Words and bloodshed
H. M. Abu Hasnat (Razib), On e-mail
The game of bloodletting has been a very common spectacle every now and then in Iraq. Nowadays, whenever we look at the newspaper, we find news of killings led by militants. Words like carnage, genocide, violence and suicide bombings have become very common and we are always being brought into contact with them. It seems as if these words have been coined only to be used for all such conflicts as Shia vs. Sunni, Israeli vs. Palestinian, and Gaza vs. Hamas, and so forth. It is pretty much true that behind most of the conflicts that have been taking place, the role of the United States has in some way or the other been noticeable. And Americans, one suspects, consider themselves the only people who have the right to judge any person or any country. The current president of the US only knows how to lead the world to bloodshed in the name of making the world a safer place. I know this letter will not help change anything that is taking place in Iraq. Many well-known columnists have written innumerable articles but the results of their efforts have been insignificant.
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