Personally, I think the very notion of fighting for peace is just a tad bit contradicting. The only way that plan works is if the government is subdued and, with the case of the Iraqis, that means alot of hardship for the people. The president said we are not against the Iraqi people, just its government, but we are entirely willing to stiffle the little order remaining in the land.
There was a B-film in the early seventies that had an entire town turned into mindless zombies. A para-military general rallied up a possee of roughnecks to torch the town saying, "We destroyed the town in order to save it." What. The. Hell. That's some twisted logic. And its a philosophy our president seems to adopt.
Some more friendly criticism of the big cheese. Anyone happen to catch the open forum for newscasters? Where George W. Bush stands in front of a podium and answers any of the newscasters questions? I'm telling you, it was like a goddam firing squad. The questions were just being bombarded against Bush and most of his answers were unsatisfying. He simply reiterated that he did not wish to go to war. Our big cheese is hardly an eloquent man, scoring around the 1200s in the SATs. I'm just glad we've got Powell and Rumsfield backing him up.
Now about the issue of freedom of speech. Some say freedom of speech is meant to compensate for freedom of thought which many seem to not use. The United States prides itself in its open-mindedness. We've got a Bill of Rights that protects our ideals. Yet all the general ideals and the government backing is all for nil if the PEOPLE don't appreciate that ideal. The Dixie Chicks' avenues have dropped since their denouncement of Bush. Michael Moore was booed of stage at the Oscars for criticism against Bush. In World War 2, Germany needed the Gestapo to censor criticism against Hitler. Now, the United States simply has its almost 300 million citiznes to censor other outspoken individuals. What a beautiful world we live in, folks.
I'm all for the Iraqi people. I despise the government and Saddam's callous mistreatments but war isn't an answer. War is merely plowing past the question, the question being: "Is it worth it?" I'm compassionate to the Iraqi's plight and I adamantly say it is not worth it. This is coming from a Vietnamese first generation born in America. Around my neck I wear a Christian cross for my faith, an Egyptian ankh for my belief in life, and I wear the two British semaphore letters N and D (standing for nuclear disarmament) which form the peace sign for my belief in peace, of course. I listen to John Lennon, especially "Give Peace A Chance." I wear a GREENPEACE shirt. I am but a simple boy in highschool but I'm still open minded to the resolution of peace.
War is over. (If you want it.)
