It just occurred to me that if it had not been for the fall of the Soviet Union I doubt the whole Gulf War thing would have happened. At least during the Cold War there was some balance in the world, as fucked up as that was. Now I have to live in Babylon, in the belly of the Evil Empire praying for the day when normalcy and moderation and peace will emerge.
My heart goes out to all the American and Iraqi people and families that will lose their lives and loved ones in this corporate/military takeover of Iraq. It must be a good feeling to know you might die as part of some power struggle by global elites. If that’s patriotism then you can shove it up your ass. In fact, I hope our wayward military learns a lesson when and if this charade happens. We need to be taken down a notch.
Chris, come on. “Babylon”? Let’s not get carried away. There are places in this country that are shining examples of ugly American excess. There are also places that are kind, peaceful, unmolested examples of natural beauty and simpler values. The diversity of this country is its beauty. And it is your choice to live in NYC and watch people get mugged on the street, or move to Indiana and raise corn. It is a country full of spoiled people who are SO free, they have lost their concept of what real freedom(and the lack thereof) are.If what these people seek is a lack of rules or laws and a total absence of authority, better buy an island.
Chris, come on. “Babylon”? Let’s not get carried away. There are places in this country that are shining examples of ugly American excess. There are also places that are kind, peaceful, unmolested examples of natural beauty and simpler values. The diversity of this country is its beauty. And it is your choice to live in NYC and watch people get mugged on the street, or move to Indiana and raise corn. It is a country full of spoiled people who are SO free, they have lost their concept of what real freedom(and the lack thereof) are.If what these people seek is a lack of rules or laws and a total absence of authority, better buy an island.
Chris, come on. “Babylon”? Let’s not get carried away. There are places in this country that are shining examples of ugly American excess. There are also places that are kind, peaceful, unmolested examples of natural beauty and simpler values. The diversity of this country is its beauty. And it is your choice to live in NYC and watch people get mugged on the street, or move to Indiana and raise corn. It is a country full of spoiled people who are SO free, they have lost their concept of what real freedom(and the lack thereof) are.If what these people seek is a lack of rules or laws and a total absence of authority, better buy an island.
I went all click-crazy, sorry
I’m a fan of hyperbole.
And by the way, the people who need to be taken down a notch are candy-ass liberals who spout anti-american propoganda. Fortunately for them, American servicemen like myself cannot choose who gets to share in the freedom we all work, fight, and die for.And I hope they all remember how little they respect the military when the first nuclear bomb hits american soil.
The military created and dropped the first atom bomb on human beings. Screw the military. Defense is necessary at times, but this constant state of war is fucked up.
No you are
I still see you’re begging
On by now your bloody knees
With your foreign policy
Of appease appease appease
Maybe your girl left
Because she wanted a man
Not some symp wimp who says
It’s they who don’t understand
Loser loser loser
America’s always too blame
Right down the ol sink hole
You’ll always be the same
Till you suck in that last
Pathetic breath
And get that one glimpse
Of where life is
Right at the edge of death
Neils
6:37 pm
01/11/2003
Ok, I don’t know what that last post was, but here we go.
The world is not Thw Wizard of Oz, and the US military is not the man behind the curtain.Neither is the president.The atomic bomb was not invented by the US military. When the US used the bomb, its long term effects on global politics were unknown. Did the inventor of the gun know that teenagers would use them someday to shoot their classmates? Of course not.
As for this “constant state of war”, lets refine our terminology. Involving our military in “operations” around the world that have no effect on us is something that even I disagree with. I think we overtax ourselves with trying to “help” too many countries. Our involvement in smaller, more limited skirmishes is third world countries has earned us a reputation of meddling, rather than helping. So yeah, perhaps we do agree, in a way.
However, the military does what the politicians tell it to. I don’t just pick up a gun and head for Iraq to kill me some A-rabs like I’m deer hunting or something. We follow orders, as is our job.
And furthermore; however much you hate the Right, and however much I hate the Left, and I dislike “subversive literature”, and you enjoy it, etc…..politics of the world do not occur on either front. They occur in the gray area in between. It is far too arrogant of either one of us to pretend to know everything about international relations. We’re kind of like political “armchair quarterbacks”. Sure makes for good arguments, though. But I’m sure I misspell alot of words and make alot of gramatical errors; not having all that fancy “college lernin'”. Don’t you know.