This is why I am glad that I am not a politician. I don't think I could handle it.
I hate to say it but I see her point. In the effort to bring more people on the band wagon to take out Saddam and OBL, many bystanders in the world have been pushed into a new forum. One that asks, why are we starving and dying of treatable disease while Americans are fat enough to claim rule over countries on the other side of the planet. They wonder about the arrogance, wealth, and excess that makes something like this possible while they would be happy with a fresh cup of water. They see a lot of chest beating by the powerful and belittlement of weaker cultures in the process. Cultures that have similar doctrine and values as their own. They have cried long over their condition and never been seen or listened to. But they see OBL and they hear what he has to say about the great satan of the west. The world sees him, hears him, and responds. Rock throwing children are seen and responded to over international summits and major wars are justified on their account. They are called martyrs. They begin to see their pain and struggle as a revolution against world power and domination. They forget that their torment is a result of the despotic tyranny perpetrated by local dictators.
The English soldiers were the brethren of the American Revolutionaries, but by the time things heated up, none of that mattered. We were not respected, seen, or listened to by the English government. What happens when the pain and want of the World becomes focused on us? Will my great grandson say to my daughter, "Gramma, where were you when the revolution started?" Will there be a great grandson to ask?
Ah, but I wax too morbid...
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