On the WMD fiasco: It’s the sovereign job of congress and the media to oversee and point out inconsistencies, but this is too little too late. Where were all the detractors before the war? Oh wait, they quickly gave their assent to declare war on Iraq, and the rest of them were all being flag-waving yes-folks on CNN, MSNBC, and the major networks. The gall of Tony Blair to ask for patience on the world’s part, when it was patience the rest of us begged before we went ahead and invaded. Sad. But, the “coalition” will prevail. If the public can believe Saddam had WMD, it can believe Iraq needed to be liberated.
All of this aside, there’s a larger, more inherent problem that surrounds this issue, and that is Accountability, or lack thereof. No one wants to be held accountable for his/her actions or decisions any more … therefore, we cannot hold the leaders of the world up to a sense of ethics that no longer exists. It’s just when these same leaders accuse others of unaccountability, and use that as a reason for aggression, that I start to get bothered; it’s a case of “do as I say, not do as I do.” So, how about rooting out the Saddam in ourselves as a country first, eh? That will be the day.
