Kosovo Ambivalence?
by Fly Girl
My friend Eileen wrote:
I've noticed lately that I, and most people I know, are totally ignoring or
obvlivous to the Kosovo situation. Both the fact of what is going on there,
and also the fact that the US is over there bombing away. --------------------------------- I read that they were prosecuting Demanyuk (sp?) for being the camp guard
he really was, as opposed to Ivan the Terrible, whom he was not. And I
thought, maybe they are taking too much aggression out on this guy,
prosecuting him for over 10 years, because they can't get the bigger fish.
Milosevic is still free, I thought. Now the War Crimes Tribunal has indited Milosevic. This is the best news I
have heard about this war. They indited 4 government officials, but not
Arkan. That amazed me. However, it is a start. I don't know if I have the energy to hear about more ethnic massacres.
It's like I can't see the pain anymore, but that is so selfish. I think
back to the Unbearable Lightness of Being, but for me now, everything is
unbearable because the house and culture change are overwhelming me. For the first time in my life, I can't go where I want to go because I
can't drive, and I still have unpacking to do. I have a pile of cardboard
boxes on my deck that have to be folded and sorted or no one will take
them away. Sorting my trash has taken over my consciousness; I have no energy for
for the way war criminals have made trash of human beings. I put
styrofoam in lawn bags; Arkan puts Albanians in lawn bags. Then he
buries them. I can't take the pain, yet I still hear the screams in my
head. There but for the grace of God...
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