My view is that there are a group of people who say they are anti-war but really aren't. I think these people are just upset with the way America and Britain went about propaganda-ing and forcing the people to accept the war as an inevitable reality, rather than providing genuine reasons for going to war in the first place.
In general, the American people accepted Bush's decisions but the same cannot be said at all for the British people. Australia was somewhat inbetween, I believe. The truth is, in my opinion, Saddam's ouster was necessary. I think every evil dictator should not be in power and Saddam was the ideal place to set a trend and put fear into those where it is not viable for whatever substantial reason to do the same (e.g. N.Korea).
I am upset though with the manner in which the Americans bulldozed their way through the whole war-buildup process because even though the ends may just end up justifying the means in the longterm, they put a lot @ stake in the short term which should never happen again. It's too late now to really get angry @ the Americans and start throwing more mud @ all the problems that already face them in the current buildup to a more democratic and better future for Iraq.
What is important though is to make sure that America, Britain, Australia or any other country does not choose the same route they chose for forcing their way into Iraq. It's not pleasant because this world is not just made up of three countries and a bunch of other 'willing' states. Multilateralism in the form of the UN came a cropper vis-a-vis Iraq but the US and Britain were not honest enough with other 'true' democracies when it came to giving proper reasons as to why they were going to War and I just wanted to say I hope this doesn't happen again.
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Iraq, My Thoughts, Cont'd from previous entry...
Date: 2004-02-05 01:16 am (UTC)My view is that there are a group of people who say they are anti-war but really aren't. I think these people are just upset with the way America and Britain went about propaganda-ing and forcing the people to accept the war as an inevitable reality, rather than providing genuine reasons for going to war in the first place.
In general, the American people accepted Bush's decisions but the same cannot be said at all for the British people. Australia was somewhat inbetween, I believe. The truth is, in my opinion, Saddam's ouster was necessary. I think every evil dictator should not be in power and Saddam was the ideal place to set a trend and put fear into those where it is not viable for whatever substantial reason to do the same (e.g. N.Korea).
I am upset though with the manner in which the Americans bulldozed their way through the whole war-buildup process because even though the ends may just end up justifying the means in the longterm, they put a lot @ stake in the short term which should never happen again. It's too late now to really get angry @ the Americans and start throwing more mud @ all the problems that already face them in the current buildup to a more democratic and better future for Iraq.
What is important though is to make sure that America, Britain, Australia or any other country does not choose the same route they chose for forcing their way into Iraq. It's not pleasant because this world is not just made up of three countries and a bunch of other 'willing' states. Multilateralism in the form of the UN came a cropper vis-a-vis Iraq but the US and Britain were not honest enough with other 'true' democracies when it came to giving proper reasons as to why they were going to War and I just wanted to say I hope this doesn't happen again.
Other ppl's ideas and thoughts?