I must admit that I’m a little bit conflicted myself about this whole Irag and Afganistan War thing.  On the one hand I’m critical of what some people are saying might be the motives that the people who brought this about have…e.g. Afganistan’s apparent huge deposits of lithium and then also the oil that Iran and Iraq apparently have.

But I’m very supportive of the bravery and sacrifice made by the members of our military.

My purpose in putting up this video is that I think it’s important that we appreciate the ethical and (of lesser importance) professional motivations of people who do things like this….i.e. this ‘Wikilogs’ guy.

In looking at this video it’s pretty apparent to me that his guy isn’t a doped up, wild eyed radical.  I have no doubt that he really in sincere in feeling the way he does.

I think my bottom line of Afganistan is that if our people at the top are able ‘make deals’ with the people at the top in Afganistan for us to be over there doing what we’re doing, then I lean toward saying it’s OK.  I mean….somebody’s got to make decisions in a country.

The other issue is that’s it’s next to impossible to make a totally correct decision on this (and similar) issues because the chain of events that caused it go back so far.  There’s just no way that today’s leaders can make total retribution and/or restitution for the acts of people long gone.

That’s the reason why I think we have to be careful not to ever think that there’s an easy solution that just ‘doing it’ is going to satisfy most people…or anybody.

Ethically, I don’t think we ought to be over there.  Far as I’m concerned…screw’em all.  Let’em fuck up their own countries if they want to.  I personally couldn’t give a rat’s ass less how they run things for their own people.

In my book, my government (not that I consider the present US government ‘mine’ by choice) is supposed to protect me and our borders and a few other things narrowly prescribed by the Constitution.  Period.  End of story. 

No….Americans really don’t belong over there.