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The War on Terror is Also a War on Us

The War On Terror Is Also A War On Us - by Cheryl Abraham
https://tinyurl.com/528ug3


"Many people I know choose to turn off, they adhere to
Thomas Gray’s advice, “Where ignorance is bliss, tis folly
to be wise,” after all every one of us has a lot to deal with
just living our regular lives. A lot of people I know feel
that any feelings of responsibility for what our government
is doing is just too much of an added burden, and they wonder
why I bother, that just the fact that they are going to vote
in this election is enough: they’ll have done their civic
duty, and that’s all that’s required. Unfortunately the
reality we face requires much, much more than passively
casting a vote, or voicing our dissent at next weekend’s
dinner party. Why is it so important to face the reality we
find ourselves in? Jung said it best, “Consciously analyzed
suffering produces growth while letting nothing roll besides
the good times produces stagnation and delusion,” Delusion,
what a wonderful description of the seemingly endless capacity
for people to ignore reality. And just what is it that the
vast majority of us are deluding ourselves about? We delude
ourselves when we think that what is happening will just
magically ‘go away’ with the next president. We delude
ourselves when we think that an election is the cure for
what ails us. We delude ourselves when we deny our own
individual responsibility in changing the trajectory of where
our country is headed. We delude ourselves when we think that
nothing can be done to stop what is happening. We delude
ourselves when we think that the ‘War on Terror’ is only a
war on evil crazy terrorists."

posted on Apr 28, 2008 1:57 PM ()

Comments:

very interesting thread! There is a glimmer in the darkness of the great American "world view". Americans are a lot like puppies, good, happy, respond well to love, are puzzled when some one hits them with a newspaper but they still continue to pee on the floor! This goes back to the source of 911, American Foreign Policy. You think you are out there doing "good" in the world, but continually ignore the most basic of cultural differences. I think ignorance is a basic trait of the average American, they know little of their own country, and far less about others. That said, at least you are willing to engage in a conversation that is not draped in blind patriotism and swathed in christian pedantic drivel.

And as for socialized medicine, hell - do not knock what you have not tried. I won't lose my house over a heart attack, I can go to any doctor or hospital I like and I will never be denied care based on my bank balance. I just wish we had socialized dentistry as well.

Most enjoyable reading folks....

lizbeth
comment by lizbeth on May 3, 2008 8:49 AM ()
When you consider the millions of things we could disagree on the real wonder is that we disagree on so few.
I have a good deal of respect for Ekyp like yourself. Which is why I often refer to him in case studies.
comment by think141 on May 1, 2008 8:24 AM ()
You have come to a lot of conclusions from your investigations and there isn't much I can do to dissuade you from any of them. But of the positions you've taken I will only comment on one.

Your notion that the world views us as ignorant fools and that we're "occupying" 100 countries is a distortion fostered by the emotional imagination of the Left. It is absolutely true they we are disliked by many in the world but this dislike is the variety that grows from resentment. It is the same kind of resentment that is harbored against "Corporate America" by small minds like Ekyp who considers the man who feeds him to be his enemy. It is the kind of resentment that builds when people become dependent upon others for the food on their tables but doesn't like the taste it leaves in their mouths.

Any country that we now "occupy" could demand that we leave and we would do so. The fact is that the governments of those countries understand that there is something to be gained by our presence. Whether the reasons be financial aid, military protection, technological assistance or outright bribery America is not in any country against the will of its leaders (though you might argue the case that the leaders of Iraq and Afghanistan are "our" inventions.) The media, political dissidents and other malcontents within all nations are constantly stirring resentment against the US. by using just such terms as "occupiers".

No one would be happier than me to see us get out of 90% of those countries and let the world see what happens to them when we're gone. Darfur has not been the disaster it has been because of America's presence. It has been so because America was not present. Come to think of it if we had occupied Germany after the 1st WW there would surly not have been a 2nd WW. And remember what our beloved clown R.J. Daley meant to say rather than what he actually said: "The police aren't there to create disorder. They're there to preserve disorder." Our intentions around the world are pure but too often we put the power to act on our good intentions in the hands of political clowns.

Don't be influenced or disheartened by the fact that "everyone hates us". There are all sorts of forces intentionally turning our friends against us. Even within our own borders and among our own citizens we have dissidents who hate and work to destroy the foundations of American, i.e. the Revs. Wright and Sharpton, the Leftist subversives in our educational system, and even individuals holding office in our government to mention only a few.
comment by think141 on Apr 30, 2008 6:26 AM ()
We delude ourselves if we don't think terrorists will kill us if we don't fight back. We delude ourselves all the time.
comment by think141 on Apr 29, 2008 5:43 AM ()
Ok..............
comment by daremeonce on Apr 28, 2008 6:37 PM ()
I wish we could gather our selves united and bust a move. One good sway of or hips would rattle the idiots in Washington and we could get what’s ours back. I’ve often thought on how to organize and correct out State of the Union but the task is daunting. Can you help?

Vic
comment by daremeonce on Apr 28, 2008 4:23 PM ()

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