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You can’t believe anybody anymore. You can’t believe your duly elected officials, you can’t believe the guy giving you the evening news, you can’t believe ANYTHING you read whether in a newspaper or on the internet, and you and your family, friends, and co-workers can only throw up your hands in frustration at being lied to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Like Agent Mulder on the X-Files used to say, “The Truth is out there.” But evidently the truth likes to hide from us; behind trees, under rocks, or deep dark closets.

We don’t even know what truth is: Common dictionary definitions of truth mention some form of accord with fact or reality. There is no single definition of truth about which the majority of scholars agree, and numerous theories of truth continue to be widely debated. There are many differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth, how to define and identify truth, what roles do revealed and acquired knowledge play, and whether truth is subjective, relative, objective, or absolute. But bottom line: One man’s truth is another man’s lie.

As for the question: “Why are we in Iraq?”

Several reasons: To remove a brutal dictatorial leadership and free the oppressed people of Iraq; To assert American influence in the Middle East and create and maintain a strategic base within the heart of the region that will allow us react, militarily, to further terrorist provocations and/or threats to the United States, our allies, and our ‘interests’ in the region; To create a viable and successful democratic society in a section of the world that seems to loathe the very concept of “freedom”; and to drag the most backward, barbaric culture on the face of the planet into the 21st Century. (I wrote this in answer to another blog somewhere and liked it so much I’m sticking it in here.)

And that is mostly the truth.

All else is bullshit, really. People, who demean our leaders, our citizens, our soldiers, and our country as a whole, are bending the truth to suit their own purposes. They say things like,

“Perpetual warfare,” “What a mess,” “Bushistas,” “…shrieking war monkeys,” “These people running our government make me ill… but it hurts me to think of the damage Bush and Co. are doing to our nation in general and
our brave soldiers specifically.”

All coming from individuals who don’t even know what a M16A2 or M4 is, let alone have been called upon to fire one. When are people going to wise up to fact that this type of rhetoric does more damage than good? That this type of language not only erodes the authority of our duly elected leaders, but it tears down the morale and confidence of the American people. This kind of truth is hurtful, degrading, and counterproductive.

Certainly there is room for political discourse, which is healthy for a democratic society, but allowing blind hatred of a political figure and his administration get in the way of doing the ‘right’ thing is not just counter-productive, it’s wrong. We have much more to loose here then some stupid political battle. This situation is far beyond what political party is in charge and who is calling the shots – this is a dire situation where our society, our culture, our traditions, the very fabric of our belief systems, is at risk. At what point do we say: “Politics be damned – let us be the victors.”?

I am not a warmonger, truly I am not – but by God, if someone picks a fight with me – then I will fight that fight – and I will fight to win.

And that, dear reader, is the truth.