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mojocattThree anti-dubya posts in one day, a new record maybe.
I think is mostly because for the first time, starting back in early March, I have the feeling that the situation is getting dangerously out of hand. I attempt to mask it with my zany humor, but it is getting to the point where it is difficult to overcome the sorrow of what we are doing. That card site I posted earlier really hit a nerve with me. Even the humorous cards make me angry to look at.
The 9/11 hearings yesterday were nothing. Sure we got caught with our pants down. It happens from time to time.
But the war in Iraq is where we should be holding hearings. No chemical weapons, no nuclear weapon program, no biological weapons, no terrorist links, no anything. Yet we overthrew the goverment and took control, and are now in what is becoming more of a real war as one Marine put it.
I still would like to believe that they would find this proof, proof of a threat to our national security. But as the days pass the lies become clearer, and are reaching critical mass. The Arab world is becoming increasing hostle, many now viewing the war as an occupation and even a crusade by Christians. The Arab goverments are still mostly friendly, but I fear they will not be able to risk ignoring public opinion for much longer. We are starting to look like some serious assholes to the Arab world. Every bullet we fire to bring peace is merely a seed sown, and the harvest could be five fold, ten fold or fifty fold in return, who can tell.
And thats exactly it. Just what the hell are we doing, what is the truth, where is the plan?
I am begining to see the makings of a real war. I can see the events leading to holy war, and even world war. All because a stupid man and his advisors. An almost constant stream of lies, bad intelligence, poor planning, pissed off allies, a economy that is going sour in a hurry, a rising debt by the federal goverment, and for the first time I am begining to view the situation with fear. Fear of what this will become, fear of how we are going to fix all this damage.
I don't want Rowan to have to pick up this mess.
I think is mostly because for the first time, starting back in early March, I have the feeling that the situation is getting dangerously out of hand. I attempt to mask it with my zany humor, but it is getting to the point where it is difficult to overcome the sorrow of what we are doing. That card site I posted earlier really hit a nerve with me. Even the humorous cards make me angry to look at.
The 9/11 hearings yesterday were nothing. Sure we got caught with our pants down. It happens from time to time.
But the war in Iraq is where we should be holding hearings. No chemical weapons, no nuclear weapon program, no biological weapons, no terrorist links, no anything. Yet we overthrew the goverment and took control, and are now in what is becoming more of a real war as one Marine put it.
I still would like to believe that they would find this proof, proof of a threat to our national security. But as the days pass the lies become clearer, and are reaching critical mass. The Arab world is becoming increasing hostle, many now viewing the war as an occupation and even a crusade by Christians. The Arab goverments are still mostly friendly, but I fear they will not be able to risk ignoring public opinion for much longer. We are starting to look like some serious assholes to the Arab world. Every bullet we fire to bring peace is merely a seed sown, and the harvest could be five fold, ten fold or fifty fold in return, who can tell.
And thats exactly it. Just what the hell are we doing, what is the truth, where is the plan?
I am begining to see the makings of a real war. I can see the events leading to holy war, and even world war. All because a stupid man and his advisors. An almost constant stream of lies, bad intelligence, poor planning, pissed off allies, a economy that is going sour in a hurry, a rising debt by the federal goverment, and for the first time I am begining to view the situation with fear. Fear of what this will become, fear of how we are going to fix all this damage.
I don't want Rowan to have to pick up this mess.
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Date: 2004-04-09 10:47 am (UTC)Did we get caught with our pants down?
Or did we see the guy sneaking up to pants us and ignore him?
Or did we drop our pants when no one was looking and pretended to have been pantsed?
None of these questions will ever actually be answered, mind you, but the raving lunatics make a lot more sense than I wish they did, sometimes.
As for world war, I've taken the stance that it's more or less inevitable, at this point, and have reverted to my old Cold War mentality where life, as we know it, could end abruptly at any moment. I'm not letting it govern my life, I'm just working on acceptance.
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Date: 2004-04-09 10:57 am (UTC)Re: War? look over there, it's the Easter Bunny!
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Date: 2004-04-09 11:03 am (UTC)Exactly.
This is why I am a crusader. This is why I do the piddly-ass things I do to try to make a tiny positive difference in the world. What a wonderful world it would be if even half of the populace would do genuinely nice and good things, without being legislated, badgered, or forced into it. It would be amazing.
As for the war, and increased hostile perspectives of the U.S.: it isn't just the Arab world. Europe is wondering what the hell "we" are up to, Asian nations are distrusting us more and more (with good reason), and even our allies in the western hemisphere are concerned. "We" are getting more and more enemies every day, when people die because of "our" stupidity (I wonder how the relatives of the people killed in the train bombings feel about the US as it is being run right now?).
I want Bush out. I know that won't cure all of the crap that he's dished out in the US's name in the past 3 years. But maybe it could stop fueling the fires, though.
One can only hope.
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