My Nation Love It, Leave it, or Change it.
Since the start of this travesty ineptly named “Operation Iraqi Freedom, I have expected only the worst to befall our soldiers and the Iraqis alike. Any sane and compassionate human being knew our invasion and the inevitable occupation of
Iraq was wrong, how could it be otherwise. When the prefab government that sits on its throne in the house that Americans built, decided to attack a weak and defenseless country, I was shocked that more decent, hardworking and intelligent Americans didn’t speak out against it and I was especially saddened by the responses and opinions of people I respected. Their lockstep reaction to the fanatical call to war was extremely disheartening. So many people accepted the idea that a war against a nation of weak and downtrodden people was the right response to 9/11 and to the fear that was felt after the attacks in New York & D.C. But the attacks by fanatical fundamentalists were done not with weapons of mass destruction but with a 99ยข box cutter and in reality it wasn’t done against the American people but against the policies of the American government and it is the victims of 9/11, like the people of Iraq, that suffer the consequences. The actions of those who commandeered planes into major U.S targets were the actions of people willing to kill and be killed in protest of our Government’s policies so how do we fight against a foe who hates with such ferocity and dedication? The fact that they could do so much with so little shows me that no amount of sophisticated weaponry can assure our safety.
The cold war alerted us to the possibilities of nuclear horrors but did little to help prepare us for such an unsophisticated and determined enemy. Whether or not the situation in the Mideast can be fixed is beyond someone like me and also beyond most experts but the ending of American Empire building would certainly be a good start. Be that as it may it has become obvious to me over the last several years that the ememy that we face from without doesn’t hold a candle to the ememies we face from within. The destruction of America will never come from those on the outside. We can only be destroyed by those on the inside. This country is in a time of tremendous peril and the unelected government that has hijacked our Flag could quite possibly be the final undoing of us all. American’s must wake up and see what is happening. No more Party over Country or Loyalist over Patriot. We must all choose America First and we must do it fast if we are to stop this insanity and secure any type of future for our children and grandchildren. The flow of innocent blood in the streets of Iraq and Lebanon must end now.
