean for us in America and those around the world? If
you have to ask what it will mean, you also wouldn,t understand the
answer, never mind believe it. If you do understand it, then you know
that as bad as our situation is today, all it takes is the will of the
people who want to break that cycle to choose to never give up the
effort. It can be done, but we are in an uphill struggle.
The struggle is not with a far off enemy. It is the enemy within our
own country. It is also the fear, and the doubts plaguing even those
of us who know we,ve been and continue to be lied to and manipulated
by the criminals who hijacked our country.
The other day, in mainstream news, it was reported that John Kerry is
wooing the 18 to 24 year olds. Tell me, how many 18 to 24 year olds
ever even heard of "WATERLOO?
Here's an idea for you. Go out onto your local area streets and ask 18
to 24 year olds "What was Waterloo?" Ask 18 to 24 year olds about any
events during their lifetime that didn,t relate to or have an effect
on their daily lives. Of course I know there are students
knowledgeable of history among this age group, but I also know they
are a minority within that age group.
So what better supporters for Kerry, or Bush too, than the young who
have never read about ancient history, modern history, or history in
the making now. Just so we don,t blame it all on the young, we also
know the closed minded, the uninformed and the easily manipulated are
found in every age group.
And therein lies the problem.
Combining the young uninformed, the older uninformed, the closed
minded, and easily manipulated, we have a very large portion of
citizens who will never think breaking the cycle is even necessary.
Certainly, they cannot comprehend that it can even be done.
There will always be a Waterloo until we choose to stop the cycle.
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