Out, damned spot!

I watched this video on youtube, It's from a peace activist who did some interviews in Baghdad before the war started.

I didn't really pay attention to the content of the interviews, what struck me was this-

Here's American hippies walking around Baghdad, talking to well-groomed Iraqis, there's traffic, people getting on the bus, going to work, all the basics of civilized life. I'm not saying it was great, I'm told that there were some pretty awful things about the Iraqi government back then that people were afraid to say anything about.

But compare it to this from today's news:

Death toll crosses 200 in Baghdad bombings, revenge attacks follow

We have really screwed up.

Not Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, yes, they led the charge...
but you and me brother, we're just as responsible.

We're responsible for letting it happen.
We're responsible for forgetting how it started
We're responsible for not shouting down the bastards who brought this blood onto our house.
We're responsible for not ever talking about it.
We don't bring it up at dinner, or in polite company. When it's brought up we uncomfortably cast about for a change of subject, as if ignoring the blood will make it disappear.