The question of whether it is a shithole is irrelevant.
Was your objection to the war based simply on the legal aspects of it, or was it also based on the fate of the people living in said shithole?
Maybe the reason for my divergence is that my opinion on how this debacle should culminate is not primarily swayed by America's best interest. It's just not the way I think. Particularly since we are the ones who turned a basically functioning nation that we really didn't have to think about into a 'shithole' that we will never forget about.
__________________
Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
|