Monday, March 31, 2003
There seems to be an ammount of debate in blogdom about whether to blog on the war or not.I guess I'm not entirely comfortable blogging about it since it's started, partly because anything I say here won't be news anyway, but also because my opinions now the fighting has started are getting rather more extreme than even I expected.
I'm frustrated by the media coverage with reporters and news readers making dumb and unfounded statements and asking the most stupid questions. I'm aggravated by the obvious lies being told by the Iraqi authorities, and I'm amazed at the naivety of anyone who can't see that the Iraqis absolutely WILL slaughter their own civillians just so they can say we did it.
There's a very ugly logic to much that's happening over there.
Sure there's no uprising in the towns and cities... it'd be like having a conservative government (they suck, for those who aren't sure) in London and having the French invade us to depose that govt. Would I rise up against the conservatives? Hell no! I'd go kick French butt.
Sure the Iraqis are using civillians as human shields, not to mention every other cowardly and underhanded tactic possible. So what's surprising about that? If you're a 7 stone weakling and some 6 foot musclebound asshole picks a fight with you, you kick him in the nuts. It ain't honourable, but it's about the only chance you have to even the odds.
Blah blah blah... I could go on, but I think you get the picture. War's ugly and we aren't gonna walk away from this smelling of roses. The Iraqis won't thank us for this even when Saddam is removed, and the whole of the middle east will hate us. Chances are there'll be civil war there when we finally pull out, but fuck it... if you're gonna do a thing there's no sense in being half hearted about it. Saddam's an evil bastard who's only concern is keeping power at any expense. He needs taking out, and if doing that's gonna be ugly, so be it.
I guess what bothers me about this war more than anything isn't the senseless loss of life... (disgusting example of how self obsessed I am) it's that it's made me look at myself in a different way... how I view the inhabitants of another culture. I look at the behaviour of the Iraqis themselves and the arguments and attitude of all the other arab nations, and all I find myself thinking is "uncivilised, stupid, fucking savages."
I remember being in my teens, being a peace loving, tollerant kid who honestly believed you could solve any problem by simply talking it through logically. I was idealistic, and couldn't understand how anyone could hate anyone else just because they viewed the world differently.
I liked that person.
He's long gone, and that's sad.
Bomb the shit out of the fuckers.
*Shudder*
R.I.P civilised world, civilised people, civilised me.
Steve 11:11 AM [+]
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