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I wanted to be wrong about the war in Iraq. I wanted to be able to argue it was a good thing - a good thing for the Iraqi people. I never really believed it, but I wanted to, because let's face it, getting rid of Saddam ought to have been a good thing, you can't really argue otherwise. I know that, I'm not stupid. There were times when I thought, when it comes down to it, how can this be a bad thing? And it made me angry that so much of the anti-war protests were based on the argument of 'why should we intervene?' or 'do they have the power to hurt us?' which is SOOO not the point.
Anyway. When it came down to it, I knew that American and British soldiers going in was never going to be a good thing. Soldiers kill people and soldiers hurt people, and now people are suprised. I was also irritated all along by the whole argument of 'I don't support the war, but I support Our Troops'. Well, I DON'T support our troops. I never did. I believe it's wrong to kill people, that goes for soldiers too, but they SIGNED UP FOR IT. It's not like they were conscripted. Anyone who signs up for a standing army in peace time is... well, clearly just asking for trouble, for one thing, and for another presumably someone who likes violence and killing, or at least the idea of it. Anyway. This completely pointless rant was mostly spurred by the article in dyddgu's journal.
I'm so angry with the world at the moment. And I'm angry with myself too. In oh so many ways. Cos, when it comes down to it, in the grand scheme of things, uni work isn't worth getting worked up over. But then, if you keep going down that line, what is? What's important? Only the things outside your control. Only things you'll never be able to make a difference towards.