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Apr 11, 2003 My younger brother and I used to fight often over favorite toys when I was younger. It seemed as though the toy he had was just a little bit cooler than mine, or the G.I. Joe I was playing with was just a bit more, well, G.I. than the one he was stuck with. We never took into account that it was our parents' hard-earned money that provided us with these tools of entertainment. One would think that we would be grateful to be more fortunate than millions of other children with much, much less. Millions of children with much, much less are now having access to the food and other materiel stolen from them by a heartless dictator in Iraq. Foodstuffs, exchanged in a poorly-monitored United Nations food-for-oil program, are being liberated from warehouses where Saddam Hussein hoarded thousands of tons for his family and elite Republican Guard. Iraqis, liberated from the iron grip of Hussein's regime, are rightfully taking back from government offices and presidential palaces things that should have gone to them in the first place. It's amazing to me to hear disparaging talk by empty television heads as to how unruly the Iraqis are, looting and rioting in downtown Baghdad. I don't recall these same talking heads expressing disgust when a hometown favorite wins a sporting event, and the hometown rowdies riot. It's my opinion that the free people of Iraq are free to reclaim what's been stolen from them over the past thirty-plus years by a vagabond ruler. Maybe now, children in a liberated Iraq will be able to fight over a favorite toy, in a healthy sibling rivalry, and not have to fight for existence on a day-to-day basis. God Bless America. About the author: Chuck Tyler is a freelance writer and journalist based in South Bend, Indiana. His credits include coverage for the South Bend Tribune (www.SouthBendTribune.com) of a triple homicide trial and a town hall meeting of concerned citizens and local officials for the Herald-Palladium (www.HeraldPalladium.com) following 9/11. Email him at: tyler_1420@yahoo.com ------------ Comment on this column in the forum. ------------ |
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