Originally posted by candletrader
MAKE YOUR VOTE... 2 points of view given below...
POINT OF VIEW 1:
POINT OF VIEW 2:
An interesting point of view here. But why did you not address the other influences and their impact so that the question could be properly framed and evaluated?
In both instances you did not mention the political motivations of this country that are inflicted by the special interest groups who are always demanding their place at the table. Be they needed or not, they have no intention of not having their hands in the financially enhancing pot.
Let's face it, right now the democratic party is on the ropes in many aspects. Mostly, they have the goal of recovery of power loss from the Clinton covering of the past (He still won't go away quietly). So whatever move America makes it must be at their benefit politically. No matter what the country cost! Lest it be for direct loss of American democratic party votes, it will be stonewalled until they can regain TOTAL political voice.
If they can't take credit for the move, it won't happen. Hence all the talk of the need to "Convince and come before the senate for approval" at a time when the polls show over 50% public support for most of the current administration stance on Iraq. For now, we will continue to hear the democratic party cry about the need for 100% support and approval.
There is also a perception that the obedient democratic leaning media will garner support for the administration. Personally, it will happen in spite of the media. If media supporting the president were the case, they would be headlining in every paper that we "MUST DO THIS NOW" and the White house would be saying slow down a bit. The media would be beating the masses into a controlled frenzy so the administration could put its plan in place. Doing so confidently knowing that the media would take care of any errant positions that arose.
The media has its own agenda. Mainly feeling that they should be insiders on any pertinent decisions and information circles. They want to control any dissemination of news that they deem we need to know. The real dedicated types remain pissed when they are not given the secret attack plans and routes in advance so they can get that crack reporter out there (with camera crew and mikes) to be the one to bring the event into our homes -- Exclusively and First!!!
Imagine the accolades when the selected outlet takes the lead. Your television is snatched from your control (every conceivable channel) and you are whisked to some stern faced suit for a desperately needed "News Alert." You gaze in awe as the chap says that America has launched its assault and you are jumped out to some missile cruiser in the gulf where a reporter in camoflague gear shows you a cruise missile launch and says, "There goes the answer that the president is sending directly to Iraq!"
You are then thrust to another remote location somewhere out in the desert. Deserted and barren, except for this camera crew shown gazing to the heavens.
The reporter comments on how dark and foreboding the night sky is. He paints a picture of the haunting serene beauty of the silence. And then he screams, "There, there, see it. America's answer to Sadamn is on its way! There goes our secret launch present carrying the club of justice to beat Sadamn, and all the others like him, around the head. At Oh-dark-thirty, it is passing our check point here. It should take another thirty minutes to get from here to a sleeping Baghdad. And we'll be tracking it in our studios and at various points along the super-secret flight path."
You're thrown back to the studio where the media chosen panel of analysts and experts now detail to you the unknown, super-secret path of the missile along with the time-needed-to-get-there guesses. Each point has digital timer next to it with two displays marked "Projected" and "Actual."
You are then given a split screen with six correspondents with full camera crews and lighting that are stationed along these possible routes. They are introduced to you with brief bios and you are told that you'll jump to the locations should the missile be in view.
Then the cameras switch to the hill, where the Rev. Jackson and several others are standing (an impromptu gathering with impromptu signs declaring "An illligit president starts an illigit war, Vote Hillary/Gore in '04") hand-in-hand in singing "We Shall Overcome." As the choir's voices soften, Jackson walks to the mike and says:
"America, has made, a terrible error today. This Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Dick Chenney Enron Worldcom big tobacco big corporations right wing republican war, is wrong. The message, that America is sending out today, is not fair. There was no vote cast in favor of this action. This unjust theft, of the right to a judgement of the whole world of Iraq and its actions, is not supported by our allies around the world. Mr. Bush, has clearly made a wrong decision here. He has chosen to launch this horrific attack on women. This attack is a violation on, the children! This is an attack on, the elderly! This is an unjust attack on sons and daughters, sleeping in their beds and dreaming of the day when they will be given the opportunity to have health care, and medicare, prescription drugs and a fair and democratic election where all votes cast are counted."
You are now becoming dizzy as we fade to black...
Without the hidden internal agendas calculated in, you can't properly frame this question. These are but a few of the special interests who'll be putting their individual voices in the mix. So in analyzing it all, say so! This IS truly about a whole lot more than OIL!
