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	Exporting Trauma

rentstrike

3-1-2008 9:02 PM

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In "America's Top Exports: Grief, Sorrow, and Loss," vegan lefty Micky Z is sparked by his own recent bereavement to reflect upon the trauma that US actions visit on people around the world.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a07b0cb3-1297-4155-bd60-29092736919e/08377701-B25A-4E20-975D-AFA87EFAC965/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz110208.htm" href="http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz110208.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.countercurrents.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz110208.htm"><STRONG><FONT size="5">M</FONT></STRONG>y mother passed away on January 
            12, after a long illness. She was nearly 72 and had been very ill 
            since mid-2005.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz110208.htm">Despite having almost three years to "prepare" 
            for this reality, her death is teaching me previously unimaginable 
            lessons about grief, sorrow, and loss. My heart is broken, shattered 
            in a million pieces.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz110208.htm">
            Amidst my mourning, I can't help but visualize the feelings of grief, 
            sorrow, and loss being experienced in places directly and indirectly 
            impacted by US policies. Imagine if you will, a mother in Iraq.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz110208.htm">
            And it's not just military murders. Every two seconds, somewhere on 
            the planet, a child starves to death. More grief, sorrow, and loss. 
            More anger and frustration, too.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz110208.htm">
            Remember: every two seconds, somewhere on the planet, a child starves 
            to death. Meanwhile, the US spends one million dollars per minute 
            on war.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.countercurrents.org/mickeyz110208.htm"><DIV>
            We often hear the question: "Why do they hate us?"</DIV>
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            We give them an excellent reason every 2 seconds and a million more 
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