AbuKhalil

The Angry Arab News Service has some poignant thoughts regarding the murder of Nick Berg.

Of this I am certain: “Bush” wanted a war between “us and them” , and “Bin Laden” wanted a war between “us and them” and they both got what they wanted, and for that we all suffer, and will suffer. Of this I am certain: we have entered a perpetual path of revenge, counter-revenge, wars, and counter-wars, and more revenge and counter-revenge, and on and on and on.
* “Bush” refers not to the man necessarily but to the phenomenon of the ruling ideology at the helm of the US Empire.
* “Bin Laden” refers not to the man necessarily but to the phenomenon of kooky Islamic fundamentalist militancy represented by Al-Qa`idah and similar groups.

Berthold Brecht: In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing, about the dark times.