Five little children were slaughtered. Five innocent women were killed. Eight civilian "men" (most of whom were what we'd call boys) were murdered. In the blink of an eye 18 innocent human lives were snuffed out. The dismally destitute hamlet of Damadola in primative Pakistan was attacked, a sneak attack, by the mighty American military. The ignorant peasants never knew what hit them. Their families could only wonder why the powerful United States would violate Pakistani sovereignty and massacre their loved ones. It was a savage, uncivilized and bullying thing to do. Americans rightly think that suicide bombers who kill civilians are barbarous murders, but we do the same thing. Americans think that sneak attacks like the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor are cowardly and deplorable, but we do the same thing. Under the imperial Bush government, America has become as immoral and corrupt as the worst governments in the world. We justify murder, invasion of sovereign nations, imposing Christian mythology. We preach torture, secret prisons, eavesdropping on citizens, selling political influence, lying and stealing. The mass murder of civilians is an American crime. How would you feel if Iraq fired missiles into a peaceful village in Ohio? How would your feel if Pakistan tried to get to one of it's criminals by bombing civilians in an American town? We would be rightly furious. Yet American arrogance seeks to justify it when we do the same thing. The massacre at Damadola is just one small example of the crimes which have made America the enemy of the world and the world the enemy of America. It's one example of why Americans have no trust or faith in their own government. It serves to explain why the whole American culture has become savage, cruel and phony. Think of the baby with spina bifida. American soldiers stormed into the baby's pitiable house in Iraq. The big, brave Americans shot down the infant's family and terrorized her young mother. American forces kidnaped the two-month-old child and her mother and forcibly removed them to America. It was a publicity stunt to make the American military appear to be humane and caring. The whole stunt was a phony ploy. At least the child received surgery to improve her spina bifida, but she was a mere prop for shameful American propaganda. In Iraq we have done dreadful things. In Damadola we didn't simply blunder. We committed a crime. Rebecca's Bargain Antiques Collectible Vintage Photos Fine Prints - Old Maps Sheet Music - Old Books Elegant Antiques and Collectibles "Americans have trouble dealing with reality" George Carlin, 2001 You are welcome to use or republish any of our material. Please give www.prisoners.com credit as the source. Return to the Crime Stories Menu Return to the Main Menu Go to our site's Search Engine Send us Your Comments or Input.