It will happen again.

Early on March 11 a US soldier walked out of his base in Panjai district of Kandahar province in Afghanistan and shot 16 Afghan civilians to death, including 9 children. The news was greeted with shock and dismay by US and NATO, read white skinned, countries. No one can understand how a staff sergeant, a 38 year old father of 2, could have committed such an act. He had already served in Iraq and had been involved in an accident. So was it Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or the result of head injuries. Make it into a disease and suddenly there is unlimited sympathy for a mass murderer. Look how the poor man suffered trying to help first Iraqis and then Afghans. If only these ungrateful bastards would understand that they are being killed for their own good. Talk of the " white man's burden ". But this is not the first massacre, nor will it be the last. The reason is the attitude of the US government which is that it is alright to kill any number of " others " to protect one American life. To make killing easy they trivialise deaths of civilians by calling them " collateral damage " which makes human beings seem like chairs, tables or cars. The nuclear bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were called Little Boy and Fat Man. How amusing. Take away any dignity from the killed and injured and there is no guilt. There is also little or no punishment for the butchers. The Sinchon massacre in Korea in 1950 was covered up. There was no TV in those days. William Calley, platoon commander of Charlie Company, responsible for the My Lai massacre in Vietnam was sentenced to life imprisonment but served a derisory 3.5 years under house arrest. Of the many massacres this was the only one caught on camera. Abu Ghraib torturer, Lynndie England was paroled after 521 days. She has written a book and will no doubt earn a fat sum to enjoy life. The initial " shock and awe " attack on Baghdad killed more than 6600 civilians and more than 2000 died in Fallujah. US forces were able to get away with mass killings in Iraq because journalists were " embedded " with them. Sounds like a mass orgy. Also the majority Shia population encouraged the killing of Sunnis of Saddam's regime who had ruled them for decades. No such fig leaf is available in Afghanistan and hence the baffled regret. This is why Italians are unable to comprehend why Indians are making such a fuss about 2 fishermen shot to death off the coast of Kerala. Perhaps there is a " murder " gene linked to white skin. After all, Europeans used to fight each other all the time. They had a 30 year war, a 100 year war, World War 1 and 2 and others too numerous to recount. It is time that all countries combined to say " Enough ". Before anything else we want global right to life and dignity. No more killing.