| There are many problems that confront the world and | | | | seem flawed; those flaws may be needed to |
| its inhabitants nowadays. Some of the serious | | | | compensate for the rest of the policy to be |
| problems are famine, diseases, religious controversies, | | | | implemented into law. Those living in a sophisticated |
| poverty, natural disasters, hatred, violence, and | | | | associated Democratic society, even with the freedom |
| selfishness. These are all real problems many people in | | | | to express their opinions, should be more grateful and |
| the United States have to go through, but the problems | | | | satisfied that they do not live under Communist, |
| that will be focused on and discussed in this article are | | | | Socialist, or even Libertarian rule.People ought to |
| violence, hatred, and selfishness. Selfishness is a | | | | remain independent and not tied down to every |
| disease that has been increasingly spreading through | | | | decision the government makes. Yet they should |
| and afflicting the US and other countries, where less | | | | refrain from becoming governmental heretics; for the |
| and less people think about others and only | | | | nation is run by the people, and rallying support against |
| concentrate on their own best interests. Emotions | | | | the government would, in retrospect, be rebelling |
| toward the USA government have changed | | | | against themselves. Even though the officials run the |
| dramatically in recent years due to many varying | | | | country, it was based on the decisions of the people, |
| factors. Such elements include the differing political | | | | who also created the government and prevented it |
| standpoints of issues (conservative vs. liberal) and | | | | from becoming Communism. Moreover without order |
| governmental dealings of national and international | | | | from a government, a polarized Anarchy forms and |
| disputes (equal rights activists and decisiveness in | | | | then chaos follows until another government is |
| going to war). Many, myself including, dislike extremists | | | | established (for needed proof, just look up how many |
| (people who go to extreme measures, often violence, | | | | anarchy regions there are in the world). The U.S. |
| to express their views on matters such as religion, | | | | government does have corruption in it, but so does |
| race, and politics) on both sides of the war situation, or | | | | every other government and everyone. So do not |
| any situation for that matter. It is simply outrageous | | | | think, hypocritically, that any human can go without |
| how some people can become so one sided as to | | | | blame simply because that one person did not do the |
| make false, and sometimes stupid, accusations to try | | | | same things that government officials may have done. |
| to make people understand that they are entirely | | | | Criminals living in the U.S. that are responsible for insane |
| correct and anyone who opposes them is completely | | | | and illegal actions such as the Oklahoma bombing, the |
| wrong, staying dogmatic the entire time despite the | | | | collapse of Enron, the Zodiac killer, and attacks against |
| facts against them. I for one support the liberation of | | | | the freedom riders have plagued this country for many |
| countries, such as Iraq, to save the citizens of the | | | | years. More American people had committed greater |
| country from the atrocities that tyrants, such as | | | | crimes than virtually any action that the main branches |
| Saddam Hussein, force them to endure (such as | | | | of the federal government had executed, including the |
| torture and often slaughter of innocent people | | | | Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals. The real problem |
| whenever he feels like doing so). Was there something | | | | in America is the amount of depraved people it |
| that needed to be done to stop senseless murders | | | | houses; which, fortunately, only a few of those who |
| and future terrorist attacks? Of course, a solution to | | | | are exceptionally atrocious make it to any area of |
| those problems was essential. Did we need to wage | | | | federal power. Many incoherent people (whether they |
| an all-out-war? Maybe not, though the al-Qaeda | | | | are from political statuses or not) who disclaim the |
| network does extend the Taliban throughout numerous | | | | rising economy, through the Bush Administration, do so |
| countries of the Middle East. Most civilians do not know | | | | to try to discredit the opposing political party as a |
| enough, concrete, information to judge whether going | | | | whole or are truly oblivious to the obvious facts of the |
| to war with Iraq was absolutely necessary or not. | | | | economic prosperity. As this nation progresses in its |
| Nevertheless, many people over the world, including | | | | attempt for greater "liberty and justice for all," more |
| myself, did not see a definite reason to go to war with | | | | citizens can get away with molestation, vandalism, |
| another Middle Eastern country when it does not pose | | | | animal cruelty, theft, and other heinous crimes with |
| a direct or tangible threat, just a liable menace. Even if | | | | fewer severe consequences. Lawyers are largely to |
| the reason is wrong, or the goal is unclear, the | | | | blame for the amount of things that people can get |
| American people need to support troops that are | | | | away with nowadays, with finding technicalities in the |
| engaged fighting enemies in different parts of the | | | | cases or manipulating their wording to make it seem |
| world because in their minds they fight for a noble | | | | as if it were understandable why the defendant |
| cause, to keep their country and the ones living in it | | | | committed the act. Some of the lawyers that cause |
| safe from others who threaten to harm them. | | | | people to get away with crimes should be considered |
| Unfortunately, there are some who hate the troops | | | | criminals themselves. For the severity of crimes like |
| specifically just because they are directly involved with | | | | murder, rape, terrorism, etc. in which lawyers convince |
| the war. No matter what the reason may be for their | | | | the courts to pardon their clients on is unacceptable |
| loathing of American soldiers, their contempt is still | | | | and inhumane to the victims and the sanity of the |
| considered a hate crime toward the men and women | | | | nation.Certainly, the ideas and lies that quite a few |
| of the United States military force along with their | | | | rebel rousers endorse (some being that the planes |
| foreign allies, which displays unacceptable and | | | | which had crashed into the World Trade Centers and |
| despicable behavior toward themselves.It was greatly | | | | the Pentagon were actually missiles) have ruined the |
| beneficial to the Iraqi citizens that the United States | | | | believability of their statements when put against |
| overthrew Hussains rule and the al-Qaeda network | | | | common sense. For example, when hundreds of |
| had weakened. Other positive progresses included the | | | | people have attested to planes crashing into buildings, |
| Iraqi governments growth and Al-Zarqawis recent | | | | they cannot all be so unintelligent as to mistake a |
| death boosting citizens morales about the probable | | | | missile for an aircraft. On another note, if people living in |
| outcome of war. However, the CIAs faulty intelligence | | | | a country hate it so much and want to turn against it, |
| about Weapons of Mass Destruction and on average | | | | as well as showing anti-patriotism openly, why do they |
| a solider dying every day in Iraq due to insurgents has | | | | not just leave the "terrorist government" and live their |
| lowered the credibility of the governments decision | | | | lives in another country where they can be selfish to |
| making and the Presidents leadership capabilities. Even | | | | their hearts content without the government saying No |
| so, people who submit ridiculous accusations against | | | | to any of their desires for pro-choice no matter how |
| the government by calling them terrorists and staging 9 | | | | morally wrong it may be? It is because they take |
| 11 without solid proof are irrational and preposterous. | | | | advantage of this countrys freedom for all policy and |
| Those types of people are often known as | | | | want more of what they already have here; even at |
| conspirators. There is no logical way that so many | | | | the sake of others moral standings. If all those people, |
| people in high ranking offices would allow something so | | | | including pro-violence demonstrators and perverts, left |
| unspeakable as the murder of thousands of innocent | | | | the U.S. to move to their choice country, just think how |
| civilians to take place without at least telling the public | | | | much of an improvement it will be for the rest of us |
| of the atrocity; or be ignorant to the fact that the | | | | and how more civilized the country may become |
| government was behind the attacks. The general | | | | (apart from the massive economic drop that would |
| population is too concerned with their own self | | | | ensue if all of those people really did leave). Is the |
| interests to know, or care, about the actual facts and | | | | state of the world in an unstoppable immoral mess of |
| problems of the war; along with inaccurate information | | | | technological supremacy (microchip implants, abortion |
| on domestic issues, such as the energy crisis, | | | | clinics, pornographic websites)? No, at least not yet; but |
| misleading them as well. Likewise, the media sways | | | | it is getting to that point soon and there is nothing that |
| the public opinion partly through often exaggerations of | | | | is going to stop, or can stop, the inevitable future of the |
| the truth to gain renown and wealth due to increased | | | | planet. Although I am a pro-America supporter, I am |
| ratings from its stories that tell what the public yearns | | | | concerned for some of the jingoistic supporters of the |
| to hear; this type of media dishonesty is also known as | | | | country who are deluded to the fact that democracy |
| yellow journalism. Conspirators use the media, | | | | and politicians do have flaws and the country is no |
| sometimes, to influence the public to jump on a | | | | where near being a utopia. Even going to the point of |
| bandwagon of misled, stretched, or completely false | | | | slander and violence to those who think otherwise; |
| articulations to gather support, on thinking either what | | | | similar to Napoleon Bonaparte. Yet most people are |
| they believe is acceptable or trying to move toward | | | | lazy and ignorant to the real world and think peace is |
| anarchy within the country. Am I saying the | | | | such an easy concept for all of the nations to achieve |
| government and our President are without faults? Of | | | | if everyone just did nothing and simply throw away all |
| course not, but citizens of any democratic country | | | | of their religious beliefs; highly impractical. So for any of |
| need to have faith in the actions the government | | | | the said extremists and excessive complainers who |
| makes to help progress the nation. However, if the | | | | have read this much of the article, I have just one last |
| actions taken seem immoral or foolish then the citizens | | | | remark to enounce, Suck It Up or Shut It Up.I am a |
| of the nation should be allowed to express their views, | | | | concerned citizen for the future of America and write |
| but to a sensible level as to not become unreasonable | | | | about what I feel is needed to be said about issues |
| or obscene to others. Nevertheless, people do not | | | | using logic and understanding of the situation. I am also |
| need to go against every policy made by the | | | | 16. |
| government because in some way or another it may | | | | |