We Have Humanity in Common:

James at OTB pointed out this piece in the Independent by Robert Fisk which mocks the liberation of Iraq. In his rant against the people dancing in the streets in Baghdad, he notes the following:

Forgetting, too, that the "liberators" were a new and alien and all-powerful occupying force with neither culture nor language nor race nor religion to unite them with Iraq.

In other words, because the Americans and British aren't Arabs, or because they might be Christians, or their skin is not the same hue, then that makes the Americans and Iraqis "aliens" to one another. To which I say: nonsense. Our humanity is sufficient to unite us, as is the natural longing of the human spirit for freedom. I think he needs to read my March 23rd piece from the Birmingham News (yes, self-promotion, but heck, its a blog for crying out loud!).

Posted by Steven Taylor at April 10, 2025 11:07 AM | TrackBack