Rants
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Somewhat political
I try not to be so negative on a regular basis, but I've got to be at this moment, and here's why:

First: I hear that Saddam will soon be returned to the Iraqi interim government. Now that's thinking it through! If not in the first few months, maybe after there is little/no U.S. presence in Iraq, some crazed terrorist types are going to bust him out of prison, and all will be worse than before the U.S. got involved.

Second: The sooner our gov't. pulls out our troops, the better. Iraq will not change in our lifetime, and there will always be political unrest and terrorism of some sort. There has been for centuries, right? What makes Bush think that we can turn it around for them in this amount of time. All we're doing is sending our troops off to fend for their own lives, and we've lost too many of our sons, daughters, husbands, and wives, brothers, and sisters, moms and dads already. What Bush is doing is just being stubborn; it's the "I'm an American, and I'm not giving up or standing down for nobody" attitude. Frankly, it's getting old, and we're losing more people everyday. This IS turning into a Vietnam. I'm just glad to hear that, come June 30th, Iraqis will have their own gov't of sorts, and hopefully that means our troops will all be home in the near future.

Third: The innocents are being slaughtered by inhuman beasts; surely these terrorists who behead these civilians will rot in hell. But the governments of the countries that these hostages belong to are pulling the "stubborn American" thing, knowing that the terrorists will kill. It upsets me deeply when I see the families of these slain hostages suffering. What if it were the son or daughter of a world leader that was the hostage? What would that president or ruler do then? Anything to ensure the life of their loved one, I'm certain.