I have been procrastinating on this blog because I have not found the topic that is both appropos and (what i hope it to be) insightful. I've written a bit about this or that, concentrating more on having an endless ie instead of the one necessary eg. After much thought, and some KPRI inspiration, I present to you the war in Iraq. Let me over generalize for a moment to capture a good 90% of the population. I believe it would be fair to say that for 90% of Americans, the issue in regarding Iraq could be summed into two stances. Side one is the "War on Terror, preemptive measures, spread democracy" clan; and side two, "support the troops but not the war, oil for blood, patrolling the world is bad" clan.
Consider the following. Is your stance as solid as the ground you stand on? More importantly, is it important to stick to such convictions? If you are anti-war before the war, should you follow through and be anti-war after?
DOES THE CURRENT SITUATION EVEN WEIGH INTO YOUR CONSIDERATIONS?
I, myself, was completely against war in Iraq. I did not see the need to patrol the world. In that scenario, I didn't believe that the ends justify the means. Preemption requires premonition and I don't believe that that is a skill that we possess. I did not want to be a generation of citizens, disenchanted by the political machine. I've only read about it, but I didn't want another Vietnam.
But, come wartime, I did some soul-searching and saw past my previous politics. I still fervently believe in what I did, FOR THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. The thing is that once there is war, once we have made our move, once we are involved, things changed. We started something and it would be only right to see it through. We can't support our troops without supporting the cause.
In the political world, I would be labeled a flip-flopper. I struggle each and everyday, constantly forging my politics. If the democrats and republicans asked me to step on either side of the line, I would ask them, which topic on the agenda are we speaking of for I am no mere 1demensional political mind.
to be continued again
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I hate that it's considered "flip-flopping" if you change your mind from a previously-held conviction. No, assholes, it's just adapting to new information.
You'd think that if that whole natural selection thing had anything to it, these folks who refuse to adapt would've been selected out long ago...*
*don't be silly, of course I think natural selection has something to it
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