Since the day the War on Terror began I have felt that my own government has insulted my intelligence to an unforgivable extent. What won't they do in this created war? Is there any one of the creators or proliferators that isn't an absolute see-thru liar?
There is nothing that they aren't capable of and they're all liars and idiots if they think that everyone buys it hook, line, and sinker. I recently decided that I'm not voting in any election in the US ever again. They can take the so-called democracy and shove it where the sun don't shine, and may someone help those that we have imposed our strange excuse for democracy on.
You may be curious as to what brought this on, so I'll tell you. The short answer is everything. The lengthier response is that I was listening to a song my son had blasting. He replayed it for me a few times and demanded my attention. The clip consisted of a short excerpt from one of President Obama's pre-president speeches – the speech wherein he loudly promised, well you should listen to it: nuERA on MySpace and the song is entitled "Head of State" – just scroll down a little and click it on the jukebox.
I knew I recalled him saying this, but all has changed so much since then that I did consider it possible that I was wrong. As usual I am correct though. Geez I hate always being right… Obama told the American people that if the troops were not withdrawn by the time he entered office, it would be the first thing that he would do: put an END to this WAR and bring our troops home. He concluded by stating that we "could take that to the bank." Hey – I guess we did, huh?
Yes, it is his voice, and though it is a very short clip of a speech, it is what he stated. There is an additional short clip of a different speech at the end of the song concerning the Afghanistan invasion. As a former campaign worker that participated in dragging people from their cozy homes to vote for him, I am pissed off. Dragging is an exaggeration, but extensive talking and convincing is not. Granted he is still the better alternative, but what the hell does that mean? He was better than Palin, the tiny-town mayor and religious zealot that couldn't. If this is the best choice we have in this country we are in serious trouble when the next election campaigns begin.
I believed in this guy and I am ticked-off. He turned out to be a liar like all the rest. Sure, he's better than Bush, sort of, but he's still a war president hell-bent on bombing, murdering, maiming, torturing, and gutting the US Constitution. The worst part, at least to me, is that so many Americans agree with it all.
Just listen to that really short clip and you'll get my point.
Now to get down to the nitty gritty here – the topic of this post. I read this article tonight that really insulted me on the KTVU website: Boxer: Visas Granted to Detained Hikers' Families. The writer implies that the US treats its War on Terror prisoners better than Iran because the families of these three caught hiking in Iran, as we threaten to wipe the Iranians out because of their alleged nuclear activity, were denied visitation. A group of our insulting senators and congress members had the audacity to demand the release of these three.
Do we grant family visits to the hundreds of prisoners in Guantanamo camps that are still, five to eight years later, uncharged? No, we torture them into confession for acts never committed. How about the thousands of prisoners in US camps throughout the Middle East? Do you believe that they have visits with their family? The Iranians are not stupid.
Though I feel for the hikers' families, as someone with the MBI once stated to me:
All is fair in love and war.
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