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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
--snip--As for those who were against the war from the start, it was the expectation that becoming the agressors in an invasion would be counterproductive in the war on terror. The realization of that expectation is more an occasion for sadness than anger, I guess.
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Sadness,
AND anger. And helplessness, futility, astonsishment, bewilderment, confusion, resignation, and determination, among others.
Sadness at the profligate needless waste of American lives in a futile, wrongheaded, ill-conceived and poorly executed aggressive war of invasion. Sadness at the loss of life for
all who died.
Anger, well, I seemed to have covered this already.
Helplessness at the continuing flailings of an administration that doesn't know where it's going or how to get there but confidently presses the pedal to the metal while observing "We're making good progress". Progress is a vector quantity, having magnitude
and direction.
Futility at the prospect of looking at the same evidence and seeing those in power draw the wrong conclusions, time after time.
Astonishment at the seemingly willful inability of the loyal opposition in our country to disregard evidence, facts and truth as mere inconveniences in pursuit of the elusive "victory" (or "security" or "freedom").
Bewilderment from being surrounded by a swarming array of moving targets and shifting goals, an overall lack of direction.
Confusion at the constant changes in the messages from our leaders: WMD, democracy, terrorists, al-Qaeda, Saudia Arabia, Iraq, oil, GWOT and The Fight Against Global Aggression or whatever it's called today...
Resignation to the fact that our country is on a path that takes enormous efforts to change, and that popping a vessel over today's idiot takes away one more chance to make a difference tomorrow.
Determination to work as hard as possible that the mistakes of this period in our history be remembered and learned from and not repeated.