Michael's Ramblings

Michael's Ramblings

Perhaps someone can explain to me? On some silly radio talk show a host was trying to explain that the reason for the invasion of Iraq was to be proactive in the war against terrorism. After 9/11 America had to track down the enemy and destroy them. The problem with that reasoning is that Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda had no relationship with Saddam Hussein and had no training camps or bases in Iraq. This was confirmed by the 9/11 Commission, which also stated that based on the intel that was available to them the administration had to know that this was true.
When a caller made this point on the air the host lit into his ass. The caller was a liberal unpatriotic crack pot. That by disagreeing with the administration you were given aid and support to the terrorists. We all know how Bin Laden is in to American politics and the public opinion of Americans.
What struck me was how I have heard and participated in similar discussions a good deal of the time. What happens is that they may start out as discussions but in of as shouting matches by the pro administration side about my lack of patriotism. It’s not an exchange of ideas as it becomes a series of attacks and accusations upon my character as the “liberal unpatriotic hater of America.” Since when is disagreeing with the official White House position the mark of being evil? When did we become so extreme and inflexible in this country?

First Post

Hello,

I'm brand new at this blogging thing. So forgive me if I slip up somewhere along the way. Truth is like so many people, I think that I have so many things to say. And of course I'm interested in what other people have to say about my thoughts. I also think it is good excercise to be forced to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboards as much as possible. Since I have a blog, hopefully, I will be forced to write material to post. So this is it. My first post.