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April 16, 2003
open mind
trying to keep an open mind can be at times disturbing. there are moments when i have a wonderfully strong opinion about something and enjoy the resulting luxury of not losing sleep over the issue.
this is happening less and less lately.
just to set a few things straight -- i am against the US aggression in Iraq.
[mysteriously also called Operation Iraqi Freedom]
but i do support the troops that are following orders and putting their lives on the line for our country.
and i do not support saddam or his regime.
i do support the intervening -- as long as we have the support of the United Nations.
but i don't believe the US should just say to hell with everybody -- and force whole cultures and governments to change to fit standards defined by donald rumsfield.
i was briefly on the fence about the conflict as i listened to an NPR discussion about the sudden change of heart of countries like Syria, N. Korea, Iran who have spent months and months pushing the boundries with their weapons programs and demanding specific venues for negotiation like insolent children.
if countries around the world had been under the mistaken impression that the US had been weakened by 911 and that we had become a weak, indecisive and neutered nation then decided they would wreak havoc on the geopolitical landscape with their weapons programs and threats. wouldn't that mean that something should be done to show this is not the case?
so let's say, we pick a country that would benefit from our measured correction [remove evil Saddam], ensure our victory [small, sand-bound, underdefended, overfunded country that we've already had a trial run with] *and* is also able foot the inevitable bill for rebuilding the country after the conflict um, duh.]. this is of course Iraq. that seems smart right?
yeah, then i read this.
having an open mind sucks sometimes. i miss the simplicity of having an uninformed opinion.
Posted by heidijanet at April 16, 2003 01:42 PM
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