Iraq’s capital is recording an increase to 56% from 20% from earlier this month of US troops casualties. The last time the 50% mark was reached was in July 2005. The war which we already “won,” and since then “made progress” in, continues to claim life after life, for a cause that is probably unknown to the ones who are dying for it.
When looking at the big picture, this war looks to come with a flood of costs and still leaves us waiting when it comes to benefits. There is no way the war could have been started because of oil, considering that the current average for regular gasoline is up from $2.805 to $2.867 from last week, when a year ago it was $2.801.
Lives are lost, time is lost, money is wasted, patience as well, and the only thing that we have gained is debt and increases in tuition fees. I suppose we should consider the war efforts a redirection of focus from many perspectives, mainly monetary, to a situation that is presently worse than when we found it. To find even one positive aspect is difficult and lots of brainstorming is necessary, and maybe lots of lying to ourselves for a least a second will make us feel like things will maybe be alright. And even after lots of brainstorming the best thing that came out of this war was Saddam’s hanging, but if we keep thinking we might come to the realization that Saddam’s death might very well be the worst thing that resulted from this foreign affair, for us and for them.
Why is it bad? Well the last thing needed in this matter is another government built after our own principles, principles that sit under the name of Democracy, but are carried out in a slightly fascist manner. So we came, and we saw, we conquered but that is unfortunately the farthest our cognitive abilities took us, because now as the police of the world, we are having a hard time enforcing, practically anything in Iraq; sadly Saddam had more control over the situation than we do. With about 80 Iraqis dying a day, I suppose, eventually the population will be exhausted and then we can consider ourselves victorious and enjoy our great success and maybe send the troops home.
By then, tuition for public schools will reach $100,000 a semester, gasoline will elevate to $30.00 a gallon, and minimum wage will probably skyrocket to $9.50 per hour. So unless we suffocate in our own smog by then, education will be too expensive to afford and from the 7% that venture into the college experience, the government will make sure that the imminent threat brought by anyone slightly educated will be virtually eliminated, bringing everyone below the scale of mediocrity, while continuing to import genius from the outside because once something has a price it can be manipulated to the likeness of the owner without too much trouble.
As a result, we will swim in a society of idiots where reading at a 7th grade level is a qualification deemed for Senate.
Unfortunately, our ethnocentric, imperialist tendencies will be the only constant in this depressing equation.
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