I shouldn’t have watched it, but I had to. I’m not sure why, but I was compelled.
So, with reservation I watched the entire video. The video and audio was out of sync due to the extreme traffic on the site. But I wanted to see, for myself, what extremism does to innocent people. And I watched, in abject horror, as a young life was snuffed out in retaliation against the American presence in their country. Thank god it was out of sync. The screams, terrible terrible agonizing screams from a young man whose only sin was being an American in Iraq. And as they held his head, newly severed from his body, I felt my stomach take a turn for the worse. My stomach is not getting any better.
The family of this kid, god I feel for them. I don’t know all the details but if the stories I am reading are true, this whole situation, on top of the one at Abu Ghraib prison, our efforts in Iraq are having disasterous results. Granted, if we pull out there will be a vacuum effect and someone just as bad, if not worse than Saddam will come into power. But things are not working over there. I don’t know anyone who can honestly say they are. Things have gotten better and they have gotten worse. Something needs to be done. What? I don’t know. I wish I did. But what we are doing now is not working, and hasn’t been for a long time. It’s time to change something.
For the families of those who have died in our “War Against Terror”, I would like to apoligize. The focus shifted, to a place we had no business going. And I want you to know, I didn’t vote for that bastard.
