Two Cheers For The Commons

[poliphilo]

I was thinking of writing a piece yesterday about how public opposition never seems to deter our leaders from going to war but I'm glad I didn't because it seems Cameron is now pulling back from his projected Syrian adventure. I guess he'd done the maths and realized he was likely to lose the vote in the Commons.

Our democracy is in a pretty rickety state but it still sometimes comes good. 

Comments

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

And, Saddam Hussein never REALLY had WMDs, which was clear the moment the U.S. dropped the first bombs on him. If he really had them, he would have used them.

I trust/believe nothing that I am told anymore.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They've forfeited our trust.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

It is sad, because my Dad believed so completely... but by the time I was in high school and faced with Viet Nam, I already had lost my trust. He and I would have these terrible fights about it. Now I realized that he HAD TO believe, or he would never have been able to face the horrorx that he carried inside from WWII.

Now, I have PTSD from just my fears AROUND Viet Nam.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've always been grateful that our government kept us out of Vietnam- unlike succeeding governments which have been only too happy to follow Washington's lead no matter how wicked or stupid.