Iraqi election thoughts
Listening to a news report about the Iraqi elections is truly amazing and frightening these days. Last night I heard two different families discussing their strategies for voting – whether to go separately or all together – because they were believed that there was a very real possibility that they would DIE while voting!
Who in America can imagine this?! Possibly the first black voters in the south, but beyond that, this is incomprehensible! We worry that someone will come up to us and try to influence our vote or simply bother us with different positions, but there they are seriously afraid that they will be machine-gunned while standing in line! Does anyone know anybody in America who would take this risk? I mean, I seriously believe that bush is a very real and personal threat to my life and my liberty, but I probably would not have risked gunfire to vote against him!
But even more astounding are the conservatives who say that anyone who voices their very real concerns for the Iraqi people’s safety and who wishes that the American forces were better prepared to protect these people, are somehow aiding the terrorists! The thought that the insurgents are holed up somewhere, reading American blogs and listening to the few people who are discussing these problems is fairly absurd. I think that they have a lot more direct concerns on their minds. I hardly believe that they give a damn whether some Americans believe that it will be dangerous for Iraqis to vote. They know how dangerous it will be – they will be involved in it!
Questioning our actions and our motives does not aid the insurgents. Blindly following a lunatic who sent our people to war for literally no reason and has murdered thousands and has caused the rest of the world to hate and fear us DOES aid the terrorists! This war has been their biggest recruiting tool ever!
We do not rejoice at all of the catastrophic disasters that bush has caused. Our most fervent desire is that some safety and stability can be brought to this country that we have destroyed (as well as our own!). But when we see problems compounded by more terrible problems, we have to speak out. Keeping quiet is a far worse crime!
Who in America can imagine this?! Possibly the first black voters in the south, but beyond that, this is incomprehensible! We worry that someone will come up to us and try to influence our vote or simply bother us with different positions, but there they are seriously afraid that they will be machine-gunned while standing in line! Does anyone know anybody in America who would take this risk? I mean, I seriously believe that bush is a very real and personal threat to my life and my liberty, but I probably would not have risked gunfire to vote against him!
But even more astounding are the conservatives who say that anyone who voices their very real concerns for the Iraqi people’s safety and who wishes that the American forces were better prepared to protect these people, are somehow aiding the terrorists! The thought that the insurgents are holed up somewhere, reading American blogs and listening to the few people who are discussing these problems is fairly absurd. I think that they have a lot more direct concerns on their minds. I hardly believe that they give a damn whether some Americans believe that it will be dangerous for Iraqis to vote. They know how dangerous it will be – they will be involved in it!
Questioning our actions and our motives does not aid the insurgents. Blindly following a lunatic who sent our people to war for literally no reason and has murdered thousands and has caused the rest of the world to hate and fear us DOES aid the terrorists! This war has been their biggest recruiting tool ever!
We do not rejoice at all of the catastrophic disasters that bush has caused. Our most fervent desire is that some safety and stability can be brought to this country that we have destroyed (as well as our own!). But when we see problems compounded by more terrible problems, we have to speak out. Keeping quiet is a far worse crime!
posted by rich at 9:58 AM
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