no more good guys.

[katster]

precipice.

I'm sitting in a cafe at the corner of Bancroft and Telegraph, one of the busiest intersections in town. Life's going on as normal, people are doing what they need to do, the busses are running, all of that.

But I'm scared of what's going to happen in the next few hours, when my nation finally stops being the good guy. Not that Saddam is the good guy either. I think this is going to be a war in which there are no good guys.

There are no good guys. My world is a colder and bleaker place today.

I think that's all I want to say on this.

[PS: thanks to rickvs for the icon used on this post.]

Comments

[whitestar2.livejournal.com]

It's my place as the one who represses to say the random thing: The icon is heartwrenching. How wonderful. My compliments to the chef.

[rickvs.livejournal.com]

You're welcome for the icon. I was kinda hoping that it would collect dust, all things considered.

The good guys

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

There are no good guys. My world is a colder and bleaker place today

There are good guys still.

You can find them in the Front lines, commanders and troopers, trying to do a job that stinks but doing it professional and with a minimum of casulties, even if it means putting their lives at risk.

You can find them at home, decent ordianry people, prepared to stand up and be counted in protest at injustice, regardless of the risk to themselves of arrest.

and you can find them in Iraq, reporters staying on to make sure the truth about what happens is told. Ordinary citizens, caught between two insane leaders, just trying to live ordinary lives.

And you can find one of the good guys where-ever you go, just look in the mirror.

Re: The good guys

[fearghaill.livejournal.com]

Wow. that was one of those posts that resonated so strongly that everything just... tingled. Thank you for that.

Of all the Canadians involved in this situation, the ones I am most proud of are not the policy makers who made the decision to stay out of this war (a decision I feel was the right one), but Sacha Trudeau and the people with him. In spite of strong suggestions that all Canadians leave Iraq, Trudeau remains, with the intent of documenting the war from a civilians perspective, staying with an Iraqi family in Baghdad.

I would not have the courage to do what he's doing, though I believe that its neccessary. The information he will gather over the next while will hopefully go a long way in determine who the "good guys" are, to the extent that there are any.