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Posted by _Ocean_Drive_ on May-29-2007 14:26:

Resignation letter from Cindy Sheehan...

... the woman who's been leading the anti-war demo in Crawford, Texas. Makes for a sobering read...




Monday, May 28th, 2007
"Good Riddance, Attention Whore" ...by Cindy Sheehan

I have endured a lot of smear and hatred since Casey was killed and especially since I became the so-called "Face" of the American anti-war movement. Especially since I renounced any tie I have remaining with the Democratic Party, I have been further trashed on such "liberal blogs" as the Democratic Underground. Being called an "attention whore" and being told "good riddance" are some of the more milder rebukes.

I have come to some heartbreaking conclusions this Memorial Day Morning. These are not spur of the moment reflections, but things I have been meditating on for about a year now. The conclusions that I have slowly and very reluctantly come to are very heartbreaking to me.

The first conclusion is that I was the darling of the so-called left as long as I limited my protests to George Bush and the Republican Party. Of course, I was slandered and libeled by the right as a "tool" of the Democratic Party. This label was to marginalize me and my message. How could a woman have an original thought, or be working outside of our "two-party" system?

However, when I started to hold the Democratic Party to the same standards that I held the Republican Party, support for my cause started to erode and the "left" started labeling me with the same slurs that the right used. I guess no one paid attention to me when I said that the issue of peace and people dying for no reason is not a matter of "right or left", but "right and wrong."

I am deemed a radical because I believe that partisan politics should be left to the wayside when hundreds of thousands of people are dying for a war based on lies that is supported by Democrats and Republican alike. It amazes me that people who are sharp on the issues and can zero in like a laser beam on lies, misrepresentations, and political expediency when it comes to one party refuse to recognize it in their own party. Blind party loyalty is dangerous whatever side it occurs on. People of the world look on us Americans as jokes because we allow our political leaders so much murderous latitude and if we don't find alternatives to this corrupt "two" party system our Representative Republic will die and be replaced with what we are rapidly descending into with nary a check or balance: a fascist corporate wasteland. I am demonized because I don't see party affiliation or nationality when I look at a person, I see that person's heart. If someone looks, dresses, acts, talks and votes like a Republican, then why do they deserve support just because he/she calls him/herself a Democrat?

I have also reached the conclusion that if I am doing what I am doing because I am an "attention whore" then I really need to be committed. I have invested everything I have into trying to bring peace with justice to a country that wants neither. If an individual wants both, then normally he/she is not willing to do more than walk in a protest march or sit behind his/her computer criticizing others. I have spent every available cent I got from the money a "grateful" country gave me when they killed my son and every penny that I have received in speaking or book fees since then. I have sacrificed a 29 year marriage and have traveled for extended periods of time away from Casey's brother and sisters and my health has suffered and my hospital bills from last summer (when I almost died) are in collection because I have used all my energy trying to stop this country from slaughtering innocent human beings. I have been called every despicable name that small minds can think of and have had my life threatened many times.

The most devastating conclusion that I reached this morning, however, was that Casey did indeed die for nothing. His precious lifeblood drained out in a country far away from his family who loves him, killed by his own country which is beholden to and run by a war machine that even controls what we think. I have tried ever since he died to make his sacrifice meaningful. Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives. It is so painful to me to know that I bought into this system for so many years and Casey paid the price for that allegiance. I failed my boy and that hurts the most.

I have also tried to work within a peace movement that often puts personal egos above peace and human life. This group won't work with that group; he won't attend an event if she is going to be there; and why does Cindy Sheehan get all the attention anyway? It is hard to work for peace when the very movement that is named after it has so many divisions.

Our brave young men and women in Iraq have been abandoned there indefinitely by their cowardly leaders who move them around like pawns on a chessboard of destruction and the people of Iraq have been doomed to death and fates worse than death by people worried more about elections than people. However, in five, ten, or fifteen years, our troops will come limping home in another abject defeat and ten or twenty years from then, our children's children will be seeing their loved ones die for no reason, because their grandparents also bought into this corrupt system. George Bush will never be impeached because if the Democrats dig too deeply, they may unearth a few skeletons in their own graves and the system will perpetuate itself in perpetuity.

I am going to take whatever I have left and go home. I am going to go home and be a mother to my surviving children and try to regain some of what I have lost. I will try to maintain and nurture some very positive relationships that I have found in the journey that I was forced into when Casey died and try to repair some of the ones that have fallen apart since I began this single-minded crusade to try and change a paradigm that is now, I am afraid, carved in immovable, unbendable and rigidly mendacious marble.

Camp Casey has served its purpose. It's for sale. Anyone want to buy five beautiful acres in Crawford, Texas? I will consider any reasonable offer. I hear George Bush will be moving out soon, too�which makes the property even more valuable.

This is my resignation letter as the "face" of the American anti-war movement. This is not my "Checkers" moment, because I will never give up trying to help people in the world who are harmed by the empire of the good old US of A, but I am finished working in, or outside of this system. This system forcefully resists being helped and eats up the people who try to help it. I am getting out before it totally consumes me or anymore people that I love and the rest of my resources.

Good-bye America�you are not the country that I love and I finally realized no matter how much I sacrifice, I can't make you be that country unless you want it.

It's up to you now.


Posted by DJ Shibby on May-29-2007 14:32:

Thanks for sharing... sad that it is how it is, and people can't just be given understanding without first having the desire for it.


Posted by Omega_M on May-29-2007 15:14:

As unfortunate as it is, welcome to politics.

Bill O'Reilly will have a field day today.


Posted by emc^2 on May-29-2007 15:29:

What I find most concerning and appaling is that our generation (or generation of people born in the last say..... 30 or so years) has been bred to lack any moral fiber, backbone, or even a hint of activism. For the most part, it seems like activitism movement is not only a nearly-extinct phenomenon but it is as if the ENTIRE NATION has become complacent.

I'm not going to limit this observation only to US, as there are other countries where opposition is also becoming fast extinct. Needless to say that we're not likely to see too many revolutions - it appears that the only radicals left in the world are muslims extremists. Or trully poor people who have nothing else left but protest, even if it means murder. Or those that have really nothing else to lose. Leaving a rather small minority of people, which have not yet been corrupted by corporations, who haven't been purchased and sedated in their relative comfort of their isolated little holes.

The 60's are sooooooooooooo over, man.

Welcome to Fascist States of America.

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."

-- Martin Luther King Jr.


Posted by HardTranceProd on May-29-2007 15:46:

quote:
Originally posted by emc^2
What I find most concerning and appaling is that our generation (or generation of people born in the last say..... 30 or so years) has been bred to lack any moral fiber, backbone, or even a hint of activism. For the most part, it seems like activitism movement is not only a nearly-extinct phenomenon but it is as if the ENTIRE NATION has become complacent.

I'm not going to limit this observation only to US, as there are other countries where opposition is also becoming fast extinct.


What you are seeing is American culture. I've said it before and i'll say it again... most Americans tend to be calm, polite, soft-spoken individuals who value public order and a way of life shielded from any disturbances.

Remember how surprised Bush was to find that a journalist from Ireland was actually asking him *real* questions about Iraq? Remember how squeamish Americans get when they encounter any hint of obscenity or something that goes against the established rules.

Remember the World Cup? Most Americans who caught snippets of it on TV were bewildered to see how animated and passionate Europeans were. As somebody commented, "Americans don't get as passionate about anything, really." That's part of the culture.


Posted by NeoPhono on May-29-2007 16:03:

I don't see what the concern is. Sheenan made her point with plenty of national spotlight. It was up to the people to decide whether her cause was worthy. Her apparent about-face on the issue (in regards to her stance on the war prior to her son's death) as well as the sometimes childish ways in which she decided to display her message, turned most of America off to her. There's a reason why Martin Luther King Jr.'s protests and words still are held with reverence and why Cindy Sheenan's are not; his concerned a just cause and were conveyed in an adult, meaningful manner. Cindy turned herself into a joke, and I don't fault the American people for not getting "passionate" due to the words of someone they didn't take seriously, but saw as an attention seeker.

I believe Americans are passionate about things, however there are many "niche passions" that Americans devote themselves to which makes them seemingly non-passionate as a whole. We have many sports, not just soccer (football) and being semi-isolated geography wise and having the hubris of being the only super power culturally, politically and economically, we are much less interested in international affairs and tend to turn our political attention to national, state and local matters. Americans will and do become passionate about central issues (WWII, 9/11, even these damn gas prices), but it takes quite a bit to shift attention from whatever we are currently concerning ourselves with.


Posted by emc^2 on May-29-2007 16:09:

quote:
Originally posted by HardTranceProd
What you are seeing is American culture. I've said it before and i'll say it again... most Americans tend to be calm, polite, soft-spoken individuals who value public order and a way of life shielded from any disturbances.

Remember how surprised Bush was to find that a journalist from Ireland was actually asking him *real* questions about Iraq? Remember how squeamish Americans get when they encounter any hint of obscenity or something that goes against the established rules.

Remember the World Cup? Most Americans who caught snippets of it on TV were bewildered to see how animated and passionate Europeans were. As somebody commented, "Americans don't get as passionate about anything, really." That's part of the culture.


It's not just American Culture. IT'S A CULTURE OF COMPLACENCY! This country was started by rebellion! This country used to have a meaning and purpose. It wasn't "just a country full of fat wankers" all along. This country used to be respected and admired and even LOVED by it's OWN citizens. I am sure you know at least one of your fellow compatriates who is now ASHAMED to be American. I'm one of them. And I came here FROM USSR!!!! How bad does this country need to be to make a former "prisoner" of the Soviet Sh!thole feel ashamed to be a citizen of this great nation?

And it's not just America. It's Russia too - a country that only recently was showing some possible signs of moving towards "democracy". No more. And no signs of activism is too visible over there. Two countries, where people fought historical battles for independence, for freedom, heck - even for ideology are led by bunch of zealous politicians into a head-on collision. People are just idle passengers, looking off to the sides, enjoying the scenery and oblivious to the fact that trains are on a head-on collision course, fully staffed by politicians who have their own agenda and welfare before those of the people.

AND NO ONE DOES ANYTHING.

We have become a consumerist WORLD. The corporations WILL OWN YOU. If they don't already own you already. Let's hope our corporate masters will be lenient.

I'm terrifed of what the future will bring. There's no part of the world that's "safe" from this cancer or even "sane" enough to do something about it. It's terrifying. And sad.


Posted by emc^2 on May-29-2007 16:15:

quote:
Originally posted by NeoPhono
Americans will and do become passionate about central issues (WWII, 9/11, even these damn gas prices), but it takes quite a bit to shift attention from whatever we are currently concerning ourselves with.


Which is watching American Idol / Flava Flav / Jackass / Survivor / or whatever other retarded tv programming that's shoved down your throat along with that Domino's / Papa John's / Pizza Hut / or other lard dispenser that delivers.

Adam Freeland had it right:

Your cell phone, your wallet, your time, your ideas
No barcode, no party, no ID, no beers
Your bankcard, your license, your thoughts, your fears
No simcard, no disco, no photo, not here
Your blood, your sweat, your passions, your regrets
Your office, your time off, your passions, your sex
Your pills, your past, your tits, your asses.
Your laugh, your bones.
We want control of your soul (said behind the chant)

We want your Soul
(in background...Your Cash, Your House, Your Phone, Your Life)

Tell us your habits, your facts, your fears
Give us your address, your shoe size, your ears
Your digits, your plans, your number, your eyes
Your schedule, your desktop, your details, your lies.
Show us your children, your photos, your home.
Here, take credit, take insurance, take a loan.
Get a job, get a pension, get a haircut, get a suit.
Play the lottery, play football, play the field, score some toot

We�ll show you females, show you sex.
We'll buy you drinks, we'll be your shrink,
We�ll sell you crack, We'll charge you max.
All to gain control of your soul

We want your Soul
(in background...Your Cash, Your House, Your Phone, Your Life)

Your feelings, your emotions, your love, your dreams
Your cheque book, your essence, your sweat, your screams
Your security, your sobriety, your innocence, your society
Your self, your place, your distance, your space

Go back to bed America, your government is in control again

Here, watch this, shut up
You are free to do as we tell you
You are free to do as we tell you

We want your soul

Here's programs, here's matters, here's Britney, here's Cola
Here's pizza, here's TV, here's some rock and some Rolla
Watch commercials, more commercials, watch Jerry, not Oprah
Buy a better life from the comfort of your sofa
Here's popcorn, here's magazines, here's milkshake, here's blue jeans
here's padded bras, here's long cars, here's football shirts, here's baseball caps
here's live talk shows, here's video games, here's cola lite, here's ten more lanes
here's fingertips, here's collagen, here's all night bars, here's plastic
For control of your soul

We want your soul

Go back to bed America, your government is in control again
Here, here�s American Gladiators
Watch this, shut up

Go back to bed America,
Here�s American Gladiators, here�s 56 channels of it
Watch these pictuary retards bang their fucking skulls together
And congratulate you on living in the land of freedom
Here you are America
You are free to do as we tell you
You are free to do as we tell you

We want your soul


Posted by Shakka on May-29-2007 17:17:

What exactly is she resigning from? Speaking engagements? Did she actually have a real job other than being Michael Moore's milk maid?


Posted by emc^2 on May-29-2007 18:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Shakka
What exactly is she resigning from? Speaking engagements? Did she actually have a real job other than being Michael Moore's milk maid?


just wondering what have YOU done for whatever cause you believe in. Please be sure to list all your PERSONAL sacrifices as well. I'm sure the public at large would LOVE to hear about your accomplishments.

...and GO!


Posted by Shakka on May-29-2007 18:50:

I made it to 30 in one piece. It sure was tough though. I believe in me. I am my cause. Your turn.


Posted by NeoPhono on May-29-2007 20:53:

I see, so when a European country gets excited about its World Cup team that is somehow breathtakingly awesome, but an American getting into a TV show or a non-football (soccer) sport is relegated to just a bunch of fat, lazy Americans doing their thing. How exactly is World Cup enthusiasm changing the world any more than someone liking a TV show? What would make you happy? An entire country of 300 million constantly up in arms over every political/economic/cultural issue?


Posted by emc^2 on May-29-2007 21:47:

quote:
Originally posted by NeoPhono
How exactly is World Cup enthusiasm changing the world any more than someone liking a TV show?


FACT: I don't know of ANY TV SHOW IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND STOPPING A WAR FOR ITS DURATION.

There were number of occasions during which WARS were halted (at least for few days, in some parts of the world) for the duration of the World Cup championship.

FACT: Although a sad reality, none of the TV Show actors were killed for being lousy; some football players were. Which is really sad, not just because footballers are killed but because I can think of quite a few shows which actually deserve a public execution of all of its cast and staff. (American Idol, War at home, Survivor, Jerry Springer, etc. come to mind)

quote:
What would make you happy? An entire country of 300 million constantly up in arms over every political/economic/cultural issue?


I'd take that ANY DAY over the PAINFULLY OBVIOUS COMPLACENCY THAT CORPORATIONS HAVE BRED IN THIS COUNTRY!

How do we expect to rid ourselves of this tyrany, of this MONSTER of a president, a person who essentially rendered our CONSTITUTION null and void, a person who commited and got away with crimes that most of us would have been jailed for for life, a country where (as Cindy pointed out) people care more about American Idol than how THEY ARE BEING F*CKED OUT OF THEIR FUTURE!!!!

Yes, I'd take a nation of PI$$ED off compats who are up in arms about EVERY political/economic/cultural issue that resists turning us INTO A STOCK VEAL!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by NeoPhono on May-29-2007 22:12:

Maybe you and Bono could give some examples of when the World Cup has "stopped war." The closest thing is the Ivory Coast and that was two warlords stopping civil violence to watch their team play. It sure as heck didn't stop WWII, during which the World Cup was canceled twice. If you're hanging your hat on the Ivory Coast and the hooliganism, violence and death that also surrounds international football matches as to why being enthusiastic for soccer is somehow "important," I'm not buying it for a second. I'd argue that TV in the form of news, documentaries and insightful programming has done more to help international and domestic affairs in the form of education and exposure than World Cup matches by a long shot.

You also have to realize that until a person feels directly affected, the chance of them jumping on a bandwagon, regardless the cause is highly doubtful, and I don't care what country you're talking about. America has shown in times of war, disaster or national achievement (moon landing for example) the ability to come together and become "enthusiastic." As soon as a draft would be instated (ala Vietnam), I'm sure you'd see a lot more pissed off people "doing something about it," because you'd have a lot more affected people. Right now most feel opposed to the war, but they also realize you have a voluntary army fighting in an area that could be far worse if the military action were to simply end. You also have the realization that in the next year we'll have a presidential election that will more than likely change what is currently going on. People will continue to be far more concerned about what is going on in their house and their neighborhood than something on the other side of the globe. That's not pathetic or disgraceful, it's reality and human nature.


Posted by emc^2 on May-29-2007 22:39:

quote:
Originally posted by NeoPhono
Maybe you and Bono could give some examples of when the World Cup has "stopped war."


Some to support your claims, some to support mine. Gotta give it to WP for being sooooo damn "in the middle":

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...6060201401.html

quote:
I'd argue that TV in the form of news


Are you serious? The only news that I'd consider remotely "honest" and somewhat "unbiased" in this country would be "Daily Show" and "Colbert Report".

quote:
... documentaries and insightful programming has done more to help international and domestic affairs in the form of education and exposure than World Cup matches by a long shot.


Really? Can you name some?

quote:

You also have to realize that until a person feels directly affected, the chance of them jumping on a bandwagon, regardless the cause is highly doubtful, and I don't care what country you're talking about.


That's because the mentality has been developed for a long time. Starting with "borrowing" mentality - e.g. "borrow now, pay later". Hey, how would you feel if I asked you to pay over $29,000 for something you not just simply were not interested in but directly opposed of? What if I told you that not only you but your parents, siblings, relatives, neighbors, friends, etc. had to pay it? Would you say it affected you directly? Well, that's our national debt, broken down as cost per person (http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/).

My immediate family's share is $290,000!!!!!!!!!!! That's almost 1/3 of $1,000,000!!!

Why should we pay that?

quote:

America has shown in times of war, disaster or national achievement (moon landing for example) the ability to come together and become "enthusiastic."


Yeah, we were very enthusiastic after 9/11. And what did we get? Bunch of bullsh!t and president's command to "keep on shopping America!".

quote:

As soon as a draft would be instated (ala Vietnam), I'm sure you'd see a lot more pissed off people "doing something about it," because you'd have a lot more affected people.


Oh, so it takes a draft to get our fat and lazy American a$$es out of their comfy arm chairs? So, as long as you don't really see or feel a problem - it doesn't really exist, right? Are you really that stupid and nearsighted? That's exactly the reason why we have George W in the white house right now, why we have people dying for no reason over in Iraq, why rest of the world thinks of us as arrogant, stupid a-holes.

quote:
Right now most feel opposed to the war, but they also realize you have a voluntary army fighting in an area that could be far worse if the military action were to simply end.


...yet even greater majority should realize that this IS NOT A WAR WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO BEGIN WITH! I am sure that if you asked majority of Americans today a direct question such as the ones below, you'd be amazed how many would give you a true shot of reality:

a. Do you think we did a right thing by removing Saddam Hussein from power?

b. Do you think it was worth the lives and aftermath to do so?

c. Do you think America is safer with Saddam gone?


quote:
You also have the realization that in the next year we'll have a presidential election that will more than likely change what is currently going on.


It couldn't come a day too soon and I certainly hope so - I really hope we learned our mistakes. I REALLY DO!

quote:
People will continue to be far more concerned about what is going on in their house and their neighborhood than something on the other side of the globe. That's not pathetic or disgraceful, it's reality and human nature.


But that's what's not happening - people in US for the most part DON'T GIVE A CRAP! No one is going to miss a day from work to go and join a protest! No one is going to skip a mortgage payment because they can't pay it due to being fired from work for being out demonstrating for better part of the month or being arrested for their activities.

Keep in mind - life in the 60's wasn't about mortgage, re-financing rates on your 2nd vacation home, your credit card bills, and high gas prices for your Humvee. The society in general HAS BEEN TAKEN HOSTAGE and that's what binds us, what keeps us from acting out - PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE MORE TO LOSE THAN GAIN. And this results in complacency and FEAR OF TAKING ACTION.

That's my $0.02.


Posted by NeoPhono on May-30-2007 02:37:

This is a bit off topic from the original post, but I'm going to continue the current line of thought and present some reasons why TV has a larger social impact (ignoring the negatives) than World Cup Soccer (also ignoring the negatives). I know the proposition seems a bit unusual, but anyway...

1. It allows people to visualize events. The old "a pictures says a thousand words." It's one thing to read about war, it's another thing to see death. It's one thing to read or hear about civil rights and inequalities, it's another thing to see those in action. TV has the ability to make events that occur on a non-local scale appear much more intimate and meaningful.

2. It presents new ideas and information. Not all TV is mindless sitcom. Even in those "mindless" sitcoms we are still exposed to new cultures and beliefs. How many whites watched The Jeffersons, The Cosby Show or even The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire and maybe got a glimpse of black culture? How many people watched the History Channel, Discovery Channel or PBS and learned something new or were able to put current events in context?

You can argue all you want about Americans watching their crap shows, but you can't throw out everything else Americans see on TV. The sheer number of hours the average American watches TV tells us that they watch more than the "fluff" shows.

The two similarities I will draw is that both are a form of distraction and can both bring about camaraderie. However, I find it much more difficult to see where World Cup Football can also be a direct vehicle in the spread of news and information and to expose individuals to emerging and divergent cultural, political and social issues.

A few examples of some of the more impacting TV shows would be; Roots, Shogun, The Cosby Show, Band of Brothers and All of the Family. Those are the purely dramatic variety, and you could also list numerous shows such as Meet the Press, 60 Minutes, etc. that also have quite an impact.

Lastly, can we stop with the "if we would have known we wouldn't have gone to war." Right now that makes absolutely no difference as to what we are trying to accomplish there now. If you have a way to go back in time and change things, great...let's do it. However, we're where we are now and our options are limited; continue trying to establish a stable region, or simply pull out and let things fall as they may. I think most Americans, knowing full well we shouldn't be there in the first place, would rather us at least attempt to leave the region with some stability in place than to simply throw our hands up in the air in defeat and allow complete chaos to ensue. I'm very much opposed to us being in Iraq, however I'm more opposed to leaving the region a complete disaster.


Posted by Q5echo on May-30-2007 07:54:

what did we truly expect from this woman?

or more pointedly, how much to the left do you really think this woman could have pulled this country?

...and yes this is a fundamentally right/left issue regarding her and her beliefs. and if not for the people she chose to surround herself with. (who ultimately she was disenchanted with)

how could one possibly think this wasn't going to be her ultimate public fate?

please don't give me this "well it wasn't that way back in the sixties" yes it was! this is deja vu all over again. yes, people watched TV, worried about the bills, the mortgage, the kid's schools, we lived in excess like we do today. it's all the same just different technology, but we don't seem to collectively understand that, as Americans, our core values haven't changed much at all over the decades.

for better or worse we love our children. we love our children more than we love ourselves. we do whatever it takes to provide for them and stand against anything that would threaten them even if it would cost our own life in war or peace. it makes losing one for any reason that much harder to go on not loving ourselves. and i don't think she did.


Posted by _Ocean_Drive_ on May-30-2007 09:36:

quote:
Originally posted by emc^2
We have become a consumerist WORLD.


Couldn't agree more, although I am a consumer-whore in some respects...

When I did my degree in American Studies, every module could some how be related to consumerism and post-modernism, and I think that speaks volumes for the state of US politics.

The Founding Father's opted for an isolationist stance on the world stage, and look where that has now led. I think the idea of an America that they had, is vastly different from what it acutally is now.


Posted by emc^2 on May-30-2007 15:21:

quote:
Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_
Couldn't agree more, although I am a consumer-whore in some respects...

When I did my degree in American Studies, every module could some how be related to consumerism and post-modernism, and I think that speaks volumes for the state of US politics.

The Founding Father's opted for an isolationist stance on the world stage, and look where that has now led. I think the idea of an America that they had, is vastly different from what it acutally is now.


America has perpetuated (and has become a hostage of) global economy model. Not to say that America has brought something new into the world in terms of international trade - but companies in US were always more aggressive about selling to anything to anyone anywhere.

America has also made a mistake of borrowing from outher countries to fight the wars and have become a hostage of international marketplace. China's control over US debt gives China the kind of leverage they couldn't even dream of even if they had ALL THE NUKES in the world.

As far as war tactics - you can't just bomb a country anymore and not expect it to backfire at you. Furthermore, starting a war is no longer an economic catalyst as it was before. It is actually harmful in number of ways (besides the obvious, with all ethical and moral issues aside). So, world has changed but mentality hasn't caught up yet.

I think that this century will be devoted to conquering and depleting world's oil supplies while the world is desparately trying to figure out an alternative fuel source before we self-implode and erradicate humankind.

But even if this issue is solved (fantacizing for a moment), it's a double-edged sword. On one side, we'd be solving number of problems: energy dependency on other countries, pollution, ecological impact.

But creating a number of other issues: mostly economical. How many countries depend on oil for their livelyhood? where entire economies exist mostly on oil? left without too many other high-ticket items to sell, those countries would be left to poverty, while richer countries become richer. This would create despair and even more friction, as the "have nots" face off with "the haves".

Either way - looks like next 2 centuries will be very "interesting" for the surviving species.


Posted by Fir3start3r on May-31-2007 01:46:

As soon as Code Pink and all the other Left-wing nut bags grappled on and started making her their muppet, any credibility she had, plummeted.

I do feel for her, but then, her son wasn't drafted either...

Come to think of it, to get on that magic bus to begin with, then suddenly decide get off and say it's everyone's fault smacks of a narcissistic mindset that has ran out of tears.

I'm glad she's deciding to focus on family but I'm afraid the damage is already done.
Oh to be a fly on the wall when she dissolved her marriage of 29years (!) only to quit a little later on anyways; was it worth it Cindy?
Financial rune and risking your health and for what?

Now I do applaud her being active in politics however the personal cost far outweighed any warped message she was baling...



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