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sathorYou do realize that hostility, no matter how 'righteous' you may think you are, is a worthless pursuit.
America has done a lot of things wrong, Iraq wasn't a part of 9/11, we've basically forgotten about who actually caused that, and we're over there now because there is oil. Want proof? There was a special on a news station last night with a presidential candidate who spoke of a country performing ethnic cleansing on it's people. It is worse over there than the people in Iraq had it under Saddam's rule, and yet we haven't gone over there to 'liberate' the people because...oh, there's no oil. No form of money for us to use for ourselves. But wait...there were supposed to be weapon's of mass destruction in Iraq...we didn't find any. Has everyone forgotten that we too have weapon's of mass destruction, including biological ones? It doesn't matter whether you are 'good' or 'evil' - they are both the same thing, in reality. They are points of view. Those 'suicide bombing terrorists' have opinions, and they make a statement by sacrificing their lives in fanatical belief. Do you realize that the men and women of America's military accept the possibility of sacrificing their life for their beliefs in the defense of their country? The Iraqis are the same. As are all 'terrorists'. They fight for what they believe.
Saddam was a bad man, indeed. But bad is a point of view. The chaos is probably worse over there than it would've been with him still ruling, and now we're forced to spend billions of dollars and the lives of people who have no choice but to follow orders just to 'liberate' a people that aren't even our people...when the original plan by Bush was to 'disarm' Saddam. But oh yeah...everyone forgot about that two weeks into the campaign when we hadn't found anything, and the media suddenly focused on the idea of 'liberating' the Iraqis, rather than 'disarming' Saddam.
The American government is selfish, full of pride, and wants to create a generation of fanatics that will fight against 'terrorism'. People seem to forget that 'terrorism' is a term, terms can be placed on any individual.
In fact, by America's terminology of 'terrorist' I am most likely a terrorist as well - I believe America is wrong in many of it's current actions, and that means I'm 'against America' according to them.
I don't say that suicide bombers and 'terrorists' are correct in the way they go about trying to make a point that they believe something we don't. However, I'm not saying we are correct in the way we go about that either.
My two cents.
America has done a lot of things wrong, Iraq wasn't a part of 9/11, we've basically forgotten about who actually caused that, and we're over there now because there is oil. Want proof? There was a special on a news station last night with a presidential candidate who spoke of a country performing ethnic cleansing on it's people. It is worse over there than the people in Iraq had it under Saddam's rule, and yet we haven't gone over there to 'liberate' the people because...oh, there's no oil. No form of money for us to use for ourselves. But wait...there were supposed to be weapon's of mass destruction in Iraq...we didn't find any. Has everyone forgotten that we too have weapon's of mass destruction, including biological ones? It doesn't matter whether you are 'good' or 'evil' - they are both the same thing, in reality. They are points of view. Those 'suicide bombing terrorists' have opinions, and they make a statement by sacrificing their lives in fanatical belief. Do you realize that the men and women of America's military accept the possibility of sacrificing their life for their beliefs in the defense of their country? The Iraqis are the same. As are all 'terrorists'. They fight for what they believe.
Saddam was a bad man, indeed. But bad is a point of view. The chaos is probably worse over there than it would've been with him still ruling, and now we're forced to spend billions of dollars and the lives of people who have no choice but to follow orders just to 'liberate' a people that aren't even our people...when the original plan by Bush was to 'disarm' Saddam. But oh yeah...everyone forgot about that two weeks into the campaign when we hadn't found anything, and the media suddenly focused on the idea of 'liberating' the Iraqis, rather than 'disarming' Saddam.
The American government is selfish, full of pride, and wants to create a generation of fanatics that will fight against 'terrorism'. People seem to forget that 'terrorism' is a term, terms can be placed on any individual.
In fact, by America's terminology of 'terrorist' I am most likely a terrorist as well - I believe America is wrong in many of it's current actions, and that means I'm 'against America' according to them.
I don't say that suicide bombers and 'terrorists' are correct in the way they go about trying to make a point that they believe something we don't. However, I'm not saying we are correct in the way we go about that either.
My two cents.
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Date: 2003-11-21 02:35 pm (UTC)i am glad that someone your age is actually caring
it gives me hope that there are more people out there who care