There was a man that was not white, leader of hundreds, inspiration of thousands. His hatred for the United States was well known and documented. He led guerrilla style raids against American forces to many times to count, laid traps, and killed many, and would rather die than submit to what the government of the United States wanted him to do and who they wanted him to be.
How many of you know who I am talking about? You are thinking "Bin Laden" right?....... WRONG.
I am writing about Geronimo. One of the greatest men who ever lived. Got the idea for this due to the fact that for the operation that killed Bin Laden they gave him the code name "Geronimo". Pissed me off, but then I started thinking... The game never really changed, America is still playing "cowboys and Indians".
You have a group of people that talk in a strange language, they hate the Americans, live their own way, practice a religion that many find strange and ever fearful, fighting for Americans to leave their land and basically just leave them the fuck alone.
By the terms of the "War on Terror" America has fought this before, back in the old days when the Native Americans were slaughtered for being on the whites land before the whites got here. Back then "Injuns" were just as hated and feared as the "terrorists" of today, I'd say even more so due to the fact that they were living in close quarters with the white devils that kept fucking with them.
Fast forward a couple hundred years. Native Americans are revered the world over as an honorable people who fought for what they believed in, no matter what the cost.
I may be a bit biased here, I get accused of that every now and then, but the Cherokee blood that runs through my veins BOILS every time I see the news about America pushing their "democracy' and "freedom" on a group of people. It's only freedom if they all want it, otherwise it's just a different set of chains.
Now, look a couple hundred years into the future, history shows that Bin Laden and his followers will be lauded in song and story as visionaries, and men who stood by their principals no matter what the cost. Give it time, It will happen. Not just yet, but then again I am betting it was many, many, many moons after the Little Bighorn before the first songs about Sitting Bull were done.
Peace and Love Ya'll
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