[Iraq: A decade of hell]

Let me preface this remark by stating that some of the statistics given in the film in the original post are not credible and the source is questionable.

 

 

Of course, I am sure they are as many are estimates that range widely depending on who is reporting them. However, I don't want to squibble over how many 10000s really died, 10000s are unjustly dead.

[Iraq: A decade of hell]

I supported the war in the beginning, too. My realization was that our political leaders don't know the first thing about defining, fighting and winning a war... Which leads me to the uncertain and uncomfortable position that we may be better off not trying to fight some wars that would otherwise be in our interest to fight.

 

I'm not sure I understand this. Do you mean it was a war worth fighting just the leaders were too incompetent?

[Iraq: A decade of hell]

I'm not going to lie, I am terrified by things likes this. Firstly because I remember watching the build up and beginning of this War and buying it all without question and not stopping to question the media spin on it. Now looking back on it, the statistics speak for themselves:

 

And secondly it terrifies me that despite the truth coming to the surface people still ferociously defend it. With people still able to defend these atrocities and fall blindly for the garbage the media sells, are we still ripe for more of these wars?

[What's best way to introduce young man to Objectivism?]

Hi, I'm wondering how interested you are in objectivism? What have you read or watched? I'm thinking that maybe if his mother is interested in it he might pick some of it up. If you live the values yourself, it is most likely the best way to communicate the power of the philosophy.