“Have You Forgotten?” a country song by Darryl Worley captures pretty closely all the confusions generated by the government’s lies: it is presented as an argument for the Iraq war, but does so in the name of the “two towers.” It is an emotion-and-tear-soaked worldview that starts the tape abruptly on September 11 — one that doesn’t know (or care) what was before (or underneath) those events.
And it shows nothing of those killed by the U.S. efforts, the countries occupied, the destruction, or the larger geo-strategic goals pursued in the name of this “war on terror” (can you spell O-I-L?)
My mind keeps spinning, making a list of all the things Darryl Worley has “forgotten” (or perhaps never bothered to learn): including about how the U.S. has mercilessly dominated and bullied the people of the world and unleashed Shock-And-Awe on Iraq in crudely unprovoked aggression based on lies. The list starts there and extends around a battered and angry world.
Kasama