Similar to many of the other posts I have no family in Iraq, I don't know anyone in Iraq and I don't know anyone who knows anyone in Iraq. Overall I'm pretty uneducated about this whole war. Do I feel like I am doing my country a disservice by being uninterested in a major world event? The answer is mixed, in some way I feel like even if I did get involved and did all my research what good would that do I'm still just a 19 year old kid with no real knowledge of this world. On the other hand I do feel like it is my duty to know what is happening in my country. So call me oblivious or call me naive but honestly this war is one of the least things on my mind.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
An ignorant position?
Apart from being pulled aside in an airport and being asked my social security number because my name was on "The Terrorist List" I have in no way shape or form been affected by this war. Although I'm aware this is an ignorant statement and that of course through various repercussion of this war I have probably been affected in some minute way, I still pay little or no attention to this war on terror. To be perfectly honest I was surprised when I read that we have been in this fight for five years now. I remember watching the first couple of days unravel on the news but besides that the whole Iraq war has just been a blur of scandals, political debates and propaganda that I don't pay attention to.
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Being totally oblivious could be a bad thing in the long run.
What if generations from the past were oblivious when wars were occuring during those respective time periods? Would they have learned how to prevent future wars from breaking out? What if this war could have been prevented?
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