What are we doing here

Well, its been a while since I signed on. Guess I haven't bonded with blogging. I seem to prefer musing in my head. I've had several thoughts about events over the past several days, but just didn't make it to the blog.

Chaos - the big argument about not leaving Iraq. It's hard to see that there could be much more chaos if we left. We are a major target of the insurgents. We are also a major justification for them being there. The pro-Iraqi insurgents would likely quit after we left. The outside terrorists would have to find a new way to target the U.S. Nothing gives us the right to make Iraq the place where we fight the terrorists who are after us. The remaining bathists would lose much of their support and could very likely be overpowered by remaining Iraqis. If so many people are signing up for the guard and the police in these terrible circumstances, how many more would join if they didn't work for the occupier. It took us 6 years to wake up in Vietnam, after Johnson admitted his failure - at least half the casualties came after that. Surely we can't repeat that tragedy. Had we left in '68, would anything be different over there, other than 10's of thousands of body bags and wounded? Go Cindy!

Islamic State -- Based on the constitutional meetings, it looks like our soldiers are going to end up protecting an Islamic state aligned with Iran. Talk about irony.

Not Again! London bombings redux!

The bombings or incidents or whatever they're called are back. The news media speculators are back. At least no one was killed this time. I guess the TV has to fill the screen, but it seems this constant coverage when there is nothing specific to cover just makes people even more edgy. Or maybe it makes them angry at the commentators, which is better than edgy about terror. At least ABC just went back to regular programming once it was clear there was no information and it appeared the worst was over. I assume they can break in to regular programming if something happens or information is forthcoming. Some of the comments of the news people are just too annoying for words. One suggesting that the entire London system be shut down. Another suggesting suprise that this could happen when everyone is on alert. I'm sure they'll be looking for who allowed it to happen soon. Maybe news is like saugsage, one shouldn't see it being made, but the 24-7 availability of news coverage makes it impossible to avoid. I can only fear how it will be handled when it happens here. Somehow, we need to get to at least the level of awareness for a major car accident, or train derailment or plane crash -- we don't stop driving cars, riding trains, or flying in airplanes because these events happen. We hope we aren't involved, but living requires taking at least some minimum level of chance. Until we reach this level with terror, we will be at the mercy of all the miscreants who seek our destruction. We also provide support for the government to continue its perpetual state of war, making things worse instead of better.

Reason for Being

This is a first effort for me. I find myself thinking about issues and happenings and not being able to express them, without boring my friends to death. So rather than muse to myself as I go to sleep, I thought I would try out the world of blogging. As this is an experiment, please forgive my ramblings - and give me some time to figure it all out.