"World opinion is against the US escalation in Iraq. The American people are against it. The Iraqi people are against it. Congress is against it. The Iraqi government is against it. Can a single man force a nation to fight a war it does not want to fight, expand a war it does not want to expand? If he can, is that nation any longer a democracy in any meaningful sense?"
Indeed, is it a democracy? We voted for George Bush (well, I didn't) so that he may enact the will of the people; the same goes for the Congress. What then, may I ask, is the purpose of the non-binding resolution that Congress is implementing? Are the members of Congress fighting for this because they want to seem as though they are against the war, but in reality they are afraid to enact any real legislation restricting the president's actions? Do they think that if they seem as though they agree with the American public they can be reelected again? They were elected originally to do as we, their constituency, wished, not to dance around the issues and manipulate the country into thinking they are doing their jobs. So this does indeed beg the question: do we live in a democracy or do we live in a neo-fascist state - as my friend, Will, put it? That seems like somewhat of a harsh word and usually does nothing more than turn people off, but if one were to really think about it: has the government, either the president or congress, done what the people want?
Have I mentioned how unbelievably gorgeous Emmy Rossum is?
1 comment:
This is my favorite blog yet Cody. How is it possible that after virtually all the people in the world vetoed the influx of more troops, president dickface is still sending more? He is either the stupidest or the dumbest man alive. And NEO-FACIST STATE is right!
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