And in the future, I think that it's important that the world community be listened to when there's a push for war. So that if the thing goes to shit it's everybody's fault, and not just placed on America's shoulders.
No, excuse me, what's important is for America and its leaders to understand that we go to war in self-defense should it become absolutely necessary (and as the last resort), not to go looking for these God-damned ponies just because these neocon pieces of shit decides that our troops should be used to promote their magical thinking.
It's on America's shoulders, because those of us who opposed this stupid fucking war weren't fucking listened to. The global community wasn't listened to, because the global community wasn't going to go in regardless of what fairy tale the psychos told it. Whose shoulders should it be on? The French? The Germans? They had the brains to stay out, so why the fuck would it be on their shoulders?
You're right, we can only change the future, but I, for one, am not done talking about the past, because I and others were right all along, and it's time the people who got it right were listened to in this country instead of the people all-too-willing to send other people's kids to die for nothing. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
It's a militaristic society through and through, anyone who lives here and observes the absolute reverence of all things military by the vast majority of americans can see this. And that reverence permeates everything. We gaze in wide wonder at how the so-called 4th estate toed the line so easily in the run-up to the Iraq war, but really, it's this way with every war. Americans absolutely love their wars.
As long as they win them, they don't cost too much money and someone else's kids get killed.
