Tucson’s Warning
Published in Listin Diaro
(Dominican Republic) on 11 January 2011
by Juan Carlos Guerra (link to original)
(Dominican Republic) on 11 January 2011
by Juan Carlos Guerra (link to original)
Translated from
by Annerys Diaz.
Edited by Jessica Boesl.
That someone who is psychologically unbalanced shoots at a crowd, leaving six dead, 17 injured and an important congress woman in critical condition, is very worrying. If this occurs in a polarized society during a tense war and unemployment, it's reason for such alarm.
The killings in Tucson are a warning. First, to Obama so that he can go a step ahead of the beautiful speeches and make his promise of a society that surpasses the borders of bipartisan politics a reality.
The reform of the health and financial systems should start to bear fruit. Obama has the mission of taking the United States out of the crisis, or in the less venturing of cases, taking the necessary measurements so that the economy of the United States starts generating employment. Because on the contrary, he awaits the outcome of Carter, or even worse, that of Kennedy.
The opposition, headed by the tea party, has to understand that an irrationally violent speech packed with war images could get out of hand and be the fuse that could initiate a flame of gigantic dimensions.
When a society overexceeds itself it loses its course, its limits get blurred and any catastrophe is possible.
If the occurrence in Tucson is not interpreted with intelligence and Obama continues being incapable of efficiently assuming the leadership of his nation, and the white right insists on exacerbating the spirits of a displeased and unemployed population, another unbalanced person could go and do something crazy that would plunge the United States into chaos.
For now, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is alive. The poor potential of the gun with which she was shot, the trajectory of the bullet and the fast intervention of the University of Tucson medical team saved her from dying tragically. Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States, may not have so much luck.
The killings in Tucson are a warning. First, to Obama so that he can go a step ahead of the beautiful speeches and make his promise of a society that surpasses the borders of bipartisan politics a reality.
The reform of the health and financial systems should start to bear fruit. Obama has the mission of taking the United States out of the crisis, or in the less venturing of cases, taking the necessary measurements so that the economy of the United States starts generating employment. Because on the contrary, he awaits the outcome of Carter, or even worse, that of Kennedy.
The opposition, headed by the tea party, has to understand that an irrationally violent speech packed with war images could get out of hand and be the fuse that could initiate a flame of gigantic dimensions.
When a society overexceeds itself it loses its course, its limits get blurred and any catastrophe is possible.
If the occurrence in Tucson is not interpreted with intelligence and Obama continues being incapable of efficiently assuming the leadership of his nation, and the white right insists on exacerbating the spirits of a displeased and unemployed population, another unbalanced person could go and do something crazy that would plunge the United States into chaos.
For now, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is alive. The poor potential of the gun with which she was shot, the trajectory of the bullet and the fast intervention of the University of Tucson medical team saved her from dying tragically. Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States, may not have so much luck.