Opinionater
09-11-2004, 10:20 PM
IMHO, on the anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy, I have heard many emotional stories from individuals who put their lives on the line to save their brothers from the remnants of the World Trade Center.
On the anniversary of this solemn day, it is with reprehension and disgust that I also see news of the war in Iraq; a failing war that has taken over one thousand of our best Americans while incurring countless costs at home.
It is obscene that our President uses 9-11 as the fire to stoke the engine of his ill-conceived war. :cuss
Follow my thinking for one moment. Since we have spent billions of dollars on technologies, armaments and intelligence gathering; why is it so difficult for us to find a frail Saudi man who is dependent on kidney dialysis in a third world environment?
We have not captured him because we are not seeking to do so. Bin Laden is Bush’s excuse for adventurism and profiteering abroad. As long as Osama remains at large, his fate uncertain, he will always be a convenient scapegoat and excuse for further incursions.
The fevered pitch of fear will continue to render the masses pliable. Once a nation runs drunk on fear, threats are embraced by political engineers as opportunities to influence their subjects into courses of action that would never be agreed upon otherwise. As such, these threats are contained but kept alive. I believe we are living under this unspoken contract.
I supported the action in Afghanistan and bringing Bin Laden to justice, but this just effort remains incomplete. Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11, had nothing to do with terrorism against the United States, and serves as an example of the immoral manipulation of our nation. This is not democracy in action, it is the tantrum of empire.
If we want to reclaim our once respected position and rejoin the civilized world, we need to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice. Most of all, we need to hold all would-be patriots accountable for their manipulation of the memories of those who died on 9-11.
On the anniversary of this solemn day, it is with reprehension and disgust that I also see news of the war in Iraq; a failing war that has taken over one thousand of our best Americans while incurring countless costs at home.
It is obscene that our President uses 9-11 as the fire to stoke the engine of his ill-conceived war. :cuss
Follow my thinking for one moment. Since we have spent billions of dollars on technologies, armaments and intelligence gathering; why is it so difficult for us to find a frail Saudi man who is dependent on kidney dialysis in a third world environment?
We have not captured him because we are not seeking to do so. Bin Laden is Bush’s excuse for adventurism and profiteering abroad. As long as Osama remains at large, his fate uncertain, he will always be a convenient scapegoat and excuse for further incursions.
The fevered pitch of fear will continue to render the masses pliable. Once a nation runs drunk on fear, threats are embraced by political engineers as opportunities to influence their subjects into courses of action that would never be agreed upon otherwise. As such, these threats are contained but kept alive. I believe we are living under this unspoken contract.
I supported the action in Afghanistan and bringing Bin Laden to justice, but this just effort remains incomplete. Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11, had nothing to do with terrorism against the United States, and serves as an example of the immoral manipulation of our nation. This is not democracy in action, it is the tantrum of empire.
If we want to reclaim our once respected position and rejoin the civilized world, we need to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice. Most of all, we need to hold all would-be patriots accountable for their manipulation of the memories of those who died on 9-11.