Yeah, this is going well.

I listened to NPR yesterday afternoon as reports came out about the two soldiers that went missing last friday and were found dead, and I drove like a robot before pulling over. I don’t know why that particular story struck me, but it did. They were kids. Younger than I am. And then Sadam’s lawyer was kidnapped and killed. How is this a successful war? Someone needs to tell me what we are doing right, and don’t bullshit me about “we need to do this to protect the American people.” I think that’s a load of steaming crap. And now we can’t even provide the population with consistant clean water and electricity much less security. I’m not blaming the troops for this because they are just the pawns in this game of ego and ignorance. I blame the President and his cronies. I blame them for the lack of solidifying their goals and sticking to them. I blame them for underestimating the insurgancy (which is well documented). I blame them for the diving the country into the “patriotic” and the “unpatriotic.” I blame them for fellating their fellow cronies with sweetheart reconstruction deals that put the country further in debt.

This is not an issue about who is right - the liberals or the conservatives. This is about not fucking around anymore and getting as many people out of there are soon as possible.

I am glad that the preseident only has a few years left. Let’s hope he can do some good between now and then.

I learned long ago that violence begets more violence. I am a pacifist who prays… for everyone.