It was nice being on vacation in Florida. I came home to news that looked like this, and frankly, wished I had stayed as unplugged from the world as I was in Florida.
Just for posterity's sake (for the archives here) I'd like to list what's going on in the world. In less than two days, the people of Iraq will be following a new government, one setup by the coalition forces and (most importantly) its own people. Much like the Afghani regime change, there will be resistance. There have been many outlashings of dissatisfaction (to say the least) among terrorist groups about this. And now, they've resorted to kill innocents to stop the inevitable takeover of their old system of government.
It's a scary thing to think about hostages being taken. I realize that there is money to be made in the restoration of a torn country, and that hazard pay can help families around the country, but at the same time, I can't understand why men with families would go half-way around the world to put themselves in a position where their necks would be slit for no reason. No nation is going to surrender itself to save the life of one person. The hostage-takers demands have been that we withdrawal our troops. That's not going to happen. I really really really hope that doesn't happen.
For one thing, I don't yet think that Iraq is stable. All evidence points to violence- and not just the local hardware store getting knocked over kind of violence, either. We're talking car bombs folks. Throats being cut. Heads coming off. These are people not passionate, but fanatical about hatred. I don't think any group out there in the middle east right now (our own troops included) have a handle on the violence yet. It scares me to think that we're going to hand over the keys to a city that's still in some severe turmoil to a new government.
It has started to bug me more recently how incredibly anti-government CNN is. In fact, just about every news portal has been jumping onto the "sensational" stories of the unsensational just to provoke some fear. What's important to focus on is that there are countries in chaos, our men and women are out there (with other supporting nations) trying to get a handle on stability for them, and we as a nation need to stand behind the cause of fixing what has been (through war, time, and changes of government) a very long and destructive life for many of these people.
When I think of assholes like Michael Moore launching a film in a time like this, it makes my blood boil. The man has a personal grudge. Oh, and how convienant it is that he has a wallet big enough to fund this mockery of a film with poisoning and slanted views of how things have really gone down in years of late.
It's gotten a rise out of me, which I suppose was the point.
While I watched Moore's film last night on my computer, I just got more and more ill with the lies. It bothers me that this film is being passed off as a documentary. This is on man's agenda on film. Frankly, I've seen better film on teeth. I'm proud to say that I didn't pay a penny for watching this flick, and mainly watched to fuel my own fire for loathing the man.
And loathe him I do.
Jesus Christ. With the entire liberal press (TV, web, print, radio) and terds like Moore out there, I wonder where the voices of reason are. I find that I'm having to defend the president.
Let me say that again. I find that I'm having to defend the president. It shouldn't be this way, folks. We're a nation (albeit a bipartisan one) with a leader who made several tough decisions in the interest of peace in the world- something that we've all hoped for but never really done much about. And I have to sit here and try and think of ways to justify why this is a good thing? C'mon.
Maybe this is what the diehard democrats felt like when Clinton was busted for lying about cheating on his wife. It's unsettling to me. I mean, the last time I felt this cheated by the nation's reaction to current events was when OJ was found not guilty. I can't even think about CNN without getting pissed. So you know what? Screw 'em. I've got a venue here for griping.
And so do you.
Anyone remember the good ol' days? Sheesh.
