In general, an expiring human life is sad. But people die everyday. Poor people. People in Iraq. Children in Palestine. Victims of Texas' executioners. People whose lives deserve attention and whose struggles deserve respect.
As for Reagan, I say good riddance. The man is directly responsible for a great deal of suffering and death in the world; I just can't be sympathetic about his own. Because of his policies and support for right-wing butchers, tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of innocent people were killed in Central America. His support for the mujahadeen in Afghanistan laid the groundwork for the rise of Al Qaeda today. Osama bin Laden was trained in camps in Afghanistan during this time - and this wasn't just an unfortunate coincidence. The U.S. under Reagan's leadership consciously supported this Islamic fundamentalist movement and all of its terrorist activities because they were aimed at America's enemy, the Soviet Union.
Then there was a lot of domestic stuff that he did, most of which escapes me now. The one thing I can never forget is how he fired all those air traffic controllers because they went on strike for better pay and safer working hours.
Reagan died yesterday, and I have no doubt that a number of his supporters believe he is now in heaven. If he really is, why in the world would I want to go there. (Except maybe to kick his ass.)
2 comments:
if ronald reagan were your father, or brother, or uncle, or great grandad, i bet you wouldn't be saying these horrible, cynical things about his death. politics aside-- don't you think it's sad when someone has struggled thru a terminal illness for ten years and then finally passes away? don't you think his family has gone through a lot while watching him go thru such pain and suffering? i'm so disgusted by your sick and weak attempt at political commentary on such a sad event.
not!
reagan was my dad, and i'm glad he's dead.
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