Thoughts for Non-Sociopaths

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" Donna C " <donna2222002

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:41:27 -0700 (PDT)

Re: Thoughts for Non-Sociopaths

 

 

 

I have a friend who's become an expert on the subject of

Depleted Uranium. So, to find out what he's been so incensed about,

I've been doing my own reading, too.

 

I have to tell you, the more I read, the more I am completely

and totally blown away, disgusted, and nauseated - at our government's

complete and total fore-knowledge of the effects of these radioactive

munitions, and of the massive, un-told numbers of cancers, birth

defects, other illnesses, and deaths of not only Iraqi, the former

Yugloslaviain, Bosnian, Afghanistani and Central Asian people, but

those from neighboring nations, too! (The minute dust particles in

the sand reportedly blow through the air to other locations, up to a

thousand miles a year.)

 

And if the idea of wiping out the total health of all life

forms (plant, animal, and human) in the middle east is not, in and of

itself bad enough ... consider the fact that DU has a half-life of 4.5

BILLION years (roughly the age of the earth itself which means that

the radioactive poison dust will, basically NEVER go away).

 

In effect, the US (with the help of a few " allies " ) have

managed to destroy the future of life in an entire geographic region

for billions of years. BILLIONS OF YEARS! As an environmentalist and

humanitarian, it's admittedly hard to sleep now ~ fully aware as I am

that my tax dollars have been supporting this death and weapon of mass

destruction for years.

 

That's a whole lot of guilt, isn't it?

 

I could tell myself that I simply " didn't know " - that the

media hadn't warned me, that the FOX news didn't cover DU all those

years... and maybe that will help ease my conscience a bit. Maybe.

But now that I've read so much, fully absorbed the horrors, completely

aware of the truth ~ there are no more excuses for inaction.

 

Being without a conscience is a luxury that only a few

sociopaths (like some world leaders we know) can escape. But for

those of us who actually *care* that others are purposely inflicted

with disease, pain, suffering and death - like it or not, we feel

obligated to do something to effect change.

 

To a psychologically normal mind, it's beyond comprehension to

contemplate that our nation is purposely laboring to wipe out an

entire group of people. To achieve this end, a large number of

flag-waving Americans have been brainwashed with pumped-up nationalism

that lets their conscience off the hook, enabling them to rationalize

that somehow American lives are more sacred than middle eastern ones.

 

Some call this false patriotism the " war on terror. " I call

it enabling genocide via a form of nuclear war.

 

So it's not so shocking to realize why, by and large, the good

flag-wavin' people of the US are not up in arms about what is

happening to the darker-skinned Muslim world. I suppose what has not

yet " sunk in " to the American psyche yet is that our soldiers from the

first Gulf War to this very day are in harm's way if they are serving

anywhere near where munitions have been - or are being - used anywhere

in the middle east.

 

It's really, really hard to accept that one's own seemingly

benevolent " Christian " leaders would purposely, knowingly do something

to harm one's very own soldiers. It goes against everything that

we've been ever taught - that our good government is here to protect

and act as servants of the public. And so the denial lives on.

 

To any person of knowledge and conscience, however, the topic

of Depleted Union must become everyday conversation. Our daily goal

must be to alert family members, neighbors, and friends - even if (or

especially if?) they don't seem to want to hear it.

 

Let's face it. Who actually *wants* to hear about the fact

that radioactive poisons are being not only used on foreigners, but on

our own soldiers? Most will deny that this is true - but that's okay.

You've planted the seed within their mind that will, no doubt, be

further watered by others down the road.

 

Don't we *owe it* to our friends, neighbors, and loved ones to

tell them the truth? After all, what young person would willingly go

off to war knowing that, more likely than not, s/he will suffer untold

horrible serious illness/disease/eventual early death as a result of

being poisoned by radioactive material - ON PURPOSE, AT THE HANDS OF

HIS OWN GOVERNMENT?

 

If we can manage to reach most young people (and their

parents) about what they *will* face in the middle east in terms of

radioactive poisoning (and how their government is working hard to

hide this from them) how many are going to be willing to pay the

" ultimate sacrifice " of being thusly poisoned?

 

I know that there are some wonderfully patriotic, brave souls

(often vets) who are doing counter-recruiting, presentations, and

touring the US, trying to awaken the un-aware public about the real

dangers of DU [weaponized poison uranium gas]. But due to the sheer

number of people who need to be " woken up " and the relatively small

number of persons doing such work - coupled with the urgency of this

effort - I suggest strongly that all those who possess a conscience

and concern for humanity - must become involved in this, too.

 

Here's a good website that has more info:

http://www.flamesong.com/du/index.html

 

Donna