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complex state of attachment

What are your guys’ thoughts on the Iraq situation? Should we be there? Is what a soldier goes through in the line of fire worth what we are getting out of it here in America? What are we getting out of it here in America?

Do you think that US aggression in the world is to blame for all the fighting? Or is there an enemy “out there” that we can or should go after?

It seems to me that the US was built on conflict, and that war is a part of the fabric of American culture. Is that why there is so much retaliatory and non-retaliatory force used by the States?

Why does it seem that there is always an enemy? Is it possible/likely/realistic to think that there could be a point where there are no more enemies? Is using force and aggression the way to achieve this state?

Lots of questions…hypotheses welcome!

With love,
Mark.

Monday, August 07, 2006

i guess we’ll see

Canada has always had an international political stance of peacekeeper in the world. So far, in the conflict in Lebanon, Canada’s government has taken a pro-Israel stance, somewhat straying from Canada’s non-side-taking historical international role.

Funny though, I always feel so relieved to go through customs into Canada. Just seems like the kind of country that doesn’t go messing with other peoples’ wars too much.

You think?