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I Do Not Believe In Appeasing...
...an unappeasable position, or compromising with anyone who takes away a tenable middle-ground simply because they can.
The rules of universal justice will always apply.
The rules of human justice, a mere reflection of that which is universal, apply only by our choice. Failure to choose is, itself, a choice. The choice for a war is a nation-defining event. The choice for an illegal war in total violation of everything that was sacrificed by our troops, and the alliance, in WWII, is a perversion of everything that the United States has ever stood for.
I would be for staying the course in Iraq ONLY IF the entire neoconservative cabal were placed before an international tribunal and its adjudged war criminals jailed for the rest of their lives. Failing the due process of law, the United States, by acting against International Law and the Geneva Conventions, has de facto surrendered all economic and political interest in Iraq, and quite possibly, Afghanistan. All corporations operating in and around Southwest Asia would have to be absorbed as an agency of the Hague until such time as the culpability for the criminal behavior of the past six years is fully vetted and determined.
For example, if it turns out that the Bush Administration did, in fact, usurp control over our democratic institutions as a junta, then the People of the United States ought not to suffer as a whole, but individuals and associations within the US probably should. Therefore, the US could still be a party to the rebuilding of Iraq in a reduced political capacity without sacrificing, to a large extent, the economic interests of the US and the fighting force that was compelled to fight, and were incapacitated, illegally.
Global stability and the restoration of diplomatic credibility among nations is more important than the neoconservative Christian agenda. I realize that may be difficult for you to hear, but that is my considered opinion based on the facts I believe are relevant in this case.
Jesus is not coming. Jesus spent too much time trying to pry a wedge between our egoes and our connection with our common Father to risk offering validation to a flesh and blood cult. Such validation would completely, and has completely, rendered his teachings meaningless and subject to wild distortions and flights of fancy. Not to mention outright lies. 2000 years of them.
The Catholic Church has drilled a hole in every single practicing Christian's head whereby they can be conned if the conman, or conwoman, knows how to grasp the head of the afflicted and move them whereever they want them to go.
Jesus is not coming because the Christ never left. Behaving as if a Second Coming of a physical body is necessary only serves to feed a grandiose notion that the human ego must prevail in all things. Not hardly. The human ego is the Antichrist and it is present whereever an isolated, alienated human being harbors resentments against his or her fellows, justifiable or otherwise.
The meaning of Judgment Day is this and nothing more: you need some. Ask for it from the only source from which It can come, and ye shall receive. Take the six steps and wait patiently for your Father to take the seventh. Surrender to the entire seven step process and you will have made the only judgment possible, or necessary, in a human life.
If your process involves indiscriminate sex with midgets, then that is your process. God will speak through your experiences to bring you the salvation you are entitled to because of what you are: a child of the One who has no grandchildren. Do I have to like your process? Probably not, but I must accept your right to your process provided that it causes me no great harm.
George Bush was never entitled to impose his will upon the people of Iraq. Neither was Saddam. But clearly the people of Iraq are suffering under Bush far in excess of anything imposed by Saddam. How fitting that the family who brought us Saddam could be seen as more evil than the evil they claim to oppose. Such is life in the funhouse...be careful of what you see, because it can only be you.
posted by
Volaar
on June 24, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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Volaar, Great writing! Now, I do not think that what awaits America
is moderation, but I could be wrong. My concern is that, there is a move a-foot to de-stabilize support for the War on Terror by calling it an illegal war. What would you have them do if they were to follow your wishes and bring the troops home from Iraq today?
That would put everyone in a dangerous position. So, why the push to undercut the troops? Isn't it self-defeating? In my opinion the ones being led around by their noses are the liberals bandwagoning for political leverage: they aren't thinking, only screaming. Is this American? Perhaps, but is it right?
posted by
kingmi
on June 23, 2005 at 9:40 PM
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