We're All Really Fucked Now

I made the mistake last night of doing something I very rarely do: I turned on the radio.

The topic was Iraq, and the quest, some know-it-all from some right-wing DC think-tank, assured the listening public that Saddam poses the world's gravest threat to world peace and security, and that the U.S. would be justified taking him down even without a so-called "smoking gun".

Then the callers had their turn. After hearing comments the like of, "North Korea will get its turn, but first we have to deal with Iraq, which is sitting on our oil," and, "Whether you want to call them 'Arab' or 'Muslim', we know what they look like, and they would sooner slit my kids' throats; so we're going to have to get used to the idea of killing a lot of them," and that those opposed to war are, "a bunch of morons," and, "If the United States had taken care of Hitler after the invasion of Poland, millions of lives could've been saved;" it seems the only variable left to wonder about is whether the nuclear armageddon will kill us all, or whether the polar shift will get us first. Either way, it would appear that we're not long for this world.

The worst part: the show's host was actually asking fairly decent devil's-advocate-type questions, pointing up factual errors made by callers, and generally trying to throw a bit of water onto the fire.

Anyhow, I'm sure my "paranoia" will soon enough settle back into a nice, seething anger, allowing me to return to the task at hand: resisting the fucking war-mongers.

Posted by Eddie Tews at January 15, 2003 04:08 PM