:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::

:: 2.22.2003 ::

:: Uninformed? ::

From Denverpost.com:
What protesters ignore
By Anushka Anastasia Solomon, February 21, 2003

"It is disheartening to observe among Americans a form of anti-Americanism, of self-hate, that transforms into a nebulous, rude and uninformed rebellion against a president and an administration that has been called into power for such a time as this."

An uninformed rebellion is an ugly thing to see. Uninformed conformity to a potentially disastrous policy is probably worse.

If you are tapping into the US v. THEM model, placing all those with anti-war sentiment into the anti-American column, you are gravely mistaken and committing the very sin that plagues Dubya, the chawbacon that he is -- seeing the world in terms of black/white, good/evil, and so forth.

A siginificant part of being informed on the issue is understanding the history of our involvement in the Middle East. Yes, there are Islamic regimes that are brutal and oppressive, and I do not personally know anyone against the war who wishes to relocate to, say, Iraq. However, the US has been actively involved in the affairs of some of the groups that it now demonizes. Please see other links on this blog for examples of US support for Iraq, which includes not only private companies supplying weapons of mass destruction materials, but the government looking the other way when "Saddam killed many thousands of his own Kurdish population with chemical weapons (see below)." I'll do my best to provide relevant links here as a resource.

A season of sequels: as George II prepares to take us into Desert Scam II, everyone can stand to become better informed (myself certainly included).

posted by semi-informed me=)

:: 8:23:00 PM [+] ::
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