Like many of my readers I appreciate irony. I'm an avid reader and one
of my favorite authors is William Sydney Porter, best known as O.
Henry and a master of the ironic ending.
That's literature. Irony in real life
is a whole 'nother thing. Especially political irony. Political irony
almost never turns out well.
Consider this. Recently the news has
been full of accounts and opinions regarding Army Sergeant Robert
Bales and his actions in Afghanistan. Even President Obama, within
hours, apologized to the Afghan government and peoples. Many
opinionists have loudly called for a speedy trial and, by their words
one would suppose, conviction.
I'm not defending him. Hell, I don't
know if he did it or not. That is the job of his attorney, John
Henry Browne.
The irony here only becomes apparent
when you compare the crimes of which he stands accused,
crimes with no witnesses, with the other high-profile mass murder the
Army is presently dealing with. A crime with many witnesses.
Otherwise known as “survivors”.
A man with no field-of-war experience,
but heavily influenced by radical Muslim mentors. (One of whom was an
American citizen that President Obama decided he had the sole
authority to assassinate, without due process.) This Army person
calmly opened fire on some of his fellow soldiers at Ft. Hood, Texas.
According to witnesses, he was shouting "Allahu
Akbar!" as he proceeded to
slaughter many of his Army brethren.
The irony here? There are calls for a
quick resolution to the Sgt Bales case. Major Hasan is still untried
after more than two years. Our President immediately apologized for
an unproven transgression, (which has been “avenged” by Afghans
several times since), yet Major Hasan's crime was officially
classified a “workplace incident”.
O. Henry couldn't have made this up.
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