I'm finding it harder and harder to cope with the state of the world today. Iraq frightens me, as I'm sure it does many others. People kill each other without a second thought - men, women, children, babies, it doesn't matter who, these terrorists are perfectly happy with blowing apart anyone and anything and claim it was in the name of God. And these terrorists are spawned by government actions (the invasion of Iraq, the continuing meddling of the U.S. in the Mideast, and so on) yet they take out their anger on innocent people who had nothing to do with it. Further, the government then forces its own innocent soldiers - people who signed up to DEFEND our country - to fight for the president's agenda, regardless of whether or not they agree with it.
The short of it is that the world is crumbling. Governments start trouble for their own greedy purposes (even John McCain admitted that the Republicans sought power instead of the will of the people and that that was why they lost Congress to the Democrats), then these governments use their people to fight - and die - in their battles like pawns in chess. Our people have been forced to stay in a country where they are clearly not wanted, and our "leader" ignores every single plea from lawmakers, military leaders, and the people who voted for him, and continues to pursue a fight and insists things like, "The War on Terror will last for many years" while our people continue to die in this unwanted war.
Then there's Iran. The people there voted against their president's party in the recent election, saying that they were upset with his continued antagonizing of the west and wish he would focus more on Iranian issues. And our people voted against our president's party when we gave Congress to the Democrats. Know what that tells me? The PEOPLE - both Iranian and American - have NO WISH TO GO TO WAR WITH EACH OTHER. Yet both Bush and Aminjendad (sorry, I can't spell it to save my life) are driving toward exactly that - another war. And we the people are powerless to stop it.
The question could be asked, "Why did we vote Bush back into the White House in 04?"
Because our election was a choice between Dumb and Dumber. We handled what we believed would be the lesser of two evils (though I didn't vote for him, I voted Libertarian and I wish more people would show interest in parties OTHER than the childish and always-bickering Republicans and Democrats). Would Kerry have gotten us out of Iraq? Who knows, but there's no point in speculating on what might have been. Bottom line is that we're STILL at war where we're not wanted, and our people are still dying.
And all I want is to see our people come home and for America to regain its credibility and honor. We used to be the good guys, but now I'm not so sure. And I can't settle my mind. I can't settle my fears. Every day I go to sleep praying I'll never wake up, and when I do I feel even less like going on than the previous day. If this what life is about - if this is what the WORLD is about, I want no part of it. I'm tired of the killing. I'm tired of the war. I'm tired of the slavery (yes, soldiers forced to fight wars they disagree with are slaves in my view) and I'm tired of the lies from the people we are supposed to trust to take care of the country.
It's all about power. It's all about control. It's all about hate. It's all about war.
It's all about death.
And I don't want to be a part of such a...childish world.
The short of it is that the world is crumbling. Governments start trouble for their own greedy purposes (even John McCain admitted that the Republicans sought power instead of the will of the people and that that was why they lost Congress to the Democrats), then these governments use their people to fight - and die - in their battles like pawns in chess. Our people have been forced to stay in a country where they are clearly not wanted, and our "leader" ignores every single plea from lawmakers, military leaders, and the people who voted for him, and continues to pursue a fight and insists things like, "The War on Terror will last for many years" while our people continue to die in this unwanted war.
Then there's Iran. The people there voted against their president's party in the recent election, saying that they were upset with his continued antagonizing of the west and wish he would focus more on Iranian issues. And our people voted against our president's party when we gave Congress to the Democrats. Know what that tells me? The PEOPLE - both Iranian and American - have NO WISH TO GO TO WAR WITH EACH OTHER. Yet both Bush and Aminjendad (sorry, I can't spell it to save my life) are driving toward exactly that - another war. And we the people are powerless to stop it.
The question could be asked, "Why did we vote Bush back into the White House in 04?"
Because our election was a choice between Dumb and Dumber. We handled what we believed would be the lesser of two evils (though I didn't vote for him, I voted Libertarian and I wish more people would show interest in parties OTHER than the childish and always-bickering Republicans and Democrats). Would Kerry have gotten us out of Iraq? Who knows, but there's no point in speculating on what might have been. Bottom line is that we're STILL at war where we're not wanted, and our people are still dying.
And all I want is to see our people come home and for America to regain its credibility and honor. We used to be the good guys, but now I'm not so sure. And I can't settle my mind. I can't settle my fears. Every day I go to sleep praying I'll never wake up, and when I do I feel even less like going on than the previous day. If this what life is about - if this is what the WORLD is about, I want no part of it. I'm tired of the killing. I'm tired of the war. I'm tired of the slavery (yes, soldiers forced to fight wars they disagree with are slaves in my view) and I'm tired of the lies from the people we are supposed to trust to take care of the country.
It's all about power. It's all about control. It's all about hate. It's all about war.
It's all about death.
And I don't want to be a part of such a...childish world.
