Quote Originally Posted by Shermania
What I think is funny, is that none of you have actually been to Iraq... You guys are all going off what the media is telling you. Have any of you actually seen for yourselves what it is like in Iraq?

There is a term for people like you. "arm chair quarterbacks"

I don't think anyone is trying to say that everything is awesome in Iraq, but 99% of the time your only going to see the bad shit. It makes good news. How many times have you seen a fourth grader on the news because they got an "A" in math....??? How many times have you seen a fourth grader on the news because he brought a gun to school???? About every night on the news. Bad news sells. It's not necessarily Left or Right, but it sells. T.V. companies are a business, they are trying to make money. Unfortunately this shapes American minds.

Most of the terrorist in Iraq right now are actually Not from Iraq, so to say that the Iraqi people are fighting us troops is misguided. Listen, we can either fight those terrorists over there or over here.

I had a couple of my BEST friends die in Iraq. Guys in my platoon. At least they had a fighting chance. They were equipped, trained and felt like they were doing the world a good service. The innocent people who die in Any terrorist atack DON"T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE ABOUT TO DIE!!! How fair is that?

Terrorism is not going away... Its been around for thousands of years. Only within the last 40 years have they had the means to reach out and touch Americans. And they have. We can sit back and absorb blow after blow or we can try to do something about it. Take the fight to them. Iraq is a fucking mess. No doubt about it. But we can fight it here in America or there in the lions den.

you are 100% right. terrorism is alive and well throughout the world, including being taught and unleashed right here in america @ the school of the americas in georgia.

The "war on terror" is much like the "war on drugs". They are both infinite and can basically turn good citizens into criminals.

Neither can be 'won", but are used to manipulate the minds of the public for political reasons. The only people benefiting from these "wars" are the very very wealthy. I mean, they are both an invention of the wealthy elite power structures hell bent of ruling the planet, This is where the nwo comes in.
Europe is now using the , euro, and many countries in europe are binded by it.
We now see plans to make the usa , canada, and south america, dwarfed into one "country/zone" This makes things much less complicated for those trying to control world markets, populations, and the money systems used.
The peso? obsolete
The dinar ? obsolete
etc etc etc
all world currencies, except the dollar and the euro will eventually be worthless. The wto, nwo, the drug war, the oil wars, the american and european governments, along with the roman catholic church, imo, are the real threats to the planet and those who call it home. Its about domination and control. It always has been , like you pointed out.
If you think the oil wars and drug wars are deadly and invasive, wait till the water wars come. Hopefully i'll be dead and gone, but i fear for the planets future inhabitants. People say ///"do you really think there will be a water war?" Look at the southwest and the west. It was all oceans at one point, and now dry as a bone.
Our watertables are being destroyed and depleted and contaminated for personal wealth by, oil, chemical companies, soda pop companies, beer, and other corporate interests. Fricken people are now using up gasoline to have water delivered to them!!!! turn on your fucking faucets folks!!!!
The earth wont beable to sustain another country like america. Trees dont grow that fast.
Record heat is a fever of a dying planet. The earth is sick. Its animals getting sicker. Oceans are dying. Reefs are dying. Birds are falling out of the sky dead. Guess who's next?
But hey, at least we have ipods.

dai*ma:stoned: