Right now we are facing a crisis in our country. A political crisis. At this point I have to honestly wonder how our populace can simply go along with out government. It has never been our responsibility to unquestioningly follow our government and their decision. It has never been our duty to be the sheep that unquestioningly follow a sheperd. It has never been our patriotic obligation to unquestioningly accept what is fed to us through our media and political outlets. If you think that’s what being a citizen entails then that is a grave miscalculation of political duties.
We’re essentially at a crossroads now with our country. We can follow the lead of previous political leaders and run the United States of America into the ground or we can forge a new path and try to fix what has been broken. This is a crucial point for us, that point cannot be stressed enough. This isn’t to advocate Obama or Clinton or Democrats, this is to tell you that if we make a mistake at this point we may be beyond saving. I’m sick of the political tug of war that our country has been going through. America is facing the biggest defecit in its history, we are continuing to fund a war that has not been won and will not be won, and finally we are facing domestic threats to our freedom, the most prized American value, straight from our President’s desk. This is not time to debate conservative or liberal, this is time for positive change for the country. Whoever can bring this ship back on course is the person who deserves to lead our country.
We suffer from global hate right now for past military actions. We suffer from domestic unrest in the wake of decisions made by our politicians. We suffer grave abuse of power in the forms of our own terrorism and illegal spying, not on terrorists, but of our own citizens by our elected officials. What has our media done about this? Nothing. They have decided to go after a monetary goal instead of doing their duty to report what is going on to the American public. What is most important to us right now is not what is going to give the highest ratings. CNN has failed us. Fox has failed us. MSNBC has failed us. It’s downright sickening honestly. If the media cannot get its own priorities straight, how are even the most dedicated people to get any useful and unbiased information about the wrongs being committed right here in our own country? What’s the solution to that?
It’s time for citizens to actually get together and voice their unrest. This isn’t something that is entirely Bush’s fault. Our Congress has lead us astray, our media has negelected it’s duties, and finally much responsibility falls on our own shoulders for being so passive about the events that have transpired. If we stay silent we are simply accomplices to our own demise. And if it were simply America slowly caving in on itself, fine. We have other countries to go to or we could simply be blissful in our simple American ignorance. But no, that’s not the situation right now. America is falling apart at the seams…but it is affecting the global balance of things to boot. The Middle East has already been punished for our own stupidity, countries have had to send their sons to fight our war which was from the start misguided. And there are 4,000 families and counting that will not have a son or daughter come back from overseas alive. Can you fathom the pain they must be in? I don’t think so, because if you did, you would not be content doing nothing. That is 4,000 families that will only have memories of a 1st grade painting or a craft made in 5th grade to remember their precious child by. That is 4,000 families that will not get to see one of their children have a family of their own. And that is 4,000 too many. Get a fucking clue America, this is not ok. I am also not ignoring the loss of countless- COUNTLESS innocent Iraqi families that face the same tradegy on even a larger scale. They are just like us. Just. Like. Us. And if you can fool yourself into thinking that they aren’t, that they’re simply a faceless enemy, you have dehumanized them and have disrespected humanity at large. We are people, they are people, and on either side…it is a tradgedy.
Have we found any signs of weapons of mass destruction? No. Have we even caught the man responsible for the terrorist attacks that sparked a ‘War on Terror’? No. Why not? Can we not ask that question yet, after almost 8 years? WHAT ARE WE DOING?! You’ve been fooled. I’ve been fooled. Fooled into thinking that we were safe. Fooled into thinking that our freedom was secure. Fooled into thinking that we were doing the right thing.
But I am not content to be fooled any longer. I am not content to stand by and let people die. And finally I do have the audicity to ask you. Are you willing to stand on the side with your eyes and ears closed? At the end of the day it will be yourself that you’ll have to live with.
