Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Arfann the way you have been posting lately really makes it seem that you want it and all the other bad things to happend - at least thats how you come across. Its one thing to be sceptical and to question but the way you have been behaving is something beyond that. There is a kind of unfounded fatalistic certainty and hatred in how you present your arguments so that you come off as if you want all these bad things to come true if for no other reason than to make the usa look bad and allow you to proclaim that you were right all along with no real regard for the iraqi people. The fact that you equate the current US military presence to the full horrors saddams regime is pretty clear evidence of your radicalism and your wish that the we indeed become like saddam.
I think I should feel sorry for you, there is so much hate in your words and so much anger - I dont know where it comes from.
First, allow me to state the obvious. There is nothing I would like more than to be proven wrong in my suspicions about Dubya and friends.
Second, the only reason I sound hateful is that most folks are only accustomed to hearing forceful absolutisms in the rhetoric of the hardcore right. It didn't sound unusual to hear BS about "Slick Willie", but speak out against the policies of Dubya and friends and you are out of line. I speak out in the way I do to refute this trend. Trust me, it's not just the online forums that are offended by my attitude. My normal social circle is filled with gun, knife, WW2 flight sim, and high level manufacturing business persons. These folks will be even quicker than you are to say "I told you so" if Iraq turns into the model of Democracy for the Middle East our administration says it will be.
Third, I bought into the rhetoric of war in the sixties. If you were around then, you may remember that the government and general public were all for me and others of my generation to run off into harms way. For me it took over 2 years under the gun to realize what a crock of crap it all was. I came home much more skeptical of what my government says and does. It's a classic case of "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me". If my words will make at least one person actually stop and think rather than join in with the lemmings I will be very pleased.
