Our public education system does not stress enough importance on history. It is deemed boring, unimportant, and meaningless. Yet history holds lessons, mistakes, warnings, examples all from which wisdom can be derived. This is not the United States of America this is the United States of Amnesia. Not long ago did President Eisenhower warn the people of this nation of an epidemic, a cancer, growing within the government. But we did not heed his warning instead we forget. 60 years later the cancer, the dangerous merge of Industry and the Military, has grown far beyond repair. From the combat boots to the bombs from the forks the soldiers use to even laundry service is controlled and operated by a corporation (MPRI). Even the training of Iraqi police officers is ultimately in the hands of a private company. Now ask yourself would it benefit the military and its heavily backed private sector to end this war? With defense funding at levels well above the cold war, the recent establishment of North Com (a violation of Posse comitatus), ending the war would be receiving less which is undesirable to both the Military and its Industry.
As outlandish as it might seem to you now the war is not in Iraq but in our system of government. It has become a separate entity thought to be distant, self sufficient, truthful, yet our elected officials including the President, who are to represent millions in one voice have come to be cluttered by their own ambitions beliefs and ideas.
I love this country with all my heart I would bleed even die for it if needed. But I fear the true enemy to my beloved country is much more sinister more complex then a single person, an insurgency, a president, and even the long established military-industrial complex. Like the great civilizations of the past I worry that our country will follow suit victim to humanities greatest vice ignorance. The Rubicon has been crossed but I believe it not to late to save this country which I love so much from the fate of Rome.
Overgrown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to Republican liberty
~President George Washington
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
~Thomas Jefferson
I was born in Iran and have lived in the US for about 13 years and I have fallen in love with its noble ideals. Please if you have taken my words for truth then you have failed this country do your own research, investigate, reason, come to your own conclusions, your own perspective, then will you fully understand what I have written here.
Peace
2007-01-22 20:40:37
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answered by Anonymous
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Look here, D--k H--d, you ain't American. I reserve the right to criticize my president, but when a third world ignoramus like you does not have the facts, then shut up! Bush only invaded two countries so far, and we de-throned a dictator and are now in the process of tracking down terrorists around the world and killing them. I may disagree with my President on Iraq, but keep your foul mouthed, superstitious words off of him! Where did you learn to write English, in some third world school? Just another thing that makes me glad to be an American; our free compulsory education.
2007-01-22 20:01:05
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answered by Anonymous
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I'm sure you have forgotten 9/11 by now, it didn't hit your home town, there in nice cozy wherever....the initial thing was to raid Afganistan for the mercernaries, but that led to Iraq, where the US found a bunch of stuff, so it pretty much condemded Sadaim as far as harbouring anti US terrorists. Breaking up the terrorism has had its scrutiny, they tried to bomb this subway in France, or this bomb in England to make it clear that the US was in the wrong here, raiding a foreign land......Quite the opposite.....the more the US stayed there and took out institutions, the less reports of other worldly disasters....When was the last terrorist assault againt another country that you have heard about?? Please document it as far as Al Quaida is represented, ok? Thank you, and I hope you have a great day
2007-01-22 20:00:42
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answered by kaliroadrager 5
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Clinton = peace and prosperity, Bush = war and recession
Clinton = admired around the world, Bush = universally detested
Clinton = genius, Bush = imbecile
Clinton = workaholic, Bush = vacationer
Clinton = balanced budget, Bush = $2.5 trillion added to national debt and counting
Clinton = Rhodes Scholar, Bush = My Pet Goat
Clinton = 1st in his class, Bush = male cheerleader
Clinton = gas at $1.15/gal, Bush = gas at $3.18/gal
Clinton = all indicators of national health up, Bush = everything he touches turns to crap
Clinton = big man who accepts responsibility, Bush = weasel who plays blame game
Clinton = higher standard of living, Bush = tremendous step backwards for America
2007-01-22 20:06:21
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answered by soulsearcher 5
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If you think this is true, then perhaps you are just as ignorant as the U.S. citizens who back, or rather, have backed Bush. Most of us in this country (even my boyfriend's elderly parents who initially voted for him) hate Bush now and hate his business ventures, I mean wars. Many United Statesians like myself have been anti-Bush, from the beginning. We would like to see him impeached. Indicted. We are counting down the days until he is gone. I hope our history books are not kind to him. Jan 20, 2009.
2007-01-22 19:58:21
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answered by teddy 2
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Look here jolly ol' fellow, count your blessings that terrorists are being hunted down and held accountable . The daily news is sickening , and your heartless bore of a life wouldn't know patriotic pride if it blew your heart apart . Because it has for alot of us Americans . Be it right or be it wrong, that is the freedom of decision which WE are FREE to make .
2007-01-22 20:29:17
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answered by iambettyboop 7
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I don't support Bush on anything he does and neither do most of the american people. Bush is so arogant and feable minded that he does what he wants and doesn't care what the rest of the world says. I swear he thinks he owns the world. I can't wait for a REAL president!!!!! We miss you John Kennedy!!!
2007-01-22 19:57:54
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answered by Anonymous
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We're following our father's footstep, England.
Some of us support Bush, some don't. I think the pole shows only 1/3 likes him.
2007-01-22 19:59:36
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answered by Anonymous
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My dad works for the ARMY in Germany. I can tell you that the ARMY boys HATE bush. Only a few will tell you they like him.
Most of the guys will say "I'm fighting for my country not for bush."
I do not like bush at all.
2007-01-22 20:56:53
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answered by Anonymous
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Here's what's REALLY going on with Iraq!...
http://www.strayreality.com/Lanis_Strayreality/iraq.htm
2007-01-24 03:12:22
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answered by Anonymous
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