Fatalistic

Talking to people in the army about our country's wars always makes me wonder whether we really live in a democracy or are just very well brainwashed.

My friend tells me his unit is packing up and pulling out of Iraq in the next two months. He also is certain his next deployment, within the next few years, will be to Afghanistan.

If the military is already planning the course of these never ending wars, how meaningful is all this debate about it? How much of a mystery is it, really?

I have a feeling that people in politics, when they are debating something like diplomatic strategy, already know how it's going to go down. They may make it seem like they're not sure what will happen--they say they'll do this or that if such and such does end up happening--and then, when that day comes: oops, Iran DID move its left pinky finger; guess we'll have to bomb everyone to hell. Surprise! But that was the plan all along.

So what's the use? We The People don't really have any say, unless you count Big Business as a people. Maybe the only reason Bush was such a bad president is that his disguise slipped and we realized what government has been all along.

Voting pacifies the masses.

And will I vote?

Yes. God bless Democracy.