Rachelle Grimmer, mother of two, killed her children and herself for not getting food stamps in Texas – Bush’s home state – the US. So far, we had only read the heartrending stories of men and women killing their children and committing suicide because of poverty and hunger in our country. Now we know people kill themselves for not getting enough to eat even in the so-called land of the opportunity and abundance.
The superpower, whose defence budget runs to $760 billion and it inflicts death and destruction around the world, cannot provide food for its people. Instead of invading poor defenceless countries, like Afghanistan, killing its people and causing miseries to women and children, the superpower had better look after its own people dying of hunger. Wars have fattened the top few in the US while millions live in utter misery, joblessness, and poverty. What a shame!
MEHRAN LEGHARI
Lahore
