Marc
The Soldier Says "Goodbye" I would like to state, publicly, for the record and all that raz-ma-taz, that I, in no way, will ever condemn any person participating in activities carried out by the government. I understand that there are various reasons for joining the armed forces, as I learned first hand last year when my closest friend took that trip. But, honestly, I cannot say that I hold a single smidgeon of ill-will towards you, Jesse, or anyone else that you know. You're just doing what is best for you at this moment in time. I'm the coward that will never join the military or fire a gun. That's me. You're you. It's not a personal thing.
I did take the time to read parts of Kerry's speech, though, and I will have to say that he nailed down the unilateralist aspect of the Bush regime, which is the one aspect of our increasing cockiness that scares me the most. I can't remember what Chicago Tribune article I was reading the other day, but I remember something about the US having to possibly go to war on three fronts -- Iraq, N. Korea, and the war on terrorism -- and it talked, at length, about how we might or might not be able to handle it. I say 'no', no matter what the figures are. Fundamentally, at least to me, the reasoning for these crises, besides (in some cases) the terrorism, doesn't add up. Countries have nuclear weapons programs, just as we have tons of nuclear weapons, and we want them to stop, though Rumsfield has stated publicly that if Iraq uses chemical weapons on us we will use tactical nukes on them ... I just don't get it. It doesn't make any sense.
The US has recently reminded me of the British Empire in the prime of it's world domination with their mercantilism system. They had the ability to push people around, like China for example, simply because they had the braun and the military might to do so, yet it doesn't mean that they were in the right. In the end, they set back relations between the West and the Far East for generations, if not longer. It just seems to me like we're doing the same with Iraq and Afghanistan and the entire Middle Eastern culture. We are the bullying, gun-toting gangsters looking for a quick fix to our energy problems. Instead of taking the time and effort to develop different alternatives for fuels and cost effective energy sources, we are simply pushing our way, foot by foot, into the oil fields of the Middle East and expecting everyone to let us take what we will.
The reasoning on this may be a bit off, and a bit rambly. But I have to go to class now, and I only had a few minutes to write. Apologies.
The Soldier Says "Goodbye" I would like to state, publicly, for the record and all that raz-ma-taz, that I, in no way, will ever condemn any person participating in activities carried out by the government. I understand that there are various reasons for joining the armed forces, as I learned first hand last year when my closest friend took that trip. But, honestly, I cannot say that I hold a single smidgeon of ill-will towards you, Jesse, or anyone else that you know. You're just doing what is best for you at this moment in time. I'm the coward that will never join the military or fire a gun. That's me. You're you. It's not a personal thing.
I did take the time to read parts of Kerry's speech, though, and I will have to say that he nailed down the unilateralist aspect of the Bush regime, which is the one aspect of our increasing cockiness that scares me the most. I can't remember what Chicago Tribune article I was reading the other day, but I remember something about the US having to possibly go to war on three fronts -- Iraq, N. Korea, and the war on terrorism -- and it talked, at length, about how we might or might not be able to handle it. I say 'no', no matter what the figures are. Fundamentally, at least to me, the reasoning for these crises, besides (in some cases) the terrorism, doesn't add up. Countries have nuclear weapons programs, just as we have tons of nuclear weapons, and we want them to stop, though Rumsfield has stated publicly that if Iraq uses chemical weapons on us we will use tactical nukes on them ... I just don't get it. It doesn't make any sense.
The US has recently reminded me of the British Empire in the prime of it's world domination with their mercantilism system. They had the ability to push people around, like China for example, simply because they had the braun and the military might to do so, yet it doesn't mean that they were in the right. In the end, they set back relations between the West and the Far East for generations, if not longer. It just seems to me like we're doing the same with Iraq and Afghanistan and the entire Middle Eastern culture. We are the bullying, gun-toting gangsters looking for a quick fix to our energy problems. Instead of taking the time and effort to develop different alternatives for fuels and cost effective energy sources, we are simply pushing our way, foot by foot, into the oil fields of the Middle East and expecting everyone to let us take what we will.
The reasoning on this may be a bit off, and a bit rambly. But I have to go to class now, and I only had a few minutes to write. Apologies.
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