Who's the Real Bad Guy?

Ever stop and wonder which "side" you were on? Or if what you were doing was really the right thing? And if so, what's "right"? Oh sure, you may think what you're doing is perfectly fine, but in the eyes of someone else you're completely and totally wrong. Or that the ideas that you've held so firmly to with a death-grip your entire life turn out to be false ideas, based on lies and clouded by deceit? The question comes down to this: who really is the bad guy? Well, obviously it can't be you, right? It has to be the other guy. HE/SHE must be wrong. No doubt that this thinking is healthy for the ego, but that's about all it's good for.

To put a political spin on things (yes, again), let's consider this: I was listening to NPR today on the way to work and there was a family tellng its sob story about how they lost their beloved son to the war in Iraq. He died for what he believed in, he died for his country, and freedom, and the American way of life. Those bastard terrorists killed a good, decent, God-fearing, all-American boy and they should burn in hell for that. Boo-hoo.

Now stop and think about this for a minute. Who insists on sending troops over to Iraq? I can assure you, it's not the Iraqis. It's Bush. Why? To protect the American way of life. Was the American way of life being threatened? Well, according to intelligence reports, Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Were any weapons of mass destruction EVER found? No. The responsibility would then be on Bush. But wait! Who put Bush in power? Who voted for Bush, not once but twice? The American people. Oh yeah, that's right.

Now, who's really ultimately responsible for that soldier's death, this War-to-make-Bush-and-his-cronies-rich, and this corrupt nut-house administration? The people are. Because we put them there.

Maybe, we are the bad guys after all.