*Anonymous*
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How does one go about deciding truth from fiction? For it's known the majority of the people get their news from their television sets rather then the internet - Do you believe the 'truth' simply to be what the majority says IS the truth, or is the truth sometimes a hunt itself, a journey more so... not just a simple turn on the 6:30 news and I get all the FACTS.. How would YOU know how much of what your watching is in fact TRUE
You as a viewer of these programs have a mindset that our government and our media couldn't possibly dip that low to distort the facts, after all a life without ANY trust in any source is a near unlivable life- We all need to trust SOME source, the question is how do we go about seeking the REAL truth and not just some "truth" that is in truth nothing more than propaganda to serve government interests.
I think you can begin by looking at our nation from an outside perspective- Who are we to say were always right? There is no one person that is ALWAYS right- We as humans have flaws and to say one of us is perfect and we all ought to follow that war is an incredibly narrow minded perspective and way of doing things instead- perhaps we all ought to consider analyzing everything in our daily lives from the "War on Terror" to "US Government" from ALL perspectives.
Whether their beliefs differ from your own, an open-minded person would like to consider the reasoning of our war from an Iraqi perspective and from an Afghan perspective as 2 examples. Consider how they feel of our invasion and then ask yourself "Why shouldn't their opinion matter?" After all- It's incredibly rude to say were right- Their always wrong - so they better follow our way or were gonna use force.
There is reasoning behind every action. To say, "Well they just attack us because they hate us." Well why do they hate us? Why do they form these groups against us? Is it because were on THEIR land and they believe we are intruding upon their way of life- How is that to make them "evil" - for if another country like China believed communism was the best for humanity came onto our land and pointed guns at us and said "Do it our way or we'll shoot"
There's no doubt that Afghanistan is chaotic- Yet there's no doubt that many African countries are chaotic as well. There's no doubt that Afghanistan is not the only region on the entire planet that isn't stable- So, what are the best ways to work this out? Intervening supposedly serves toward our security interests yet what security are we serving when we incite more hatred toward our invasions thus escalating the chance of another attack on our soil? If we are to do nothing - yes we could be attacked but even IF we do something, we can still be attacked and in my PERSONAL OPINION, were increasing that chance of another attack by intervening, by forcing our values on that nation thus increasing the liklihood that more will recruit in these terror groups and preach "Death to America" of our strong stranglehold on the world.
If we are to back off from the world- change our tune and politefully admit that we are to aggressive on a global scale, that maybe we shouldn't be so forceful, so warlike and instead try to give peace a chance. Try to set a good example- one that other countries may want to emulate, set a golden example of a country that isn't all about policing the world and playing the role of "You do this, do that or we'll bomb you"
While we view many of them as "Terror" from their persepective including many normal civilians perpectives they may view us as "terror" for our invasion and therefore, when they voice out against us - it's not a direct attack at me or you- but rather a direct attack at our nations action to thrust into their country, trying to control their resources, esentially it's not unfair to say they view us much like a dictator that whether we think is for the better good may ulimately backfire and cause more hatred then actual good to our own safety.
Plus consider the cost of war. Lot's of money we don't have. When is too much, too much.
You as a viewer of these programs have a mindset that our government and our media couldn't possibly dip that low to distort the facts, after all a life without ANY trust in any source is a near unlivable life- We all need to trust SOME source, the question is how do we go about seeking the REAL truth and not just some "truth" that is in truth nothing more than propaganda to serve government interests.
I think you can begin by looking at our nation from an outside perspective- Who are we to say were always right? There is no one person that is ALWAYS right- We as humans have flaws and to say one of us is perfect and we all ought to follow that war is an incredibly narrow minded perspective and way of doing things instead- perhaps we all ought to consider analyzing everything in our daily lives from the "War on Terror" to "US Government" from ALL perspectives.
Whether their beliefs differ from your own, an open-minded person would like to consider the reasoning of our war from an Iraqi perspective and from an Afghan perspective as 2 examples. Consider how they feel of our invasion and then ask yourself "Why shouldn't their opinion matter?" After all- It's incredibly rude to say were right- Their always wrong - so they better follow our way or were gonna use force.
There is reasoning behind every action. To say, "Well they just attack us because they hate us." Well why do they hate us? Why do they form these groups against us? Is it because were on THEIR land and they believe we are intruding upon their way of life- How is that to make them "evil" - for if another country like China believed communism was the best for humanity came onto our land and pointed guns at us and said "Do it our way or we'll shoot"
There's no doubt that Afghanistan is chaotic- Yet there's no doubt that many African countries are chaotic as well. There's no doubt that Afghanistan is not the only region on the entire planet that isn't stable- So, what are the best ways to work this out? Intervening supposedly serves toward our security interests yet what security are we serving when we incite more hatred toward our invasions thus escalating the chance of another attack on our soil? If we are to do nothing - yes we could be attacked but even IF we do something, we can still be attacked and in my PERSONAL OPINION, were increasing that chance of another attack by intervening, by forcing our values on that nation thus increasing the liklihood that more will recruit in these terror groups and preach "Death to America" of our strong stranglehold on the world.
If we are to back off from the world- change our tune and politefully admit that we are to aggressive on a global scale, that maybe we shouldn't be so forceful, so warlike and instead try to give peace a chance. Try to set a good example- one that other countries may want to emulate, set a golden example of a country that isn't all about policing the world and playing the role of "You do this, do that or we'll bomb you"
While we view many of them as "Terror" from their persepective including many normal civilians perpectives they may view us as "terror" for our invasion and therefore, when they voice out against us - it's not a direct attack at me or you- but rather a direct attack at our nations action to thrust into their country, trying to control their resources, esentially it's not unfair to say they view us much like a dictator that whether we think is for the better good may ulimately backfire and cause more hatred then actual good to our own safety.
Plus consider the cost of war. Lot's of money we don't have. When is too much, too much.