Before and After Essay Thoughts

Before I wrote my essay I believed strongly that instead of an occupation of Iraq that the U.S. should have just bombed the hell out of the country and claimed all the oil as its own.  After I cooled down and settled into my essay and research I soon realized that history (as it always does) had repeated itself.  Time and time again has the U.S. stepped into a heated situation in order to delegate and try and be a rouge peace-bringer.  This antic only brings the U.S. into unwanted situations and conflicts that cause harm to the integrity of the government representatives and the American people.  Throughout history countries and nations have thought to have had superiority of religion and government over another and in a crusade-like manner took it upon itself to forcibly extend the ideas onto other countries.  The whole continent of Africa at one time in history was subdivided by the countries that had taken territories in the name of respective homelands in order to bring the 'superior' government or religion to that region.  The U.S. is no different.  From the very first settlers, to the 13 colonies, each of these group took land from others in order to bring about what they thought was a superior idea and standard of living. The settlers took land out from under Native Americans and forced them West until they had to settle on designated reserves. History tends and will always repeat itself, maybe not in the exact same manner, but in some mutation from the original, history will always repeat.

So after having written my essay and looking back on my original post, I spoke hastily and with great emotion about the current situation of our country.  Speaking as a supporter of the war and a steadfast conquering of the country.  After my essay I have come to realize that the occupation might just be more than a retaliation to a retaliation strike.  It may possibly be, like others that have come before this time, another crusade to forcibly extend democracy in other countries.  Not saying that democracy isn't the way to go or that it is the only way to go, just that with force and being pushed, human nature is to only push back under such stress.  So maybe the approach, which was what was so controversial in the first place, wasn't on the right page and now that the problem has escalated beyond a conflict and being called a 'war' that the current situation may needed to be looked at from a different angle, thru the eyes of not only a bystander but a government official.  Maybe the occupation is just a way of the U.S. puffing its chest out, or maybe it is a righteous headstrong crusade to bring democracy, but what it definitely is, is a cause for concern for many American families and has affected the peace and security of this nation.  I support the war on terrorism but not the crusade for democracy.  Bring the troops home and fight for democracy on paper and thru words.