Fellow Americans,
Plato’s observation that “Only the dead have seen the end of war" is one of the most obvious remarks by this great man and as a testament to his words, our everyday lives seem to be saturated with war related information. Ironically, I don’t feel that we as a collective nation are very informed about the totality of war. This concept is exemplified by our response to the terrible events of 9/11. Instead of waiting to analysis the situation carefully and use history to our advantage, we American’s as a whole rightfully demanded retribution. While we were right in our demands and right in our pursuit of Bin Laden into Afghanistan, in our rage, we neglected to learn from the many failed conquests of that country. I partially blame this reaction to the inadequate/partial media coverage of any current event. Whenever I turn on the news, I hear the same basic analysis of the ongoing around the world, and that similarity in analysis is very troubling. People has always disagreed about event the most basic concepts, so I find it hard to believe that all the news groups can only come up with one basic analysis. The solution to this problem is very simple and it is something that our parents have been telling us forever – keep an open mind. This means that we Americans need to either force our current media to pick up new angles or find a new source of information to obtain all possible information about a given topic. If we do not take the proper steps to rectify the aforementioned problem, I fear that mistakes such as our early invasion of Afghanistan will be repeated.
- A concerned citizen.
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