My soul is really in pain after watching the children of the slain Reuter's journalist and the original video.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x452475Yes, I knew it was happening. But my god, to see it and to hear the cold ruthlessness and inhumanity of those pilots... and to know it is being played out over and over and over everyday. ;(
I have 3 kids. They are 6, 12 and 15. What/how do you tell your kids? My heart and my beliefs tell me that it is an act of incredible evil. I am also a believer that we are what we do. It is actions that define us, not the way we WISH we were or the way we THINK we are.
That equation, along with many others, leads me to some horrible conclusions about who and what America represents. Who and what we are.
I can hardly face it and as much as I already tell my children about the troubles of America, I have never ever told them that American PEOPLE are bad. But even here, on DU, I see people trying to rationalize this away. As if there is any way to possibly explain this great evil.
I am really having a hard time coming to terms with this and I am afraid to tell my children... and yet, I feel that it is right for them to know on some level. Still, I have told myself that THIS is one thing that I cannot/must not tell them. It seems too much, too horrible.
Everything I have ever taught them can only lead them to conclude that America is a country committing great evil. I am in turmoil and my soul is aching.
I have left America and I don't think I want to return. Perhaps that is why I am hurting so bad. I think a part of me still holds on and doesn't want to believe it. But it right there in front of me, in front of all of us.
And we can't blame Bush anymore even though it happened in '07 because I am fairly sure it is still happening. The drone attacks have increased.
So...what are you good moms and dads doing? Are your souls breaking for your kids? Are you feeling this bad too? I am alternating between fury and sadness.