Dotty Parker

Schindler's List

This morning I listened to the radio. It was "Democracy Now!" which is a leftist radio program. I'm all about leftist media since the rest of it is so far right.

This morning I felt sick because of what I heard. American troops seized tractor trailer trucks. Afghan troops loaded prisoners into the containers on the back of the trucks. Sometimes they shot them as they entered.

They pushed hundreds of people into the containers and closed the doors. People were screaming for air and getting crushed. There was an order given to shoot holes in the containers for air. The troops shot through the people.

A man came upon one of these trucks refueling or by the side of the road and asked a person who'd been there for a while what the disgusting smell was. The person pointed at the truck that still had living people in it but was also dripping blood and urine. That's what he smelled.

A few of these trucks were stopped in the desert for a few days. They weren't given food or water. They weren't let out to use the bathroom. The reports are that people were licking each other's sweat and biting each other to get some kind of liquid.

Some of the trucks were bound for a specific spot in the desert. The men in the truck would be led outside and shot and then thrown in a mass grave and buried. American troops were there watching. They did nothing.

An area of one square kilometer was found to be the gravesite of several massacres. I don't know if it was the same place where the people in the trucks were left.

I came downstairs to tell BrilliantEditor this stuff. My voice was shaking; I had teary eyes. What the hell is going on?

Why the hell am I telling you?

I'm hoping that you'll listen to today's episode, May 20. It's a documentary. There are real pictures and real people, so no matter how far to the left this radio show is, at least they can produce evidence that seems reliable. Talk about this stuff a little with other people and tell them that I think it is absurd and abominable. Tell them you think that, too, if you do. Just get people riled up about how poorly our military is being led. How poorly our country is being led.

Something has to change. More people have to believe that. Just do me the small favor of mentioning to people you know that you don't like what's happening. Be brave! Whisper how much you want change.

Posted by dotty at May 20, 2004 09:57 PM