COMMENT
Last Sunday, the American nation came together in a way not seen since the death of President Kennedy. The occasion was the marking of 10 years since 9/11. In a day of solemn remembrance, the names of all 3000 innocent victims of that terrible day were read out, a process which took several hours. Yet if the names of all the equally innocent victims of the Iraq War were to be read out, to say nothing of the civilian dead in Afghanistan since that fateful day, it would take several weeks, for they number in the hundreds of thousands. But they came from poor countries, "loser countries" as Homer Simpson would describe them. And for that reason, and to save embarrassment, America has consistently refused to allow the exact figures to be released.
Where's the solemn day of remembrance for them? They remain unmourned outside their own families, ignored by a world preoccupied by the far more pressing issue of the financial crisis and anxious to move on.
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
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