AntiWar

 Anti War Voices and The Mainstream

    The United States was founded upon a country that should be neutral if at all possible regarding war and foreign affairs. This was the America that our founders envisioned for us to follow and preserve. Whether it be in George Washington's farewell address where he made it clear where he stood, believing that America should be cautious against entangling ourselves in any foreign conflict. Alexander Hamilton, who edited Washington's farewell speech both agreed that "Interweaving our destiny" (with others) would lead to "entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice." This sentiment remained strong several decades as John Quincy Adams our 6th President, when he spoke to Congress on July 4th, 1821 and stated, (America) "goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own." 

    It is safe to say that the America envisioned and designed by our founders is far different from the one we know today. America has entangled herself in many foreign affairs that would make many of the founders sick to hear about. For as long as I have been alive, the United States has been involved still in several wars, many of them in the Middle East as well as other places. 

    Many of our leaders have unethically used various events as justification for going in to places we have no business being in to start conflicts for their own gain, at the expense of our soldiers, their civilizations (sometimes women and children), our economy and our domestic peace. Events such as 9/11 have been used as an excuse to go into these places. For example, when President Bush invaded Iraq in early 2003 he claimed it was to eliminate weapons of mass destruction that their leaders had and were prepared to use against the US and our allies. This was merely another excuse for the US to start a war that we had no real reason of being there. It is clear that the Bush administration was not being honest about why we went into Iraq when the real reason was it was an easy way to steal the oil that the country was rich in. 

    The US has sadly had a history of trying to silence those with antiwar sentiment. Woodrow Wilson, who is so far the worst President in our history, had laws passed by Congress to make criticizing the government and their involvement during World War I, illegal! This goes back more than 100 years. The government has been trying to silence antiwar voices because it goes against the narrative that big brother, I mean government, is here to help. They want us to believe that the reason so many people in the Middle East and other countries hate the United States of America is because we're "free" and they're not. This completely ignores the fact that all of this war propaganda has been used as justification for the US to be the world's police to promote our modern, liberal utopia on the rest of the world whether they like it or not. Anti-war voices go against the narrative that the government has our best interests at hand instead of being a corrupt swamp full of war mongers who are as corrupt as possible and benefit off of the destruction of their society as well as ours.