Quoted from the movie 'Tooth and Nail'

"The end. The end of life as we know it. We didn't see it coming that's for sure. I mean, who plans for an apocalypse? But you know the really funny thing? It wasn't something big and horrible that did us in. It wasn't nuklear war, or a deadly virus or a comet crashing into the planet. It wasn't overpopulation or global warming. I wish it was. You know... something lofty and magnificent. Something worthy of exterminating most of the human race. ...No. In the end it was none of those things. We simply ran out of gas... ...In the year 2012 the gasoline ran out. You could almost hear the giant sucking sound as the last drop of crude was pumped from the earth. Within a year the reserves were gone too. We were supposed to have twenty years of gas left. That's what the experts said and ...they were wrong. Detroit was still churning out gas-guzzlers even as the wells went dry. You'd have thought we could survive without gas. But, the end of gasoline meant the end of electricity. Nuklear power... there's coal, ...but you still need trucks to deliver the fuel. No electricity means no refrigerators, and that means spoiled food. Within days, grocery stores were picked clean- within weeks there was looting... rioting, and chaos. The government had a plan... but it was too busy trying to stop the violence. When they finally declared martial law it was already too late. Civilization collapsed into anarchy. The smart ones moved south. Until they realized millions of other smart people had the same smart idea. All those people in one place fighting for the same shelter and food it was a bloodbath. Within three years, more than two-thirds of the world's population had either starved to death, frozen to death, or slaughtered each other. The American dream became the American nightmare."



Doesn't that pose an interesting picture for you? *folds his hands over his chest* What happens to those things that you don't want to think about? Out of sight, out of mind- people have a tendency to ignore a lot of things; is it some primitive survival mechanism of ours? Beats me. But you know- at least, at the very least, I've got the ability to share my thoughts, and voice my opinion. I'm pissed about the president's use of the military, and I do not support the idea that American soldiers should presently be overseas in Iraq. I can't deny my sneaking suspicion of the actual gasoline crisis taking place and the American presence in what is supposedly an oil-rich country as being... off, somehow. I can't say why, but I hold there being high odds that come October of this year, something -major- will happen concerning the president. *sighs* A soldier, who is dear to someone dear to me, shipped overseas yesterday. What's it on them? More soldiers than you might think are -grasping- for the concept of being useful, of doing something to make their life meaningful. Now, again, whatever good they are supposedly causing, loved ones left at home are forced to bear the idea of someone they care about being placed in danger with no loyalty to the reason why it should be so. With some wars, at least people can believe the soldier is trying to protect them.

Now, the concept of war on terrorism- is it any different from the police's campaign against murder? A terrorist is not much different from a cereal killer. Frankly, NO, I do not support the way our troops are being used. I have no desire to show one of the ribbons people place on their cars to show support for the troops- if I give support, I think it should be morale support and personal support- not some inflated statement of self-importance that does nothing, from my view, but act like a headstone for a grave. You want them to come back? Stop advertising that they're gone. Stop acting proud of thier willingness to murder in 'self-defense' for you.

Now, I believe, yes indeed I do, in protecting people we care about. But I say this way of doing so is wrong. Police officers, fire-fighters, these individuals currently have what I consider a more morally rewarding job than that of a soldier. Worse, a soldier isn't meant to think they have a choice to go against what is expected of them. It can be downright miserable to be a soldier, yes, I know this from personal experience, and from people I know who are or have been a soldier. The reward is from the thing known as 'home'. The idea that -maybe-, 'home' still loves them and is proud of them. With this, many people are not proud with the American presence in Iraq. Like it's been said- if someone invaded -American- soil, we'd be pissed. How is what we're doing different from that from their point of view? How many of our soldiers, I wonder, are thinking 'this isn't what I signed up for'?

Well hey- there's one soldier over there who just arrived I can support. Not as a soldier, actually I hate him for leaving someone even if it seemed to be for the right reasons... but I support him because he's trying to be an adult. Fail or succeed doesn't matter- the lessons he's learning he's got to learn the hard way, even if he is a big idiot for causing himself so much grief. Anyway- this journal is for him. *salute* Hurry and get discharged, so you can go back home... people miss you already.