06-12-2003, 11:33 PM
When asked about my feelings on the war in Iraq, I would inform the questioner that I "reluctantly supported" it. Let's face it -- Saddam was a brutal, violent dictator, and taking him out of power was the right thing to do. However, I disaprove of the way the US handled the situation; bullying the UN and essentially the entire world into this "with us or with the terrorists" war. Essentially, the public had better be aware of just what's going on. We'd better be aware who's getting rich, and who's getting dead. The latter seems to be the Iraqi people; the former is almost certainly Bush and his buddies. Is it really a surprise that in a war to destroy the huge supply of chemical weapons (that seem to have simply evaporated into thin air) the end result is the US getting a fairly firm grip on the Iraqi oil supply?
It seems a few things are obvious. In the very least, speculation and possibilities about chemical and biological weapons was presented as fact; the danger to US and other western nations was grossly exagerated; and, in the end, the US is going to get rich through the blood of the Iraqi people.
gekko
It seems a few things are obvious. In the very least, speculation and possibilities about chemical and biological weapons was presented as fact; the danger to US and other western nations was grossly exagerated; and, in the end, the US is going to get rich through the blood of the Iraqi people.
gekko
"Life is sacred and you are not its steward. You have stewardship over it but you don't own it. You're making a choice to go through this, it's not just happening to you. You're inviting it, and in some ways delighting in it. It's not accidental or coincidental. You're choosing it. You have to realize you've made choices."
-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"
-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"