You will never know fear until you have lived under a murderous, totolitarian regime such as the one led by Sadam. I'm not surprised you don't feel safer. Under it all you have come to believe that your government has become impotent to protect you. I suspect you know why this is but you wont say it because it's not politically correct and, God help us, we live in a politicaly correct world. So you will continue to place yourself on the sacrificial alter in order not to appear foolish to your peers.
I'm sorry to pick on you and please understand I am using you as the generic person. Please educate yourself. Stop listening to the T.V. soundbites, the bumper sticker idiocy that passes for intelligent conversation. Stay away from the lemmings marching toward the cliff.
You know, any time someone voices an opposition to the war, it's because they watch tv. Or read the newspaper. It can't possibly because we are (insert gasp here) thinking for ourselves. Where do you get your information from, then? I listen to left
and right wing - and form my own opinions. I don't care what Sean Penn thinks, nor do I care what Sean Hannity thinks.
I think this war is illegal, immoral, and a gigantic mess.
I totally supported Bush in the days following 9/11. I thought he was on the right path. But you know what? I have a HUGE problem when my president
lies to me. And I have a bigger problem when he tells me how
dare I question him. How
dare I exercise my freedom of speech to ask a question. And to be called unpatriotic, or dangerous, is an insult to the very men and women who have died to defend our way of life.
He has used the terror of September 11 to force his agenda. He used one of (if not
the) blackest day in the history of this country to silence anyone who questions. To keep from asking questions that he doesn't have the answers to.
Why don't I feel safer? Why should I? The middle east hates us now as much as ever, if not more. Even the British, who stand beside us without fail, are questioning and trying to find a way out.
I don't care if you are picking on me as a generic, or me in specific, it isn't going to change anything. I still want an end to this and I still think we had no business being there.
Oh, and I still think Bush lied. I wonder how he sleeps at night.