Chapter 20
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Eve had noticed people were angriersince Febuary 4th. Part of it had to do with sleep depravationcaused by night terrors. On Sunday afternoon, with 1197 days until impact, Eve saw a Dr Graham on tv. Graham was giving his own theory on this.
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Graham: It's not suprising that Americans get angrier when we face an external threat. 100 years ago Nazism threatened our way of life. We fought them, almost everyone did their part. The end result was the complete destruction of Nazi Germany. Then communism seemed threatening, but fighting them was more difficult. For one thing the communist party represented civil rights and racial equality for many. President Johnson realized that fighting for civil rights was a front in the fight against communism, taking away their arguments of America being a racist state. But many became angry with this. The results of this included church bombings, lynchings, involvement in the wars in Korea and Vietnam. But the end result achieved civil rights and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. September 11th 2001 seemed to produce an enemy that was even harder to fight. For many Americans it was difficult to distinguish between good and bad muslims. Bush tried to make it clear that American muslims were valuable members of our country. But our collective rage festered, many hate crimes were committed against American muslims and people of middle-eastern descent. America easily accepted the war against Suddam Hussein, a brutal tyrant to e sure, but one who had nothing to do with 9/11. The problem was Alqueda and Osama Bin Laden were not part of any government we could openly fight. This was more frustrating, thus we became angrier. There was never an American flag over Mecca, despite what some wanted. But Alqueda was eventually defeated, Bin Laden killed. Now we face a threat we have no idea how to fight. Our frustration and fear will lead to more and more angry violence. Most convicts were put to work on various shelters after Febuary 4th, and we've seen increased rates of rape, spousal abuse, fights in the supermarkets, even road rage murders. I'm sorry to say that I believe that as long as this external threat remains this violence will only get worse over the next few years.