...what the Empire does and what we American citizens think about what it does are entirely separate matters. Entirely separate, unrelated matters. The Empire does what it wants to do and doesn't consult the People at all.
And you know what happens when the bombing begins? So many of these moronic American yahoos get so whipped into a rabid frenzy, a patriotic fervor, that they think it's a terrific idea to bomb the living shit out of these inferior towelheads Muslims whatever they are. But they aren't consulted about it beforehand.
As you point out, Gary, the Powers-That-Were lied about the weapons of mass destruction, they lied about the Iraqi connection with Al-Qaida, they lied about just about everything. I really don't know what the point of all that lying was. They were going to do what they were going to do regardless of what any of us thought. Maybe they were trying to impress Tony Blair and the United Nations. Who knows? They certainly weren't trying to impress me, and didn't.
And finally, we can be sure that the Powers That Be will repeat this entire immoral, evil exercise at some point in the future. And once again, We the People (people) will not be consulted, not before the propaganda blitz, not during the propaganda blitz, and certainly not after it when the Evil Deeds have already begun.
So once again, Gary, I am wondering what it means for "we Americans" to vow to never repeat the horror of the Iraq war. I no longer know how people like you live with the lies and rationalizations you comfort yourselves with, thinking that we can fix problems like the Imperial prosecution of needless—albeit for some, extremely profitable—wars, that somehow this will all be worked out in the end.
http://www.declineoftheempire.com/2011/12/let-the-next-war-begin.html
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