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So what was your revelation. We can't support an unjust war just because we were stupid enough to put our kids in harms way. We can never ignore the fact that our presence is causing serious turmoil, though that alone is not a reason to leave either.
We need the reasoning cleared up of why we are even there at all, because it has changed and was not what we would have allowed ourselves to go there for originally, some say thats the past and doesn't matter, it does if they purposefully decieved us into supporting an illegal, foreign relations nightmare, lie of a war.
The reason why this matters also is because it affects what we are and would be doing in Iraq. It matters because depending on the reality of the situation, beyond the media blitzed propaganda and censorship, there may be a really good reason why people are shooting at us and or eachother as well.
The right complains about armchair coaching and dwelling on the past but do it constantly when it suits them, including when it comes to defending a president they've never met, a war in a country they've never been to and definitely aren't there now, a history that they think classified information doesn't affect or change.
We look at the past because thats how we learn from what did or didn't work, thats how we prosecute criminals, its how we can learn what to expect from the future.
Secrecy, Immunity, propaganda, and lies allow us to live in two worlds, the one we see, and the one we don't. And to clarify, when remarking on secrecy, covert ops,conspiracy, and corruption, the only delusional people are those who deny their existance and significance.
This affects our very perceptions of the world around us and our reactions to it.
When you are told some lunatic has WMD's you react one way, when you say he actually doesn't you react differently. When you say we are freeing an oppressed people, we react one way, when we are told that oil and business interests and long laid plans of world dominance in military and intelligence are the reason for us killing over 100,000 CIVILIANS after years of bombing, wars, and sanctions killing millions more, we react differently.
The problem comes with the fact that all the points hold some validity if not all. Half truths are the soul of spin and the backbone of deception.
And though finding all the facts and truths are difficult (which is what needs to be changed), one thing that will make it harder is what I see so much of, people reasoning that any past GOOD deeds of the US or president(s), is reason enough to blindly trust and follow, to avoid even the possibility that any wrongdoing could present.
Last I checked, if you go out and do a good deed but then rob or kill someone, especially perhaps the person you just helped, you are still gonna go to jail.
There is this beligerant mentality that somehow Bush is morally superior or more honest than most politicians/corporate CEO types. That Bush's photo ops hold more meaning and worth than others, like pavlov's dogs we react in either direction, neither of which reach the answers, but merely half truths in the best light.
"The Greatest Enemy of Knowledge is Not Ignorance, It is the ILLUSION of Knowledge. Stephen Hawking"
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