Hmm. I can see, sort of, what this person is saying, up to a point.
But I have two issues. One is with going out and changing things. I am trying to get into the peace corps, right? So, I really truly believe that there are other ways to change things than violence. Yeah, so we toppled two regimes. Ok. But that's not the end-all, be-all. America is just showing itself to be more dominant, more let's take over the world, than ever before. We think your government sucks. Let's drop bombs on your country. Yeah. And ok, a lousy government is bad, dictators are bad. But war and death and all the pushing and shoving that America is doing is worse. And I don't think, in the long run, it'll fix anything. Who's to say the next ruler will be better? Shouldn't America just go in there and run the country for them? They are so obviously inept.
I mean, where do you draw the line? Where do you stop being helpful and start being destructive? Whose side are we on, anyway?
We have GOT to share the world. We can't just tell everyone else what to do. We can make suggestions, we can help where it's reasonable. We can try to initiate change. But at some point, we have to back off. America just can't stop when it needs to.
It's not like we're the Mommy of the World, and all the other little countries are our children, and we have to do everything for them and keep dangers away from them just cause we don't want them to get hurt. We're all grown-ups here. We have to deal with our own problems. And we have to respect other countries as being valid, even if we don't like their governments or policies or cultures or whatever. Being rich and powerful doesn't give us inherent rights to tell everyone else what to do.
And about inherent rights. What is this implication that God put Bush into power? I don't think so. God does not have anything to do with screwy ballots. Don't you dare bring God into this. THIS IS NOT A HOLY WAR. And even if it were, it's the same God on each side.
This war is not about freeing citizens, this is not about toppling evil regimes.
This is about power. This is about American supremacy. This is about holding grudges. This is about saving face. This is about oil. This is about blood.
You know, come to think of it, I don't agree with this article at all.
Um, I kinda went off on this article...
But I have two issues. One is with going out and changing things. I am trying to get into the peace corps, right? So, I really truly believe that there are other ways to change things than violence. Yeah, so we toppled two regimes. Ok. But that's not the end-all, be-all. America is just showing itself to be more dominant, more let's take over the world, than ever before. We think your government sucks. Let's drop bombs on your country. Yeah. And ok, a lousy government is bad, dictators are bad. But war and death and all the pushing and shoving that America is doing is worse. And I don't think, in the long run, it'll fix anything. Who's to say the next ruler will be better? Shouldn't America just go in there and run the country for them? They are so obviously inept.
I mean, where do you draw the line? Where do you stop being helpful and start being destructive? Whose side are we on, anyway?
We have GOT to share the world. We can't just tell everyone else what to do. We can make suggestions, we can help where it's reasonable. We can try to initiate change. But at some point, we have to back off. America just can't stop when it needs to.
It's not like we're the Mommy of the World, and all the other little countries are our children, and we have to do everything for them and keep dangers away from them just cause we don't want them to get hurt. We're all grown-ups here. We have to deal with our own problems. And we have to respect other countries as being valid, even if we don't like their governments or policies or cultures or whatever. Being rich and powerful doesn't give us inherent rights to tell everyone else what to do.
And about inherent rights. What is this implication that God put Bush into power? I don't think so. God does not have anything to do with screwy ballots. Don't you dare bring God into this. THIS IS NOT A HOLY WAR. And even if it were, it's the same God on each side.
This war is not about freeing citizens, this is not about toppling evil regimes.
This is about power. This is about American supremacy. This is about holding grudges. This is about saving face. This is about oil. This is about blood.
You know, come to think of it, I don't agree with this article at all.