I fear that amid all the self-righteous blameshifting and frantic second-guessing of the attack, which was launched from an American fighter jet, but ordered by the German Oberst Klein, we haven’t learned nearly enough.
We haven’t learned nearly enough about this mayhem of a failed state and the chaos that even the well-intentioned regime changes or peacemaking bring.
We haven’t learned nearly enough about the nightmares, that result all too often, when the high and mighty West comes to the rescue.
Tank Graffiti, via Flickr, originally uploaded by Luodanli
This isn’t a simple question of surging or withdrawing: from this nightmare, there is no waking up.
We need to learn a lesson, of what happens when we disrupt and exploit divided, traditional societies, equip them with technology and weaponry far outmatching their level of development. From this responsibility, there is no escaping.
It’s a simple lesson, we all accept before entering a store: if you break it, you buy it.
_Mission_Accomplished.jpg "Mission Accomplished Banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln")
