I really enjoyed Butler's piece because she encapsulated many of my own ideas regarding US foreign policy and the war (and it's always nice to share opinions with someone who is eloquent enough for the both of you).
Sadly enough, the "us vs. them" dichotomy in society is not only prevalent, but encouraged. The media helps propagate the blindness of the average US citizen by reporting stories that portray America in a positive light, even going so far as to distort truths of mass violence into tales of heroic counterattacks.
The blindness to our own actions and (even more so) the resulting consequences, must be stopped.This dichotomy has gotten out of hand, to the point where people are willing (and some even eager) to kill innocents. Why? Mainly because they're not like us. They don't uphold the same institutions nor do they honor the same ideologies.
And obviously, this is just unacceptable.We need to spread democracy in the great name of the United States of America. We need to make everyone just like us because, well obviously we're just as good as it gets.
Really, it's just a case of an over-inflated ego. America is a bit of a drama queen. And she thinks everything's all about her all the time, so when trauma occurs, she just uses that to exacerbate her inflated sense of self worth. And then she takes all that attention and manipulates it to her advantage by pointing blame at adversaries.
How is this acceptable? I know it's not excusable. The murdering of thousands in the name of democracy does not absolve the killer. Differences do not make reasons for war. We are all people and that should be our basic criteria for judgment, not race or age or sex.
(May all of humanity awaken to love and compassion)
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