: Middle East - personal experience and discussion on tonight and GWBush

I just remembered that it's tonight when the U.S. president announces his--what is expected to be--stand alone decisions on Iraq.

Having lived, travelled, nearly married, and worked in much of the Middle East, I wanted to give my thoughts with the hope of having dialogue with other bloggers on what seems to be that PINK ELEPHANT IN THE OVAL OFFICE that everyone is pretending not to see...



I just think of the journey to this point:

• 9:11

• Saudis, including bin Laden's family members, are hushed away on a private jet out of the U.S.

• Almost ALL of the hychakers were Saudi BUT gwb is not planning war on Saudi.

• Having lived in Saudi, it is blatantly clear of the ties between the U.S. and Saudi so as far as the comments, "If you harbour terrorists, we're coming after you"--except for those Arab countries we need to do business with.

• From the moment gwb sat in the Oval Office, he pondered how to "get Hussein" because of the attempted murder of "my dad" as gwb said.

• gwb's aides have all told us that it was his thought from pre 9:11
  
• Isn't there a saying about "pride goith before the fall"? GWB has got to drop his pride so lives can be saved--it's gone too far and he's just not willing to listen. That was his reputation when he started in office.

• Al Queda and Iraq hated each other

• There are hundreds of countries that not only harbour terrorists but rule with a regime that engages in ethnic cleansing, murder, rape, executions.... there are so many countries and yet gwb picked Iraq and somehow convinced you that Al Queda was THERE as well as wmd.

• GWB takes away the freedom to show the U.S. coffins arriving home--why does he have the right to say what you can see or not see. It makes the war seem more distant and not quite so real until you begin the coffin count.

Soldiers fighting to protect the U.S. -- they have too now because gwb has opened the doors of Iraq and only NOW have terrorists gathered there. Al Queda supporters had nothing to do with Iraq; Saddam's death was purely a revenge-plot.



If you've read this far, please hear one more thing.... although this all may sound attacking and angry--it's not. I truly am hoping the world will just step outside of themselves and tomorrow, 01/11 at 11:11 am ["they" say 11:11 is a very spiritual number} to take a moment of meditation, thanking the Universe for helping us to see a way to peace without such chaos. If we believe and choose, we can decide now to love, to forgive, and to make our own journeys and roadmaps to our own peaceful land... one by one {1:1}... we'll change the planet!!

Thanks for sharing with me.