Don't Get Fooled Again

I remember in 2003. It was after 9/11, and we had already invaded Afghanistan. Even for those of us who don’t like war, we could understand that. Afghanistan had been home to Al Qaeda, who was responsible for the attacks.

But then Bush wanted to attack Iraq. We all knew they had nothing to do with the attacks. But our president told us that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. As good, patriotic Americans, most of us believed him. I know I did. And although I didn’t like war, I was all for this one. I remember thinking "The Iraqis better be scared. The USA is coming after them."

Also about that time, there were lots of protests against this upcoming possible war. I remember watching a march by a bunch of uber-liberal idiotic actors, who told us that if we got into an Iraq war, it would be a mistake, and we would be in there for a long time. And there were other protests by other idiots--hippies and libtards and pacifists and people like that.

The people I trusted told me they were all wrong. This would be a quick war; of course it would be. We had the military might of the entire USA armed forces. We’d be in and out. Quick, easy. We KNEW that.

Now, with over a half-million deaths later, we’re still there. The smart people I trusted were wrong. I was wrong. Our president had either lied, or made very grave errors, depending on who you believe.

The liberal actors and all the other libtards--they were right.

Now, 17 years later, the same “smart people” are telling us that our attacks on Iran make a lot of sense. And if Iran responds, we should bomb the crap out of them. They say “Don’t mess with the US” and “Iran should be very scared” and cool testosterone shit like that.

Nope, not this time. We have no reason to go to war. We've done too much already, let's not do more. There is such a thing as diplomacy.

I won't support a war this time. I won’t get fooled again.