“The War That Nobody Wanted”

Living in the ultra-liberal state of New Jersey it’s hard to gage realistically if the general public supports the war. I know all of Hollywood with the exception of a few such as Dennis Miller are against the war. Its nice of our celebrities to take time between snorting lines of cocaine to tell people who spend 9 dollars to see their movies what we should all be thinking.

Michael Moore may have made himself a household name this past week with his tirade at the Oscars. Even if you agree with his views I doubt anyone can refer to his as a “fake” war. Perhaps his eyes were still messed up from counting hanging chads and he couldn’t quite make out all the US marines putting their lives on the line.

In Hollywood’s defense, they did not always bash American policies. Even the King himself served for his country. Screen legend James Stewart flew and took part in many important American missions in World War II. However, like the films back than good and evil were black and white.

People will quickly point to the number of protestors against the war. But there are very few people that support the military campaign would be comfortable carrying sides DROP THE BOMB ON SADDAM down the streets of New York or other such cites. Nobody WANTS WAR! Support the troops rallies don’t count as pro-war, because you can support the troops and not the war. Like Drew (writer of his own bog TERMINUS). I would imagine many Hollywood people that support the war effort would keep their mouth shut out of fear of losing work. Of course if we had such a vast means of communications during World War II, I bet Americans would be hollering about picking on that poor Hitler guy.

In the past week many anti-war activist have almost over night turned into military experts and are already pointing out campaign blunders. Democrats are likely secretly slapping high-fives for every hour that passes by that we don’t fine evidence that Saddam has chemical weapons intending to harm the US, our allies, and US interests. As sick as that sounds that gives them a way to get back into the white house.

If we do find “The Smoking Gun” I don’t except anyone like Michael Moore to apologize for his remarks. Perhaps other countries faces will turn the color of the Red Wings road jersey if at the end of the day war was justified and it turned out we did do the world some good. If no weapons are found freeing innocent people from Iraq wouldn’t be enough for people to all come together on the issue. The people slamming the campaign a mere week and half in are also slamming any attempt to maintain a stable government over there without forcing all the Iraqis to wear I love America t-shirts. If this happens I bet Comcast starts a monopoly, so the people of Iraqi have horrendous cable service just like us.

Even people that think we are fighting the right fight have trouble stomaching the news, the images of dead children, burning buildings, lost of life of civilians, and US soldiers. In my case watching Baghdad in flames made me wonder how horrifying it would be to see US cities a blaze. If it turns out what was alleged was true perhaps at the end of the day it will be worth it. I hope so at this point. I pray so because I wouldn’t want anyone to die for no reason.

Many people fear the condition of Iraq in the postwar era, but I fear more for the condition of the US. Despite the fact chants of US can be heard at various sports stadiums I fear this war will tear the people of the country apart more than bring them together. How many heated exchanges have their been so far? Fights have broken out over beliefs.

I don’t know if anyone can judge about history when you’re on the first page of a chapter. The war is far from over, and people should wait for things to play out before they start blasting the intelligence and decisions of our armed forces. It hard to see families of fallen US soldiers, even more heart breaking if they think their child died for an unworthy cause.

From what I heard our relationships with foreign countries is in about as good shape as Veteran’s Stadium. Second to Iraq is North Korea (and not to mention the damn FRENCH) lead by Kim Jong-Il who is stamping up and down and shouting for us to pay attention to him. Granted he doesn’t like much of his neighboring countries either (and vice versa) but his main beef is with the good old U S of A . Most people close to the situation believe that it has to do with money. I wouldn’t be surprised it would be a great time to try to pick pocket Uncle Sam. Maybe the people of his country were just subjected the American export known as Kangaroo Jack. Perhaps his penis is even smaller than mine is so he is upset about it. Seriously, I just hope (and really think) this war can be fought with words and maybe he will learn not to mess with us after we finish with Iraq. If he wants money, he might want to send his resume to BUZZFLASH.

When the images of this war become history and the smoke clears it will be time to measure the impact on the US and the validity of the cause. I hope if they find Saddam alive someone would spit in his face. I don’t think everyone will able to forgive things such as the lost of a loved one, and I guarantee that the after the war people will still be divided about this conflict. Maybe even more than now when there are empty beds and single more single parents. Certainly more than my younger readers have ever seen, and perhaps more than ever in decades. I just hope that we don’t have to omit the part about being indivisible along with under God in our pledge of allegiance. Because that’s just what the enemy wants.