Musings of a Dumb Ass

Musings of a Dumb Ass .........When pressed for true reasons for the war in Iraq, Americans are hard pressed to come up with uniform answers. This is a terrible predicament and one my grandfather would have never dreamed possible. To even suggest involvement in a military action that costs the lives of America's finest without cause is beyond my comprehension also. Some how we lost our way in right and wrong and honest and good. Those are not traits that are difficult to keep up with and in fact the results of the opposite are what's so hard to deal with. Presently the great majority of Americans are not familiar with the facts about our actions in Iraq and around the world and most of those who actually know the facts are so out of touch with reality that they are rendered useless in coming up with a solution. We have become so arrogant in our views of ourselves that if we listen closely to what we say and do it really is 'our way or no way'. Some how in pursuit of our goals of whom ever we're liberating or shoving around we give no quarter for a difference in culture nor do we have respect for what is important for those other than ourselves, and at the same time we give away our national souls to those we trade with internationally and at home we are trashing any chance for our grandchildren to enjoy the bounty of their grandfather's time by our irresponsible behaviour in Washington, albeit the lines in the gimme columns are ready and willing and cheering politicians on even as our lifeblood is hemorrhaging out of control and our economy is in the bucket, possibly to not be recovered. If all things in this post are true, then one would surmise disaster is at hand and we won't survive, and that is exactly correct. The reason that is so is the Chiefs can't control the warriors and the tribe is stupid. Our present dilemna is sobering at best. Our involvement in Iraq is baseless and was so at invasion and has cost us dearly in funds, lives and respect around the world. After we've made such asses of ourselves there, now we're watching Iran fester into a real sore that may be the beginning of World War 3. The Christian population worldwide stands at approximately 1.9 billion and the Muslim population is at about 1.8 billion. We have looked the other way as some Muslim countries have acquired 'the bomb', such as Pakistan, and others who showed promise of support in whatever we were doing. We also equipped Israel with 'the bomb', a nation with a population half the size of New York City, as a further show of wisdom on our part. Most of the world knows we are setting the flame to a religious war that promises to devastate a major portion of the world, we just don't seem to be aware of that and stubbornly insist they don't like us because 'we love freedom', a stupid and self serving assumption on our part, which is sure to be followed by more of the same until we bring on what we cannot control nor correct. In reply to the question 'What weaponry will be used in World war 3', Albert Einstein replied, "I don't know what weapons will be used in World War 3, but it will be sticks and stones in World War 4"...................