tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post7560015160589143083..comments2023-10-28T03:07:12.758-07:00Comments on Mirror On America: The Unseen Casualties of the War In IraqBrian http://www.blogger.com/profile/07872444863142531165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-73527184721408136532007-06-02T02:54:00.000-07:002007-06-02T02:54:00.000-07:00Your pendulum swinging analogy is good but perhaps...<I>Your pendulum swinging analogy is good but perhaps you should consider another likely outcome of those extreme swings. Perhaps the swing has become so extreme that there is no chance of recovery, the pendulum action ceases to exist, something breaks down, and an empire collapses. The swinging pendulum of world affairs is not the ideal situation we should be advocating for.</I><BR/><BR/>I still believe in the promise of America. No, we don't always get it right, I think we have what it takes to try. Maybe I am an idealist. Maybe I choose to remain blissfully ignorant if for no other reason than the alternative is too horrifying to imagine and I might as well immigrate the Canada right nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-92175516766912034002007-05-31T11:09:00.000-07:002007-05-31T11:09:00.000-07:00It really is sad, but what do you expect from the ...It really is sad, but what do you expect from the American public? You expect them to care about something NOT superficial? Come now, be fair here:<BR/><BR/>Why worry about people dying in Iraq, when the new American Idol is being crowned?<BR/><BR/>Why care about Darfur, when the season finally of “Grey’s Anatomy” is coming on?<BR/><BR/>Why worry about what civil liberties the President is trampling on, when we really need to know who K. Fed will get with next?<BR/><BR/>The media of course is complicit. The President is resisting congress to give the military a 3.5 % raise (see: http://djblackadam.typepad.com/damnitq/2007/05/the_president_s.html), while he is screaming about how much he supports them as he ask the congress to fund his war contractor party. Not a peep from the press OR the Democrats.<BR/><BR/>All in all, pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-30014598673792926032007-05-31T08:20:00.000-07:002007-05-31T08:20:00.000-07:00gem2001 said "Our system of government broke down ...gem2001 said "Our system of government broke down in the lead up to the war"<BR/><BR/>The Exodus Mentality would have to respectfully disagree with you on that statement. Our system of government broke down long before that. Have you seen the Freedom to Fascism movie by Aaron Russo. I don't subscribe to his entire agenda, but there is some astounding information in there that confirms other information I have seen, and I am convinced that the government of this country was hijacked a long time ago. What we are seeing now is just that the hijackers are bolder, feeling that they have control of the plane and not really caring who knows about it anymore. They have all the passengers on this crazy plane ride terrified and they are playing on that terror to do whatever they damn well please. <BR/><BR/>"The only hope I have is that in the past when the country has swung to extremes, we eventually swing in the opposite direction, but it usually happens at critical mass." Your pendulum swinging analogy is good but perhaps you should consider another likely outcome of those extreme swings. Perhaps the swing has become so extreme that there is no chance of recovery, the pendulum action ceases to exist, something breaks down, and an empire collapses. The swinging pendulum of world affairs is not the ideal situation we should be advocating for. <BR/><BR/>I almost cried when I saw the pictures of those girls. I don't know for sure if they were grieving for lost fathers, but whatever could cause that much sorrow, that it transferred from a still picture to my soul, cannot be a good thing. I hope my daughter never has to feel such pain. <BR/><BR/>The heroic passengers who supposedly rushed the hijackers of that fourth plane on 9/11 are an example we would do well to emulate. The majority of the people in America realize that the country has been hijacked. Who's willing to do something about it, other than elect a new set of hijackers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-21472688197228510532007-05-31T06:28:00.000-07:002007-05-31T06:28:00.000-07:00With each passing day, I feel that this country be...<I>With each passing day, I feel that this country becoming more bankrupt, morally, culturally, & politically.<BR/><BR/>I am at my wits end with this war. It has already lasted longer than World War II.</I><BR/><BR/>Don't give up on us yet. The only hope I have is that in the past when the country has swung to extremes, we eventually swing in the opposite direction, but it usually happens at critical mass. I mean just look at the lenth of time it took to get from Plessy vs. Ferguson to Brown v. Board of Education. <BR/> I hope that you are memorializing your thoughts and views on the war. You might even want to gather your posts and put them together in a book as a lesson to future generations. Maybe there is a refugee organization you can have a campaign for. Or run for office.<BR/><BR/>Our system of government broke down in the lead up to the war. The separation of powers collapsed. Congress didn't carry out its constitutional duty. Politicians did what was politically expedient instead of being good stewards of their constitutional obligations. its not just the War in Iraq, but all aspects of government. <BR/><BR/>Elections have consequences. I'm not talking about 2006, but 2000.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com