Photographer: Antonin Kratochvil - "Iraq" -
巴士拉市政府一位官員用一根棍子敲打地面，隨即又用一根火柴在敲打過的地面上輕輕一劃，立刻燃起一團火焰。他自豪地告訴我：這就是伊拉克得天獨厚的暖油地(warn ground)，這就是真神賜給他們的財富。但我心裡竟然為此難過，因為這也就是伊拉克的原罪。 擇錄自《中東現場》
正在閱讀張翠容的《中東現場》，作者以當地人民的角度看戰爭。看到伊拉克的一章，書中羅列種種証據，顯示美國攻打伊拉克為的是石油而非什麼大殺傷力武器。雖然他們的官員還一再聲稱：「石油不是他們的關注點，維繫國家安全和推動中東民主才是主要原因。」
人類的偽善與瘋狂在這裡發揮到極致。
I'd like to share a revelation I had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet and we are the cure.
-Agent Smith- Matrix
