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Originally posted by geep
If 70% of America says "Who cares if we find WMDs" who exactly are we justifying what to?
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/me splutters in disbelief
Apologies if I'm taking you out of context, but this is why I try to stay out of the TP boards.
When you're talking about waging war on a sovereign country WITHOUT PROVOCATION I do believe that we have a higher authority to justify our actions to than the fucking uninformed American people (see my thread about 66% of people being unable to name ONE! ONE! supreme court justice)!!! We are part of a larger entity than our own nation, and should be held accountable for our actions - indeed, we WILL be held accountable for our actions by a bunch of fucking fanatics who see this as one more step towards American hegemony.
And it is a big fat deal if we find that our leaders lied to us in order to justify such a military action that puts OUR SOLDIERS in harm's way, that puts Americans in danger of further terrorist action, and that puts Iraqi citizens in danger. I think we have a duty to question the motivations of a government that blatantly lies to its citizens and then hands out favors to its fnancial backers.
This just makes me so sad - we no longer expect honesty from our government, we no longer even demand accountability. As long as it doesn't affect us, then who cares? Are we so jaded and so nationalistic and egocentric that we really don't care what our government does in our names, as long as we have enough weapons to bully everyone else into letting us have our way?!?