There are a couple of things that keeps annoying me which I must speak out of before I go nuts.
First, I do think the war is the right thing to do, but have a good deal of understanding for those who don't support the war. However, when anti-war protests go as far as to be violent, cause problems for people, attack McDonalds, then they loose all credibility. I feel sad for those who oppose the war but does it with peaceful demostrations, their voices will probably not be heard because of the destructive ones.
Then I get incredibly annoyed by those who are extremely much on the other side. People who say they don't care how many Iraqies die (which I have not only heard from just one but several people unfortunately).
Then I get annoyed at those who's opposed to the war for very weak reasons, like "we believe in peace" as the only argument. Then I get annoyed at those who support the war for equally weak reasons, like 15% (or so) of the US population that does it "to support our troops". At least believe the war is the right thing to do!
Then I get annoyed at those in the US who point fingers at France for their minimal (0.3% of GDP or so) business deals with Iraq. Given that Saddam was a close ally to the US for decades before the first gulf war despite contineously ongoinging humanitarian crimes I can't see how the US can point fingers at anyone. Plus that the claims against France are hardly substancial. 0.3% is not much, especially given that their tourism industry which depends a lot on good relations with the US is one of their largest sources of revenue. I can't see how France could be doing it for the money.
Also annoying is the incredible amount of misinformation spreading all over. First we had those who claimed that Iraqies would welcome the troops and there would be zero resistance and loads of surrendering, and continue to make these claims despite every news channels telling otherwise. Lots of Iraqies see this as just an invasion, not a liberation. With time this might change, but the truth is that it will probably take years since the presence of the coalition will most likely be required for years too.
Then it's quite annoying the media coverage of the war. We don't need to know what bomb hit where, the exact number of explosions heard in baghdad and we certainly don't need to download 3d models of the latest weapons from cnn.com.
Finally, the most annoying thing is that this war is needed at all. Why wasn't Saddam removed in the Gulf war? With his track record I see no reason to give him another chance, or trust that he would do what he claimed. If I was an Iraqie Kurd, I would be very sceptical.
Comments? And have a nice weekend!
First, I do think the war is the right thing to do, but have a good deal of understanding for those who don't support the war. However, when anti-war protests go as far as to be violent, cause problems for people, attack McDonalds, then they loose all credibility. I feel sad for those who oppose the war but does it with peaceful demostrations, their voices will probably not be heard because of the destructive ones.
Then I get incredibly annoyed by those who are extremely much on the other side. People who say they don't care how many Iraqies die (which I have not only heard from just one but several people unfortunately).
Then I get annoyed at those who's opposed to the war for very weak reasons, like "we believe in peace" as the only argument. Then I get annoyed at those who support the war for equally weak reasons, like 15% (or so) of the US population that does it "to support our troops". At least believe the war is the right thing to do!
Then I get annoyed at those in the US who point fingers at France for their minimal (0.3% of GDP or so) business deals with Iraq. Given that Saddam was a close ally to the US for decades before the first gulf war despite contineously ongoinging humanitarian crimes I can't see how the US can point fingers at anyone. Plus that the claims against France are hardly substancial. 0.3% is not much, especially given that their tourism industry which depends a lot on good relations with the US is one of their largest sources of revenue. I can't see how France could be doing it for the money.
Also annoying is the incredible amount of misinformation spreading all over. First we had those who claimed that Iraqies would welcome the troops and there would be zero resistance and loads of surrendering, and continue to make these claims despite every news channels telling otherwise. Lots of Iraqies see this as just an invasion, not a liberation. With time this might change, but the truth is that it will probably take years since the presence of the coalition will most likely be required for years too.
Then it's quite annoying the media coverage of the war. We don't need to know what bomb hit where, the exact number of explosions heard in baghdad and we certainly don't need to download 3d models of the latest weapons from cnn.com.
Finally, the most annoying thing is that this war is needed at all. Why wasn't Saddam removed in the Gulf war? With his track record I see no reason to give him another chance, or trust that he would do what he claimed. If I was an Iraqie Kurd, I would be very sceptical.
Comments? And have a nice weekend!