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Uma comunidade do Multiply, chamada "Muslim", publicou há pouco uma interessante entrevista do jornal "Telegraph" com um soldado britânico que recusou lutar no Iraque por uma série de erros táticos e "morais", relacionados ao exército norte-americano e à própria legitimidade da guerra. Vale a pena ler a matéria, é um relato diametralmente oposto ao que vemos no dia-a-dia da mídia. Numa das passagens mais marcantes, o entrevistado afirma que os norte-americanos nada conhecem de cultura árabe, estão lá apenas para pagar seus estudos ou como espécies de Cruzados que matam árabes, e que os árabes são vistos pelos norte-americanos tal como eram vistos russos e judeus pelos nazistas (como untermenschen). Salvo raras exceções, os soldados norte-americanos não teriam nenhuma sensibilidade em diferenciar insurgentes de colonos, efetuando ações catastróficas.

Abaixo, figura um outro relato. Trata-se de uma antiga postagem que coloquei em outro weblog, sobre um soldado norte-americano que não está lá para - diz ele - morrer por seus propósitos, mas fazer com que "os iraquianos morram pelos deles". Opiniões radicalmente diversas, para enunciar um juízo bem ralo…

"it’s not my job to die for my country and beliefs… it’s to make those bastards die for theirs!"

Li isso em um blog de um soldado norte-americano no Iraque. Fiquei ao mesmo tempo chocado e impressionado. Comentei no blog a respeito, e tenho esperanças que o papo fique bom. Lá vai:

Roy said…

"it’s not my job to die for my country and beliefs… it’s to make those bastards die for theirs!"
wow! why are they bastards? Why the beliefs of this "bastards" must to be aniquilated?

3:05 PM
KoolaidDavis said…

I figure I’m going to respond to Roy before anyone even puts thought into what he said.

First of all, if you’re going to leave a half intelligent comment on my blog, and try to use a big word, try to spell it right.

I’m assuming you’re wondering why their beliefs should be "questioned?"

Let’s think… September 11th, 2001. That should say enough, Roy. Let’s think more… how about the many many terrorist attacks on innocent civilians!

You’re probably one of those people that think Ward Churchill shouldn’t be fired for his remarks, and don’t realize the First Ammendment just protects you from going to jail for what you say, not being fired from your job. There must be something REALLY REALLY REALLY wrong with you to even question their beliefs Roy. I’m sorry that you have a distorted view of the world, Roy. I’m sorry that you don’t understand the horror Saddam Hussein, Bin Laden, Al-Zarqawi and Co. have put innocent civilians through. I am VERY sorry that you are having a hard time fathoming this, and I pray for you. Even more, I pray for my enemies.

As for what I said, it was just a quote. Sorry to everyone for not putting it in quotations. Personally, I wish everything could be solved through diplomacy, but obviously these terrorist netowrks don’t agree. If they do not put down their weapons, we won’t put down ours, and if they continue to try to kill the innocent, we will protect the innocent life.

Please put some thought in what these terrorist networks have done to our society in the past few decades. Imagine yourself living in horror in the Middle East. But I feel very very very sorry for you for defending their beliefs.

-Oli

3:54 PM
Anonymous said…

That’s the Oliver I know.
Yoon

4:51 PM
roy said…

you do not reply my ask correctly. I´m not asking about the 9/11, i´m asking about why are "they" bastards. Who are "they"? Why are they "bastards"? Why are they "bastards" for what they believe? How can we to distinguish "bastards" and "no bastards"? I´m think you´re at Iraq, you know the iraqi people (right?), and the iraqi people is not like the north american people. There is essential diferences. About this diferences i´m asking, tenuous differences between a civilian iraqi and a terrorist, between a bastard, and a no-bastard…

Well, terrorists do not grow as trees, is there so many terrorists in Iraq, or… the limits between a civilian and a terrorist are very very tenuous? And the relations between the beliefs of a terrorist and the belief of a normal civilian? What do you think?

I have other question: do you (soldiers) talk about oil, and the depreciation of the dollar, and the relations between the dollar and the euro? Do you talk about "evil axis"?

I think there is many interesting questions to talk. I´m very curious about it. And you?

5:41 PM