War & Depression

My country, the United States of America, decided to go to war, and now we are paying the price. It seems to me, my country is making a personal issue a world-wide affair. Do people NOT understand that we are suffering a depression because of war? Do they not know that our oil prices are high because the people that control that commodity are bitter with us? The Europeans are suffering, as well. I do not hear much about other countries suffering, though. Maybe it is because my country is ethno-centric. Who knows? But, what I DO know is that we are now paying the price of an action that was committed almost a decade ago.

 

Maybe it was what was wanted from the enemy. They knew where to hit, and they know how we would respond. Maybe we should have done something better to have overcome the situation we are all in now. But no, the United States’ President Bush decided to send troops and “take care of business” on the other side of the globe.

 

The United States will NEVER appease those that we call an enemy and neither will they give in to those that seemingly have more power in certain arenas. It will never happen. Take it as a good thing, or a bad thing. The point is, Imperialism is a thing of the past. Or, maybe the answer is having better leaders in place, instead of having leaders that take on personal agendas. President Bush made a mistake and now the citizens of the United States are paying for those mistakes, while the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.