Thursday, May 7, 2009

UNIMAGINABLE

I cannot imagine what life must be like for the majority of families in Afghanistan.

I cannot imagine a 'good' ending for anyone caught up in this ongoing insanity.

I cannot imagine a strategy that involves guns, bombs, planes and ideology (domestic or imported) as being 'successful'.

I cannot imagine a country and a people enduring so much for so long.

I write fiction. And I cannot imagine what the fuck happens from here on in.

2 comments:

unokhan said...

it does not require a unifying ideology to defeat imperialism, but it helps. that's why the vietnamese marxists were willing to make friends with anyone in common cause.

Jon said...

I'm not trying to offend, unokhan, but I have no idea what you are saying. I thought the doc was talking about Afghanistan and how ideology is part of the problem??? I have trouble imagining this too...