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Why I Am For This War There's something happening here... |
 I am for this war. I will not try to hide that fact behind quick-witted rhetoric. I will make my statement first and foremost, and I make that statement proudly. I've put in more man hours watching CNN coverage than the sixteen year-old who recently realized he can see porn through the fuzzy lines on one of those adult channels he doesn't get. Excuse me, I was temporarily possessed by Dennis Miller. Allow me to digress, so that I may clearly explain what I feel so many do not understand.This great nation of ours, the United States of America, the same country that allows a pseudo-intellectual like me run his mouth about this stuff, was founded on blood. The laws of the land, especially the law of freedom of speech to which every left winged, organic eating, hemp wearing, loud mouth loves to demonstrate, was founded on blood. This country became all great and all powerful by taking the necessary steps to ensure our place at the top of the worlds food chain. Basically, we're the big kid on the playground, and we want to stay that way for as long as humanly possible.
I'm no patriot, nor do I agree with everything that our government does. But I really don't see what's wrong with taking out a dictator that is undeniably a threat to everything American, and who would not seek the approval of his people or the UN to drop a few bombs on us. Do I think that September 11th was a loophole for Bush Jr. to go after his Daddy's unfinished business? Yes I do, and I feel that's very wrong. At the same time, if I had to choose a bad guy between Bush and Sadaam, I think I'm gonna go with the torturous dictator, over the pro-death penalty conservative.
I'm not a war fanatic, I'm just a realist and I understand that war is inevitable. It is in our human nature to fight for what we feel shouldn't be. Even the protestors who preach that a peaceful solution should be used for every problem are caught on camera throwing punches at opposing views. So where does this leave us? With mass media coverage in over 20 countries, we look like a bunch of fools that are too busy fighting at home that we overlook our men and women fighting over there. These are men and women who know what being in the military entails, and they are fighting the good fight because they believe in it.
John Flores is a Chicago writer and music critic. Got a problem? Email us at filmmonthly@hotmail.com |
Now I pose the question what is so wrong with that? The Romans did it for decades. And yes I did make that comparison. We are the new Roman Empire. Yes I know it fell, and yes I know that we should learn from their mistakes, but their mistakes were internal. Their empire fell not from forces on the outside, but from those on the inside. If you look around, we're not too far from some of that happening right now.
I respect the right to assemble, and the right to speak out. In fact, seeing these protestors in my streets made me feel great to live in a country that allows such a thing to happen without being met with deadly force. Notice I didn't say brutal force, but I was at one of these anti-war protests, and some of you just ask for it. What is not mentioned though is that it's the same government that these so-called activists are ranting about that allows them that very freedom. I'm not about to say "love it or leave it," but I will say show some damn respect.
Whether you agree with me or not is negligible, because my point of this little rant was to prove how much freedom this supposed horrible government allows us. I will end this with a quote from Dennis Miller on the topic of Michael Moore on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, except I pose it at those that protest against this country in my streets. "He's everything I despise in a human being and everything I feel obligated to defend as an American. It is his constitutional right to be so horribly wrong." Well put.