Reply #25: The truth?

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First, no one on DU though they think they do-actually knows what Bush thinks. You speculate, you might be correct. But you don't know. You aren't >shudder< inside his brain.

Maybe it's not so black and white. Maybe it can be two things at once! This is my main point in almost every debate.

Maybe they want the oil and maybe the also think what they are doing could be for the greater good. People are not cartoon characters of evil. They don't think-"Hey let's kill everyone and not give a shit because all we want is to be rich". That's really not how MOST people are. Bush probably BELIEVES that they can do some good. He doesn't in actuality care about the sacrifice of the troops lives or the Iraqi's because I bet he's rationalized that it would be less than whatever damage Saddam would do-or could have done-or would have done or the "terrorists" might have done. Whatever. It's crap logic but it doesn't mean he thinks heh heh I just care about the resources. Now-I think Cheney probably does only care about profit...but Bush..I'm not so sure. But again, I DON'T KNOW. But I damn sure that if Bush told the truth-it would be a combination of the two-to protect America-hell I think he really believes that-and I 'm sure he is a dim bulb-and to secure the gas. But you know what? Americans are guilty too. I see thread after thread here bitching about high gas prices. Like that's the real worry in the world today? Fuck the cars. We need to change our whole way of life. We need vision. We need a way out of war-and to not care what government Iraq or Iran or Saudia Arabia has. But if Americans had any vision they would realize they must reject the whole oil deal-because plenty of Americans I can bet you are just as "evil" as the whole Bush gang-and put their way of life as reasonable to sacrifice all these deaths.

I just don't find anybody so innocent in all of this. And frankly, somehow (yeah I'm getting metaphyisical) I think this government is some deep shadow of our own selves. It's not unconnected. And it's not all about George Bush. Many books have been written about the appeal of Hitler to the German people,and I think there is more to any story than greed or resources. The very idea of ourselves is at stake. So the scarier proposition is what if he told the truth and no one really cared-just find the cheap gas George!

I'm starting to believe the peak oil thing more as time goes on. The water thing? Mmmm..but if he told the truth and said we need the oil..otherwise-$10 a gallon-or change your whole way of life-how many Americans would choose the war?