Ok I\'m scared to post anything now...but here goes. Be warned, I expect to rant. Also know I put this here because it seemed like a close enough topic, and since no real question was given I threw it in
I think Bush is a fairly good president. He is not great, but not all presidents can be so, and he is not horrible despite all the empty hate messages aimed at him. As for the calling him stupid jokes that seem to never end, well it is quite redundant. At least around 45% of America voted for Bush, so to call him stupid is to call anyone who voted for him a moron for not knowing who they were really voting for. Also, I would like to see any of you adress thousands of people daily and not make a few slip ups in your speeches. Stupid and immature, if you ask me. Then again, I suppose no one really is asking.
Note: I tried to make this as un-offensive as possible, as I am not in anyway racist or prjeduce, and I am sorry if something appears offensive.
READ ME: As for the war in Iraq, whoever says ANYTHING anti-war about Iraq in my opinion is offending the entire coutnry. The fact is, we are in Iraq. Do you propose we pack up and leave? Pull out all of our troops which cost tax dollars to get there? Forget the troops that already died, let them die for no cause? This is stupid. Get over it, we attacked Iraq. Maybe it wasn\'t the greatest idea, but we sure as hell need to finish what we started! And the terrorist community needs a kicking in its ass, that has been long over-due (and face it, Saddam is a terrorist).
Here come the thought which will undoubtedly cause flamage: The Middle Eastern Arabic culture is dying. Their lifestyle, (for a majority obviously) is not very good, and whether they accept our idea\'s or not, they are not going to be content living on their own. The terrorist attacks are a last wave of resistence against the new \'modern era\', and it is soon to crash. Yes, there will always be terrorism, but I am talking about middle eastern terrorism. Other countries have already reformed to the modern era, and countries such as India and China are starting to make enconomic growth. If you don\'t believe me, look at any major corp. and find out how many execs are from across seas. The idea here is that the countries who have accepted that life is changing (as human life inevitably will) seem to be making better of it by just accepting that things don\'t stay the same forever.
My Historical Opinion: I think that the terrorism war goes deeper than the events of this past decade, or century. Europe and the Arabic coountries have never gotten along well, and much of it is to be blamed on Europe. When the Arabs invaded Europe in centuries past, they were tolerant of European religion and let the people continue their beliefs with perhaps only a small tax. In return, the Catholic community, after winning its freedom decided that Muslims were evil heathen and needed to be wiped from the earth (reminds me of Hitler...Oh boy I can feel the heat from the flames..) so crusades were cast upon the Middle East time and time again. No tolerance, no real reason to do so other than conflicting beliefs (ok, I guess that is a major reason in all warfare, but you get my drift). In return, a hatred grew between the cultures that to this day is in my opinion, burried in the culture of many Arabs; I would even say hidden in it.
So war between Arabic countries and Europe have gone on forever we all know. I therefore think it is quite possible that some of the hatred towards the U.S. might be well deserved, though not for the reasons the terrorist leaders claim, and certaintly the hatred SHOULD be absolete by now. However, we all know hatred that should be long forgotten has a way of hanging around waiting for the right time to strike. And such a strong hatred would be even harder to forgive or forget.
The U.S. is the easier target than European countries because: 1. We are the largest and easiest to make arguments against 2. We are like a melting pot for all European countries (And others, but that is not the point) This makes us a prime target for terrorism, and it is to be expected. For the immediate future, I can only see terrorism getting worse, but such is the wave of terrorism.
I do not know what will come, I do not have all the answers. I only know what I think I know, and what I think I know might be wrong
(that was just to confuse you)
My opinions; probably stupid ones as well. Keep in mind I\'m only a Junior in High School, and I only know what I have learned
I consider myself to be somewhat smart so I figured maybe my opinion might matter
