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I had a lot of
stupid, superficial things to talk about like American Idol
- a show that brings me great joy, but I have some things on
my mind, and even as I type these words, I'm debating on whether
or not to address what I would like to address.
It seems wrong to not talk about what's going on in the world
right now. We are three and a half hours away from going to
war, how could I talk about American Idol?
I hesitate to touch on this topic that is much larger than anything
that has happened within my lifetime. I hesitate because I know
that there is just so much that I don't know. My mother says
that makes me smart. She says that so many people are preaching
their opinions as if they know everything going on, every thought
in Saddam's head, every bit of history between us and Saddam,
between Iraq and Israel. I think this is why I'm always so intimidated
to even sit in on people having political discussions. Every
person I listen talks is if he actually knows what needs to
happen in this world to fix it. Everyone seems to know the answers
and be so pissed that everyone else doesn't agree with them.
That leaves me not even knowing how to begin to learn anything
because I don't know who to listen to. Every radio station gives
statistics on the percentage of Americans that support the war,
and the numbers are always different. It's as if I can just
start claiming what the statistics show without actually knowing
anything. I've listened to people who do not LIKE war, who wish
for peace as much as anyone else, but they believe that war
is necessary right now in this situation. I've talked to people
who think that Bush is crazy, that he believes he is the Messiah,
and he's going to drive this country into the ground. I've listened
to people who believe in Bush and respect the decision he seems
to be making.
Again, no one knows anything. I think it's really easy
for someone to claim that they can predict the future. Everyone
seems to be doing it. "If Bush does this, it means this;
If he doesn't this, it means that." I mean, nobody fucking
knows what will happen, and when whatever happens happens, no
one will THEN even know exactly why. I've listened to people
say they believe that Bush's ultimatum will force Saddam to
give a preemptive strike. Some believe that Saddam will release
Small Pox the second our troops invade Iraq. Some people believe
that we are beginning a war that would not exist if we backed
down. Some people think that Saddam is ready to kill us, and
if we don't try to stop him first, we're looking at another
September 11th. Again, we do NOT know what Saddam is thinking.
I don't even know if Saddam knows what he's thinking himself.
Same for Bush. I think we're all filled with fear, and I don't
know who started it, and I don't know who'll end it.
I know that there will be people circling center squares with
their signs no matter WHAT happens because with every single
decision a president makes, there will be thousands or millions
of people who disagree. He cannot please everyone, so he's doing
what he thinks he needs to do.
Me? From what I've been trying to learn, Saddam has these weapons
and he hates us. He is not supposed to have them, and the UN
agreed that if he didn't get rid of them, then we could attack
according to a resolution...a number I don't know. I hear that
the UN is backing out of this because they don't want to go
to war. They want to avoid it. So, they're not really following
through. I hear that the world would love to get rid of Saddam,
but they don't want to do it, so we're taking it all on ourselves
even though everyone will benefit, and we're pretty fucking
pissed about it. I guess, Bush is looking at it like we need
to do what we need to do, and if no one will help us, we'll
go it alone, but we'll remember that. I know that the world
hates America because we're so powerful, and the world would
be kind of psyched to see us fuck up a bit and lose some power
and strength.
I know that I'm an American. I know that I love being American.
I know that even if the rest of the world is annoyed with us,
I like us. I think they don't like us for reasons I won't mention
here because it'll be insulting. I feel like we have to respect
and stand behind Bush because he is our leader, and if we don't
stand behind the man we voted in to MAKE these types of decisions,
then we'll fall apart. I think we're acting like a bunch of
critical assholes.
I think we live under some illusion of peace. I think that people
think that "peace" is when no bombs are going off.
I hear that if the first Bush had ignored everyone's suggestion
to be "peaceful" and go in and get rid of Saddam after
Persian Gulf, then we wouldn't even BE in this situation now.
I feel like we're all fucking crazy, that not a single soul
among us from the smart ass college kids to the journalists,
to the leaders of our world has a CLUE as to what's actually
going on. I think we're looking at a whole shitload of bad miscommunications.
I think we're dealing with severe psychopaths. I hear we're
dealing with old friends who are forgetting their loyalties.
I don't know how I feel. I don't know what I know except that
I know that whatever is going to happen will happen, and I hope
that we'll all be okay. |
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