Things will change...

Things will change...
I was thinking this morning while in the shower about the wars we have had in this country. The great wars, and the ones before them were very different than the ones we have now. The great wars were about defending ourselves. We were attacked by a great power, and we responded, I mean the government responded with overwhelming support from us, the people. This is the recipe for success.
The new wars, and the one we have today could have been avoided. Our country was not truly threatened until 911, and had not been since the cold war (by Russia), and before that WW2 by Japan. The cold war was resolved without military action, and was in my opinion the perfect response to a great threat. A resolution without true War. Thats one out of the last 4.
So anyway, I think a lot in the shower as you can see! Here is the conclusion I came to about the war in Iraq. It cannot be won. The reason I say this is because first of all Iraq was not a true threat to our country. Second, Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with 911. And third, Iraq was not becoming a threat to our country. The true threat is terrorism, It is Radical Muslims/Islamics, not a country. This is a very different thing.
My other thoughts were on how this started. In my opinion it started because this country is still run, and strongly influenced by the "religious right". What is this "religious right" you might ask? Well, Wikipedia does a much better job of defining it than I could, and also take note what religious groups Wiki mentions when defining it. Christianity and Islamics!
The people running this country, the Baby Boomers and their surviving parents are very much a part of the Christian religious right. I do realize this is a generalization but hear me out. Why is George Bush Jr. our president? It is because of them, they are still the majority, but barely. Many of us voted for Gore, and then Kerry. Yes, many of us, meaning, a majority of this country. Many will debate that but check the history books. It is fact. George Bush Jr. is a religious fanatic, and it influences his every decision. So, when you put 2 + 2 together, you get the situation today. The religious right is at war, the Christians and the Islamics, and they have been for thousands of years.
If we hadn't ran around the world trying to convert people to "our way", our religion, and our way of life (which the Christians and Islamics have been doing forever), these people wouldn't have attacked us. They attacked the Christian religious right,.. which is a dying breed in our country, and is barely if at all, a majority of our citizens. Ya, this is going to offend somebody, and they are going to close off all thought other than what their religious upbringing allows them, and they are going to think I need to be "shown the way", and/or converted. AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM. This is why we are in the situation we are in today. This is why we are fighting a war that has no end, and goes back to ancient history. This is why we are wasting thousands of lives, many of whom wonder "why" up until the moment they are wiped away by a roadside bomb planted by a cowardly radical Islamic on his/her own soil.
The answer is to stop fighting this unwinable war, start protecting our own country, our own soil, and our own people. If 100% of our military power and money was spent on protecting our own soil we would be nearly invincible. It seems profound, but think about it. We are spread to thin, we are stretching our arms to far, and we are losing. Bring those arms in, wrap them around this country, and just let somebody try to hurt us.
And for those who think I am a "liberal", and "atheist" or whatever, I am not. I could write another 10 pages on why I am not, but it would fall on deaf ears. You would be too narrow minded to even start to consider how someone could think this way and not be "one of them". All I have to say to you in the end is this... You are a dying breed. You are going to lose. Yes, you may win the next election, but it will again be very close, and soon, that hair will be gone, and you will lose. The younger generation of this country might be lazy, might be dumb, or whatever, but we know one thing. We know how to lose a war! We have been shown how not to do it. We are going to have to clean up this mess, and we will. I like to think, someday soon when our generation is in power, Things will change. We will lead by example, we will be open minded, and we will be strong.