A Constitutional Example
We're living in perilous times. George W. Bush is leaving this nation hanging on a precipice with respect to an Iraqi invasion. North Korea is in full recalcitrance mode -- including a little missile-testing -- after years of contentment, recession, depression, focus groups, duct tape, flying fears, a growing populace rendered malcontent.
Yet such a maelstrom of feelings is not limited to the United States. All over this world -- all seven continents -- storm clouds are forming. What are we to make of this global cacophony?
The natives seem restless...
Amidst all of this angst, what I find offensive is the acridity exhibited by some U.S. citizens towards those countries -- specifically, France -- for a reluctance to sign-on to Bush's fixation with invading a country posing no imminent threat to this country, nor any other country, as far as I can tell.
We, the nation of constitutional principles, tolerance, equality, the beacon of light, a democratic example to the rest of the world, etc., seem to have very little patience for discord and dissent -- at home or abroad. It's the old George 'you're with us or you're against us' Bush theory. Thus, "freedom fries" instead of french fries, calls to boycott french products and my favorite, interjecting memories of U.S. aid during WWII. The implication being, 'you owe us one.' Now seriously, any reasonable, thinking individual can see the difference between WWII and an arrogant, self-absorbed tyrant who literally tried to rule the world, and an Iraqi wannabe, who is pretty much a caged animal going no where. And chances are, he's not about to launch a nuclear attack against anyone in the near future. Number one, because there is no conclusive evidence that he has nuclear weapons. Number two, even if he did, well arrogance is one thing, stupidity quite another. Is he really going to use them with the whole world watching?
That aside, why is it such a problem for those who want this invasion, that there are those who don't want this action, for whatever reason? I confess that I am truly confounded. Whatever happened to respect for differences of opinions? Overrated, is it? Do we trust G.W. Bush so much that to question him at all is to be unpatriotic, a traitor, etc? Does he have so much integrity that he is often confused with a saint or maybe the Pope, if Bush were catholic? Smart, huh? I know that I feel secure and confident, without question...
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