The true Patriot swallows their pride

I wish more people knew the reasons we were attacked on 9/11, were aware of the terror our government invoked on Afghanistan for roughly a ten year period costing more than 1,000,000 lives, and understood the significance of it all in regards to the American way of life and the illegal war our government is responsible for in Iraq. But mostly, I just wish people cared. There is a great majority in this country, through either pride, ignorance or spoiled apathy, who refuse to see ourselves as anything other than the victim of 9/11 (not the target of retaliation we became after the blood we spilt through our own form of international terrorism) ,who choose not to act and continue on with their narrow minded pursuits as if no harm can come to them. We as a culture are desensitized to the reality of the rest of the world, and of what could result through our negligent actions. Too many are failing to see their role in the process. Facts are facts, and I've listed them in the link below as a refresher from a posting on the 25th of July.

http://americanwhistleblower.blogspot.com/2007/07/we-are-to-blame-for-creating-terror-us.html

When I learned of the acts that our Government committed which invoked the ire of the Afghanistan people, I was wholly appalled. I suddenly saw the big picture and realized that I too played a role in this process by supporting the system, by not acting, and that there were much darker days than 9/11 awaiting us if we continued on this irresponsible, capital driven path. You see, the Elite hold too much control over this country, and they're not serving the interests of the people. They're serving themselves, and they've been doing this for too long. We became involved in Afghanistan in 1979 to invoke the Soviets into a war they couldn't win, to give them their own Vietnam, which eventually led to the Soviet demise. We did this to defeat "Socialism" and strengthen Capitalism, the economical ally of the Elite, using Afghanistan lives to accomplish this goal. I should quit saying We, as this was all the result of our Elite, but as a supposed democracy, We are responsible for the whole. But we did much more than that. We created fundamentalism and the arms driven terror of the Middle East. By striking back as we did after 9/11, we ignored the complaint and displayed our arrogance for all the world to see, victimizing ourselves instead of the victim.

I urge all fellow Americans to let the truth be known, for if our economy and international politics continue to serve the few as is now occurring, we will experience a form of terrorism never conceived of on American soil, the likes of which only Japan could relate to. We are not invincible, and if we continue to enrage the masses on this planet, the numbers will eventually catch up with us. All good things have always come to an end, and it's with this thought we should consider our existence. Consider our human past. Every great dynasty in human history has met with it's end. The Romans are no more, the Ottoman empire is perhaps better contemporarily known for a footrest than a dynasty, and the once mighty Britain is no more than a middling player on the global stage, though we are an extension of them, which is a prime example of what happens when the oppressed choose to fight back. Every great civilization has fallen by overextending it's reach, by oppressing too many in serving too few. The writing is on the wall, we just need to learn how to read it.

Forgive me for my pessimism, but it's the optimism this country has taken to over many successful decades which is restraining the seriousness of the situation. A day very well could soon come when our Government falls to another, much as we have deposed of foreign governments we do not approve of who threaten our economical expansion. I hope I am wrong, as repayment will be harsh, but there are steps we can take to avoid such horror if we can collectively swallow our pride. We must right our wrongs in the international community, offering the same respect to foreign governments we so greatly demand for ourselves, giving back what was taken while atoning for our mistakes. This means taking less and offering more. This means self restraint. We need to defeat our internal elitism through much stricter taxation to ensure more equal economic distribution, thus lessening the political sway of the Elite. There is power in money and money is steering our ship. But most importantly, we need to educate others to ensure this is done. We need to empower people to believe in themselves, to make the masses believe that individually they can achieve great feats. We need to make this issue up to be as big as it is. Change cannot come by one person, but only through the solidarity of the majority, and the majority is who is oppressed. Politics need to become our primary concern, not the valueless releases our culture in so many ways gravitates towards. Television, sports, pop culture, none of this matters in the big scheme of things. Life is what matters, and our Government, in the name of money, has taken much. And look at what we value as Americans. We need to have less pride and admit where we were wrong and atone for our wrongs however we can. Otherwise, we’ll have no one to blame but ourselves when America gets what is due. Hope is not lost, though the American vision is. Make sure the truth becomes known. This is far more important than any personal pursuit. This isn’t idealism, it’s the terrible truth.