So, in case you missed it, a reporter named Muntadhar al-Zeidi threw both of his shoes at President Bush the other night. If you want to see a video, scroll down. It's posted on here, and if I do say so myself, its a little gem. Bush has impressive reflexes, who knew?
And here's a little bit more information about the shoe thrower. Apparently, he hates the United States AND Iran. And a lot of Iraqis agree with him. It's time we stop using military force in the world for our own short term gains. Because, it isn't doing us an ounce of good, let alone the havock its brought to the Middle East region. It you look at the instability in that area of the world, its all too obvious that our involvement has done nothing to bring "peace and freedom" to the world. So, what's the plan for Afghanistan now? And Iran? Because I'm skeptical about whether we can use military force to really fight the Taliban effectively. To some extent, we're fighting an ideology that is extremely anti-Western, and that logically will only grow in intensity the more that we get involved. And with Iran, I think diplomacy is the best bet. A former CIA agent, Robert Baer, spoke about how we would benefit extremely from entering into a strategic alliance with Iran. According to Baer, Iran can stabilize the Middle East. We, on the other hand, cannot. Our imperialist reputation is such a hindrance at this point that I don't see how we can expect to maintain any credibility in that region of the world.
To make matters worse, Latin America didn't invite us to participate in their latest regional conference. We're like the kid who has to eat his lunch by himself in the cafeteria. It doesn't matter how delicious our freedom fries are if we have no one to share them with.
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