American military personnel stationed outside of London were ordered to stay out of London immediately after Thursday's "network disruption" (as they're calling it on the Tube loudspeaker these days) for fear they'd be victims of a bomb attack.
Shorter George Bush: London, we feel your pain. Not really!
Millions of unflinching London residents, meanwhile, commuted to and from work.
It's fast becoming a pet peeve of mine, this notion that American lives are worth more than other lives, and thus should be protected more strenuously. We bring our "war on terror" abroad, where many thousands of innocents are killed.
A couple of years ago, out of curiosity, I looked up the figures for the number of civilians killed in Afghanistan after we invaded that country. At the time, conservative estimates put the number at 4000, a thousand more than were killed on September 11. Four thousand innocent people killed by our indiscriminate bombs.
Estimates (pretty conservative estimates, at that) put the number of innocent Iraqi dead at 100,000.
Most Americans have a rough idea how many were killed in the Trade Center attacks, and some know about how many American soldiers have been killed in Iraq. But few know, or care, that so many have been killed for the crime of being born in a country whose leaders earned the wrath of George Bush and Co.
Today they finally lifted the order restricting American military personnel from entering London. But it was too late. Word on the street is, Americans are weenies.
They don't hate us because we drink Coke, or wear skimpy clothes, or have "freedom." No, they hate us because too many Americans think American blood is worth more than any other kind.
Last time I checked, it all turns red when it's shed.
