I was very upset the other day because I've been blessed/cursed with excellent vision and can see things coming before most people, but I can't
do anything about it, which is frustrating, so I participated in the cycle we all seem to be so fond of these days (finger pointing back and forth to make arguments go around in circles). Allow me to simplify my point.
To end all this BS once and for all will take ROUND THE TABLE AMNESTY!
No picking and chosing. For every horror tale you can produce, your opponents can match you, and so on, and so on, and so on, all around the table. So, to me, the loss of innocent life is a shared curse that everyone is guilty of.
As for Zarqawi, if you took away all of his deeds, both good and bad, he's a brilliant soul. He re-acted to the actions of others, by what he saw and what he learned here. He had an incredible force of will... and he was a fearless lion! I doubt we'd be a good match, since I'm more of an eagle than a lion (would never tolerate my field of vision being pigeon-holed), but I still admire him for both his courage and conviction. I'm pretty sure he'll recover from this world.
You seem to feel that these lions are psychotic. To me though, it seems amusing that Americans condemn the suicide missions, while watching movies like
Independence Day - cheering on the old drunk who becomes the hero and saves the day. What's the difference?
So I sit here and listen to all the different sides say the same thing. I'm sorry but I don't agree that the Lions in Iraq are the only cause of the problem any more than I believe Zarqawi was... because none of them fired a single shot off until
after the invasion!
You don't blame a war on it's... soldiers! Every one of these soldiers (all sides) followed orders. American soldiers are testifying that they were ordered to kill all Iraqi males that were combat age. I mean, I could go on, because I have more records than you do... but it would just go around in circles like some twisted version of the Red Sox / Yankees rivalry... goes nowhere.
Ninth Scribe