thoughts on the war

Well, no good blog is complete without a comprehensive explanation of its owner's personal opinions on the Iraq War (what can I say, it's just in vogue at the moment I guess). So here is mine.

Being hopelessly optimistic myself, with a cousin who is in the Army, I'd like to have some faith in our country's efforts. And we did kick out a seriously bad guy from that country. And change is hard, but things will probably start clearing up before too long. Somewhere along the line, an Iraqi will say 'Golly gee, this democracy stuff ain't so bad,' and boom, Iraq has turned into Texas. ^^

This election year, we're deciding between the lesser of two evils:

• Bush, who has made some bad decisions and may not be the most eloquent of people, but is good-natured at heart, I believe. He seems honest and ethical, and not half as dumb as Kitty Kelly'd love you to think. Plus, he's Republican, I'm Republican. Phoo.
• Kerry, who can't even live up to the same standard that he preaches, Kerry, who supports the killing of innocent children who haven't even had a chance at life, Kerry, who is mediocre at best. In my opinion, the country is in a very bad place indeed when the best choice is someone like Kerry.

Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.

Oh, that's attractive.

And for a good laugh about the current president and his rival, go to www.jibjab.com. It's absolutely hilarious, I guarantee it. But back to the war.

We can't hope to make steady progress with these stupid insurgents blowing up not only innocent Americans, but also innocent Iraqis who are trying to lend a hand in making their country stable and prosperous again. It's very difficult, and also not very effective, to be reasonable and steady-handed when we're not dealing with reasonable people. It pisses me off A LOT when people try to say this war is about religion, or Iraqi security. If that is truly the case then why the hell are these insurgents targeting so many innocent Iraqis? Cab drivers, humanitarians, children receiving candy from American soldiers - are THEY threats to Islam or Iraqi security?

Just food for thought.