Iraq: We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Oh boy...Sunnis posed as policemen blew up one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines earlier today and now the whole country is teetering on the brink of all out civil war--war that will undoubtedly bring what's left of Iraq crashing down to it's knees while leading to a marked increase in terrorist bombings, American casualties and innocent deaths. While this is a more suitable topic for the political blog I occasionally contribute to, dissent channel, I couldn't let this blog go by without once again reiterating my opposition to our whole military involvement in Iraq. Remember, this all started because Iraq supposedly had weapons of mass destruction (a lie) and was ruled by an unstable, evil dictator (true) who was at least partially behind the terror attacks of 9/11 (another lie). Now instead of a UN mandate backed by a multinational peacekeeping force, we have U.S. troops mixed with some British troops and a sprinkling of others trying to manage a situation we're not built to handle without a real plan all while trying to find someway to keep Iraq's oil wells--the real reason we're there--pumping enough to try and pay for this whole fiasco (which they are not). If you thought American military casualties--now well over 2,000 and counting--were high now, wait to see what the next few months brings. This is the reason I end every R Spot blog with the word "peace." It's not a hippie thing t o do or some cool, sign off, it is an urgent, if fruitless, request for sanity. A request that will only become more urgent in the months ahead.
We have to start bringing troops home. Yes, we created this mess--but without full UN backing, we are completely unable to fix the situation and we will be sitting ducks for insurgents on both sides of a bloody, chaotic civil war. Whatever side of the political spectrum you claim to be on in this country, from Hilary Clinton to George W. Bush, if you are not in favor of bringing our troops home and trying to replace them with a multinational force, then I am increasingly uninterested in what you have to say. It's hard to build a nation while machine guns are pointing at you from all sides.
New Orleans
From the end of the bloody "Fertile Crescent" that is Mesopotamia to our own Crescent City, here's a chilling thought for all of those waiting for the government or SOMEBODY to rebuild New Orleans--hurricane season begins again in 99 days. Hey Bush, nice recovery budget for Louisiana--you want to take some of that Iraq money and use it to rebuild an American city for a change?
Scott to Wed Parham in March '07
Props to me for proposing to my girlfriend of two years and serious questioning of her sanity to saying yes this past weekend! Scott, 35, a dopey looking but brilliant webblogger and Tracy Parham, 35, gorgeous computer expert, plan to wed in March of 2007. The early line in Vegas says that this wedding date will still take place before the nuptials of either TomKat or Brangelina but sometime after Paris Hilton's next engagement to a shipping heir.
List of the Week
A new feature on the R Spot is the "List of the Week", which will be a list of people or things that you should be paying attention to--or ignoring--for that given week. This week's list is "Whiny Famous People (Like Barry Bonds) Who I Am Sick Of and Who Should Probably Retire/Go Away":
1. Paris Hilton
2. Bode Miller
3. Dick Cheney
4. Gary Sheffield
5. Terrell Owens
6. Dennis Miller
7. the Olsen Twins
8. Lindsay Lohan
9. people who make snarky, unfunny Brokeback Mountain references
10. Simon Cowell/Paula Abdul/Randy Jackson/Ryan Seacrest. Especially Ryan Seacrest.
11. Teri Hatcher
12. Dan Hedrick/Shani Davis. Or you could lock them in a small room somewhere and, you know, see what happens...
13. Kevin Federline
14. Star Jones
Are there any you'd like to add to this list? Drop me a line.
I'll see you when I see you, wouldn't want to be you... ;-) Peace.
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