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Originally posted by Gutterboy
All possibly true. What bothers me most is that the Bush administration and its allies have aggressively exploited patriotism and nationalistic sentiment to completely stifle the democratic process of discussion and debate on this issue. No elected official can say a thing for fear of the administration and its right wing nutso allies screaming about any discussion giving "aid and comfort to our enemies", as DeLay put it after Tom Daschle voiced some very mild concern a couple of months ago. That is the root of every sort of tyranny.
Hermann Goering said it best:
"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
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Hush, you unpatriotic commie.
Actually, I agree with most of that. I don't like a lot of things Bush said during this whole period. But I'm also not about to second guess the military.
Rag on the way politicians do things? I'm there. I love bashing politicians. They all say stupid shit, and most of them are dumb opportunists with the collective backbone of a jellyfish.
Rag on the military blowing up some people in Afghanistan or not having killed Bin Laden already? I'm not there. It happens during military conflicts, I couldn't do any better if I was there, and I'm happy as hell someone else is off fighting so I don't have to. I will always support the military, and except in cases of EXTREME negligence (bombing London by mistake for example), I'm not really too quick to jump on people who are out there risking their lives while I sit on my ass behind a computer.