Is it just me?
\nI can’t seem to take sides in this War. I can’t seem to care there is a war going on.(I am not even sure I should call this a war, but that’s beside the point) I mean, here I am, in a country that itself wages a long-drawn-out “war” with a neighbour over a piece of land, half of whose people don’t know what’s going on, and the other half don’t bloomin’ give a damn. How fair would it be for me to make comments about the President of a country, even though he might be a moron, a savant, or just a bumbling warmonger? I can scream “President Bush! You asshole! You are wasting lives and hurting the economy!!!” As if that’s going to matter. Instead I think about Neville Chamberlain, pre-World War II British Prime Minister, and him trying to placate Hitler just as he was coming into power, and going all-out on an anti-war stance. People sided with him then, and later when Hitler stormed across Europe, everybody was of the opinion that Chamberlain sucked big-time and peace was for wussies, up and at them, boys. You can’t blame Bush. He’s taken his lessons from History. And of course, Mom.(The bad guys are to be punished, beta<\/i>. Eat this gaajar ka halwaa<\/i>, finish off the pie, and go sock’em! )<\/p>\n
I don’t think I am comparing Saddam Hussein to Hitler either. Jeez! This is all so funny, how can I have an opinion about a guy whom I have read about in newspapers and bad-guy novels? Honour Among Thieves<\/i>, anyone? That had Mr Hussein stealing the Declaration of Independence to shame Bush Sr, and a band of intrepid adventurers going all out in a race against time to grab the stolen Doc. (For that matter, there was another Archer story about some carpet merchant, ex-Saddam Hussein minister. The same villainous portrait of the Iraqi president. But that’s jingoism for you ) <\/p>\n
So we have the two World Leaders screwing around with normal life as we know it. There might be nothing normal about life in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Like I said, I don’t freaking KNOW<\/i>. And I’m not too sure if I ought to care, because my<\/i> life here in Hyderabad, India is going on quite hunky-dory. And before people start screaming that I am callous, and I am uncivilised and I am a blot towards humanity, allow me to further say that even if I care, even if I worry and tear my hair out about WHY this war is happening, or what’s going to happen to those poor Iraqi civilians, or who’s going to bury those wretched American soldiers who got shot down, it wouldn’t matter!!! The war might get over tomorrow, or it might get over in a month, or it might continue for five years. But I am not<\/i> gonna care. Unless a nuke drops on my office building, or in my backyard, or I get run over by a car tomorrow morning, under which circumstances I might be too far gone to give a damn….or somebody I know<\/i> gets killed in the war, or because of it. <\/p>\n
I sound like such a loser. But that’s just me, I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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