Friday, August 20, 2004

A Safer Place? I don’t think so you Pre-Emptive Idiot.

It’s been 5 posts, so it’s long overdue for another angry post. Like I read in the comments section of another post, I’m not trying to change people’s minds here. I think most people who read the randoms on this post are of very similar opinions. I’m merely typing out my frustrations at the possibility of 4 more years of someone running this country and the world in general into the ground.

Pre-Emptive Strike.

In this case, I’m not only angry at the president or whatever cult puppet masters came up with this brilliant idea to doom us all, but you too people, share some of the blame. Yes, this includes me. How did we think it was ok to agree with a plan of “Pre-Emptive Strike”. Do we not know that we, the US is the most powerful military in the world? That using this reasoning of Pre-Emptive Attack, any nation has the right to attack the US, and our allies using our own logic. Who else has more chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons than us? Who else is more likely to attack in today’s world not based on facts or aggression?

Based on the logic of the current administration, it’s seems there’s no room for diversity in the world. It’s you do it our way, our political system, our Gods, and our way of life, or we’ll bomb the shit out of you. What would you think if you were on the other end? Sounds like a threat does it? You know what we do with threats now. Threats, however hollow, lacking facts, or empty, can be met with brutal ideas of war and aggression. Thank you Pre-Emptive Strike.

What happened to our own country’s belief that one is innocent until proven guilty? Even in such a terrible situation as WWII, with the German taking over most of Western Europe, did we just go charging in? No, we waited until were provoked, and we whooped ass. This decision to wait was not a sign of being timid or weak by our president. Our leaders (then) understood the cost of going into war. The cost of thousands of human life that we are putting in harm’s way. War is something we would only commit to as a last resort. This is not a weakness. This is valuing life.

Nothing positive will ever come from the idea of the Pre-Emptive strike. Know that. Even if they had found any weapons in Iraq, this would still have been a bad idea. The theories behind this idea of hitting them first is not one of peace or keeping anyone safe. It’s one of aggression, one of a cowardly bully, and one that will only alienate us further from the rest of the world.

Our president has now spread an idea into the minds of the crazies that if they look at us funny, we have the right to go after them. No longer is time an ally. Time, which usually helps in creating reason. This is a disease, and now it's spreading. Sadly, the average family will be the one that pays the price. Because rich people don't go to war. They merely tell the peons to go. They're far too important to go themselves, or their children.

I know this post is jumping around a bit. It’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to hold it together when talking about this, and seeing the poll numbers. ~Sigh~

Happy Friday Everyone!

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