Perhaps because...

There are things that the poster felt needed to be said, and you see, this is a liberal board.  You have a habit of mis-representing the facts, of twisting them to fit your agenda and your conscience.  You say most of the people of the U.S. were against slavery.  At different points in history that may or may not have been true, there weren't a lot of nationwide polls back then.  Could you share your facts?  Just the facts, ma'am.  The fact is though that slavery was perfectly legal for 100 years in this country.  Try twisting that one.  That's what I mean when I say this country condoned slavery.  But I think that was obvious to most folks.

Secondly, you say this was Congress's war just as much as Bush's.  Well, we know that is not true either.  It was Bush and his cronies that planned this war, probably even before 9/11.  There was erroneous evidence presented to Congress that led them to okay military action.  If your daughter came home from school and stated that the neighbor girl beat her up you would might believe the evidence.  However, do you not change your course of action if it turns out the neighbor girl didn't do the actual damage? 

I believe you twist and arrange the evidence so you don't feel guilty about this utter madness and endless slaughter we know as Iraq as you similarly defend the US government role in the slaughter of indigenous peoples.

My whole point is that the US is indeed a great and often noble and generous country.  I really want it to stay that way though and powerful people have a way of corrupting the moral values that have sustained this country for so long.  The US has taken some pretty bad detours along the way but fortunately common sense and good character have generally won out in the long run.  Complacency and acceptance of corrupt power is always a threat though and that's why we need to QUESTION always those that are in near-absolute power.  I firmly believe that those who question are the MOST patriotic.

• Disappearance - ravenswing
  • Like 70% of America, I have BES sm - LMVT
    • Sorry, but I don't get it..... - Observer
      • Head in sand-sm - Teddy
        • 9-11 and Iraq--- - Observer
          • Head in sand - J. R. Carr
            • I have no clue why you added this Bush rant to my post... - Observer
              • Perhaps because... - Taiga
                • A great nation. sm - worldfan
                • Talk about twisting.... - Observer
          • Violence - Teddy
            • Small and slanted...? - Observer
              • Too many - Teddy
                • I gave you two facts which you discounted... - Observer

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