Solnac, I agree with you completely. I have mourned. When the towers went down, I wanted those criminals DEAD. I still want them dead. Of course, the 19 aboard the planes are dead, but I also want their other planners to be just as dead. And, like you, I do not advocate the death penalty. Hell, I didn't even want to see McVeigh put to death. But, these guys, oh yeah. Nothing less than death. I'm not sadistic, so I don't wish them an agonizing death. That would put all of us through agony. I just want them dead. Swiftly, Painlessly. Precisely. Dead.
But, as a country, we have gone off the deep end. In order to hold someone responsible, anyone that was within reach, and we know that Saudi Arabia was not within our grasp (hell, they're Bush's buddies), we went after Iraq. It was a feel good exercise in what turned out to be FUTILITY. Admittedly, I was hesitant about invading Afganistan, because I felt that making an entire country pay for just a few's criminal acts was over the top. I was wrong, and I now see that Afganistan was a necessary invasion.
But, we virtually abandoned Afganistan to go after this fool's gold, called Iraq. This government is responsible for most of the fear mongering that followed 9/11. Following is the Nazi quote attributed to Goering which Bush and his bosses relied upon to do their bidding and manipulate this country. Maybe they didn't conciously use this quote, but the mindset was there:
“Naturally the common people don’t want war. But after all, it is the
leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it’s always a
simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy or a
fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are
being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every
country.”
--- Hermann Goering, Hitler’s Reich Marshall, at the Nuremberg
Trials after World War II.
See the similarities? They are there. Frankly, I'm more afraid of the Bush dynasty then I am of terrorists. Truly. They have implemented the Patriot Act, which would never have been tolerated within our United States of America without the fear mongering they based their lies upon. Yes, lies. Lots and lots of lies. Now that we've trashed an entire country based on these lies, like pathological liars, they must continue to lie and lie and lie. Like things in Iraq are going so rosy. Tell me that's not a lie. That the world is safer? Nope, that's also a lie. That the Iraqis are better off now than before we invaded. Another lie.
And, like the scared rabbits this country has become, we buy the lies, the fear mongering, the bullshitl
I'm sorry, Solnac. I didn't mean to take over your blog. I got carried away. I'm so angry at this collective lying that our government is perpetrating. And, I'm so angry that so many people are buying it. I'm angry.
"Every time I hear the news
That old feeling comes back on;
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the Big Fool says to push on."
- Pete Seeger, 1967
