George W. Bush’s Hiroshima
Patrick Cockburn’s article, “Fallujah: ‘Worse than Hiroshima’” (July 29) made me think once again about the cruelty and barbarity man is capable of inflicting on fellow human beings.
Of course, there is nothing new or shocking in what he reveals in his article.
There were reports, since 2004, of dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004. Only thing is Cockburn brings all the horrors of George W. Bush war’s more vividly than the earlier reports had. No surprise that increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukemia in American’s second Hiroshima exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, because Americans have far advanced in their capacity to make such bombs and weapons.
Iraqi doctors in Fallujah have been complaining since 2005 of being overwhelmed by the number of babies with serious birth defects, ranging from a girl born with two heads to paralysis of the lower limbs. They said they were also seeing far more cancers than they did before the battle for Fallujah between US troops and insurgents. Their claims have been supported by a survey showing a four-fold increase in all cancers and a 12-fold increase in childhood cancer in under-14s.
American columnist Thomas Friedman, writing in New York Times once wondered whether Iraqis would erect a suitable memorial for George W. Bush as a token of gratitude for “liberating” them. Actually he was expressing such a wish. I think the latest reports about the Fallujah “liberation” would satisfy him. Aren’t those unfortunate Iraqis suitable monuments for Bush as well as Friedman who was an active member of the “bomb Iraq” brigade?
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RHYOLITE
Jul 30, 2010 18:23
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