Thoughts on The World
I have had some time lately to dwell on the state of the world. Daily I read blogs, and follow links to blogs. I read news of all sorts and all sources of news and information.
The thing that has struck me is that we are quick to attack the government for what they do, yet we have no answer ourselves on how to do it another way. We are against the war in Iraq because the administration lied to us to go into that country. I believe this is the worst administration in the history of this country, we should not be in Iraq, yet we are. Do we abandon the people of Iraq to what ever nut wants to take over the country, or do we attempt to help them come up with something they can live with? If we just pull out, surely there will be a mass slaughter on one side or the other. What will that show the world?
Is it OK the be in Afghanistan and not Iraq? When we are attacked again, do we put on our Gandhi clothes and talk peace and the bad guys will follow suit? If the government is to stop attacks in this country and can't investigate in all ways they can, how can they protect us?
I hear so much brain power out there, yet hear little on what the alternatives really are. Lets hear more about that. If we are attacked again, how do we respond? I hear that we will fight for this country to protect our families etc., but who do we fight? They don't wear uniforms, so do we put all Arabs in prison camps, or just kill them? How do we fight them?
We were attacked at the twin towers, I didn't see us gathering arms to fight the bad guys. Meaning civilians folks. Our young men and women volunteered to to join the military to do the job for us. It seems they may be the only ones with any idea of what to do, or what needs to be done.
Maybe we should have a delegation of Americans go to Iraq and protest to violence. I'm sure the government wouldn't let too big a delegation go because it would be costly to send the bodies back home, or would the bad guys respond favorably by putting down their arms because we come in peace? I'll bet you know the answer. Maybe we should have signs around the country saying "please don't blow yourselves up after doing us harm, we are peace loving, we will hug you on your way home and give you a rose as you leave, maybe then you will change your ways".
This blog is just to give people something to think about!
The thing that has struck me is that we are quick to attack the government for what they do, yet we have no answer ourselves on how to do it another way. We are against the war in Iraq because the administration lied to us to go into that country. I believe this is the worst administration in the history of this country, we should not be in Iraq, yet we are. Do we abandon the people of Iraq to what ever nut wants to take over the country, or do we attempt to help them come up with something they can live with? If we just pull out, surely there will be a mass slaughter on one side or the other. What will that show the world?
Is it OK the be in Afghanistan and not Iraq? When we are attacked again, do we put on our Gandhi clothes and talk peace and the bad guys will follow suit? If the government is to stop attacks in this country and can't investigate in all ways they can, how can they protect us?
I hear so much brain power out there, yet hear little on what the alternatives really are. Lets hear more about that. If we are attacked again, how do we respond? I hear that we will fight for this country to protect our families etc., but who do we fight? They don't wear uniforms, so do we put all Arabs in prison camps, or just kill them? How do we fight them?
We were attacked at the twin towers, I didn't see us gathering arms to fight the bad guys. Meaning civilians folks. Our young men and women volunteered to to join the military to do the job for us. It seems they may be the only ones with any idea of what to do, or what needs to be done.
Maybe we should have a delegation of Americans go to Iraq and protest to violence. I'm sure the government wouldn't let too big a delegation go because it would be costly to send the bodies back home, or would the bad guys respond favorably by putting down their arms because we come in peace? I'll bet you know the answer. Maybe we should have signs around the country saying "please don't blow yourselves up after doing us harm, we are peace loving, we will hug you on your way home and give you a rose as you leave, maybe then you will change your ways".
This blog is just to give people something to think about!
posted by Reflections at 6:31 PM
2 Comments:
Interesting thoughts...
I have had similar thoughts about Iraq. I think it's possible that we "owe" the Iraqi people some stability of some sort but we may not be able to do it militarily...at least not with military alone. Maybe walking softly and carrying a BIG STICK is the way to approach Iraq.
As for the lame-brained terrorists...well they should be tracked down by cia operatives and either captured or killed, one-by-one...and in the meantime we fight the war of ideas more vigorously than the war of bullets...
Just some ideas....
I freely admit I'm not a genius...
hizzhoner
LOL, Lord knows I am no genius either.
The terrorist seem to feed off of the power, the noteriety & press coverage, the shock & gore of it... many of them are motivated by spiritual beleifs. Beleiving gives strength, faith & determination. They use that against us.
I agree with hizzhoner, that we should help the Iraqi's find stability.
I wonder if we had a more successful patriotic propoganda going on over here and over there, if our media coverage would be more abundant and if our people would beleive more in what they were doing? And, If the Iraqi people would beleive more in themselves, in peace & freedom?
I know when I believe in what I am doing, I do a better job.
We gotta beleive in peace first, before peace will come.
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