If I look back to the way I was thinking before the invasion of Iraq I see myself as someone who was trying hard to believe that his country was decent and would always at least try to do the right thing. To this day I still believe that Saddam Hussein was someone who should have been 'gotten rid of' but, as I said before the war, I would hope that it would have been done with other countries and without destroying the U.N. and NATO. I would also have hoped that the U.N. could have been even more creative in removing such people from power as was their charter to begin with. I still can't believe that the war was not sold as a humanitarian mission to get rid of a violent tyrant anyway... especially now knowing that the weapons issue was fabricated.
I just finished watching the moveon.org movie Uncovered: the Whole Truth About the Iraq War and it boils my blood to look back at all of this crap now knowing that there were absolutely no chemical, no biological, and no nuclear weapons. No more of this talk about still needing more time, there were never any such weapons and the issues related to the information were concocted by our President and his administration. Its that simple. No one can convince me otherwise now.
My favorite quote by George Bush on the subject came in an exchange with a reporter:
Reporter: Is U.S. credibility on the line over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?"
Bush:"Uh, I'm not exactly sure what that means"
No wonder the RNC and FCC are trying to pressure media outlets to drop ads made by the moveon.org people (which in and of itself is extremely Unamerican!). I think our country has done some serious damage to itself and is left in deep trouble. I really believe that and it makes me sad and angry. And yes, it has taken me this long to actually post something on the topic... thats how upsetting it is.
Posted by dmason at March 9, 2004 03:02 PM