03-27-2003, 04:32 PM
I trust the gov't, but not much. This became as powerful as it has become not by being the perfect country, but by doing whatever it takes, even if that means we need to compromise beliefs and keep it as quiet as possible.
That being said, I believe the gov't can say whatever it wants and we really can't say for sure whether or not its the "truth". Sure, we have correspondents traveling with the troops but that still doesn't impress me. Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty much glued to the war news but that doesn't mean I believe everything I'm being told and shown.
Just think of it on a personal level - we have all done something we're not proud of at one time or another and we probably haven't told anyone about it - despite the fact that we try to be decent people. The people we have in office are just that - people, made of the same stuff we are so they're equally prone to either do things or make decisions to so things that might not necessarily be approved of to achieve a certain goal. Add to that the immense power and ability of the gov't being able to bury things....god only knows what kinds of things we, as a "nation", have done in the past or might be doing today.
I'm not anti-American or even anti-war (in this case), I just think that people should keep an open mind about what they read and see/hear, not only in regards to this war but to anything the gov't proposes or says. When you have a narrow vision, you really do miss the big picture and you're no better than the brainwashed lemmings in Iraq who believe everything they are told to be the truth.
That being said, I believe the gov't can say whatever it wants and we really can't say for sure whether or not its the "truth". Sure, we have correspondents traveling with the troops but that still doesn't impress me. Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty much glued to the war news but that doesn't mean I believe everything I'm being told and shown.
Just think of it on a personal level - we have all done something we're not proud of at one time or another and we probably haven't told anyone about it - despite the fact that we try to be decent people. The people we have in office are just that - people, made of the same stuff we are so they're equally prone to either do things or make decisions to so things that might not necessarily be approved of to achieve a certain goal. Add to that the immense power and ability of the gov't being able to bury things....god only knows what kinds of things we, as a "nation", have done in the past or might be doing today.
I'm not anti-American or even anti-war (in this case), I just think that people should keep an open mind about what they read and see/hear, not only in regards to this war but to anything the gov't proposes or says. When you have a narrow vision, you really do miss the big picture and you're no better than the brainwashed lemmings in Iraq who believe everything they are told to be the truth.