I didn’t mention Germany’s past (persecution of Jews, WW I and WWII) and neither did I mention the US’s past (slavery, the only country to use nuclear bomb). What use is it to dig up all the evils of the past? It doesn’t give any justice to evil today.
My son says there should be no military anywhere, and then there would be no wars. Because the military fights. The military is responsible for using weapons.
Bush makes a grave mistake by not knowing how to negotiate with rogue nations. His attitude of “I am better than you so I won’t negotiate” is basically showing him as unable to cope with them. His neglect in talking with them doesn’t make them go away. If I had an enemy, I would try to find out why they hate me, and then make a plan to get along.
Osama bin Laden is angry at the US policy in the Middle East, and stepping on their holy soil, specifically US support of Israel. The US should just let Israel be. Our support of Israel is creating all the terrorist actions against us. Is that really worth it?
It is propaganda that he wants us all to be Islam, or that he hates our way of life. Bush lies to us about the real reason, just as he lies about inflation, the housing bubble, the global liquidity problem, the real reason we are in Iraq. Just like Clinton lied about his mistress.
I am relieved that Bush bully tactics toward Iran were not supported by our allies. Now C. Rice proposed giving airplanes to Iran, and that has their interest. Again we see that giving a nation something they want is more effective than threats and war.
Bush was ready to use nuclear bunker busters in Iran, and now we see that ending the airplane embargo is going to have the same result (perhaps). But yet you are ready to use nuclear weapons, right PD? I’m proposing we do more of the airplane-trade kind of stuff, and that we talk with all the leaders and make allies, instead of enemies.
The military complex and their lobbyists are keen on keeping the wars going. Their lobbyists are probably more powerful than the cigarette lobby. Imagine we are still selling a product that is killing millions. Cigarettes should be illegal, but the lobby makes sure it is legal. The weapons lobby makes sure that the military is viewed positively and funding is strong. It’s really sad, and a primitive form of production.
The saints are not smiling at us, when we are making weapons. It’s a misguided attempt at security.
PD, your thought about the WMD which really existed but were moved is almost funny.
If WMD really existed, the Iraqis surely would have used them against us when we went to war with them.
No evidence, no trace was found anywhere in Iraq or anywhere else, or in interrogations or weapons inspections, and you can bet the US military used everything at their dispoal to try to find this stuff.
I asked my cousin in Germany how they can afford so many social programs and free university education. She said, “We don’t have a big military to support,as you do”.
Most important, I don’t see how any nation at war can feel right with God. Unless one is attacked, one should not be invading another country. I believe Bush is evil in what he is making the military people do. It is a great sin to be fighting this war in Iraq. The soldiers are doing the wrong thing to be fighting over there. They should refuse, and come home. They can surely find other, more life supporting work. In their hearts, they probably know it is wrong, but they are trapped in their jobs. I feel bad for them. What else can you do when you are trained as a soldier?
