[FONT="] Why We Fight [/FONT]
[FONT="] In the documentary “Why We Fight” directed by Eugene Jarecki exhibits the dark side of the war in Iraq. The Bush Administration well planned for the invasion of Iraq ahead of the September 11, 2001 attacks. At first, I did not believe a country that my families have migrated to for freedom, for a better life can do such horrible things. Our family had suffered the war in Vietnam before, many of our relatives died in that war and our life had changed so much since. Yet, again and again, America find new target in the Middle East to display their superior power in military dominant in the world. Our military perhaps ranked number one in the world, but our people are suffering because our resources are being wasted on warhead, building tanks and fighter jets. Our military industrial had grown so large that the government has no control over it. It seems like the president of United States is a puppet to be control by CEO of weapons producing company. [/FONT]
[FONT="] After the Vietnam War, our family suffered tremendously due the lack of necessities like food, water or electric light bulbs. The war took away our roads, schools and lives of many millions uncounted lives. My father fled on boat to find better future for our family because of the condition of substandard living will exterminates our life. My mother and I stayed back to support our grandmother who is ageing promptly due to the lack of nutrition. War also took away the school near our house, that bomb dropped from that fighter jet surely missed the target, no Viet Cong there. Many of our relatives died because of the war , Uncles and Aunty even cousins from extended family tree that I’ve never met and will never meet. Then seven later, my father became American Citizen through Naturalization, sponsored my mother and I to the US. Everything was so much different, I love everything the US has to offer, especially the word Freedom and Liberty. [/FONT]
[FONT="] On September 11, I was sat down with everyone in my class and the teachers showed us channel 7 displaying Terror in New York. Commercial planes hitting the World Trade Center, I was shocked, how could someone do this to a free country? What have we done to deserve such attacked? The next day President Bush condemned those who had done it. At that time, I was naïve to believe whatever our government tells us, I wanted to join the military to help the US fight whoever it is. And I’ve watched the news constantly, and also noticed the million people of Iraq in streets with candle lights in support for the US. However, Bush and Cheney did not listen to anyone , went ahead and invade Iraq when the world protested against the war. After much research online and news reading from honorable sources, I’ve found out that our military system is extremely corrupted by the people who are running it. Cheney is the President of Halliburton, a company that rank second largest in oilfield Services Corporation in the world, and why do we fight in Iraq when it has nothing to do with the attacked? The reason is simple, our oil reserves are only 2% of the world, and Iraq has a 25% oil reserves. [/FONT]
[FONT="] Our military is known to be best in the world, but we don’t even have a health care system that care for all citizens. I think about the war in Iraq all the time because all of our school funds went to the war and left this generation deprived from education. I think of the War in Afghanistan all the time since all CEOs that are selling arms and weapons to our military are making so much money persuading our government to fight. I think all the time about War that America have involved in all the time because all wars are funded by our tax dollars. It is sad that our politicians can say one thing and do another. Just last night, a movie catches my attention, it is called “Fuel” a documentary movie made in 2008 directed by Josh Tickell. The movie was also about why we fight in Iraq, it is because of the oil. But it also showed that we do not need to be dependency on petroleum, our biodiesel technology had advanced enough to cut tie with oil. Likewise, same scenarios happened to biodiesel when Big Oil Corporations notice their popularity rises, quickly Big Oil Corporations shut it down. [/FONT]
[FONT="] In the end, why do we fight? We fight because we want your stuff and you will give it to us or we will come and take it. The Vietnam War had shattered the Vietnamese people; we had to relocate 6000 miles away to unknown land, the language barriers and society of new land didn’t except us, all this we have to bear. The invasion of Iraq is wrong and we still continuing wasteful spending and killing innocent lives. Also the war in Afghanistan is going nowhere, who are we looking for ? Osama Bin Ladin? For all we know, he might not even exist just like the Weapon of Mass Destruction. I’ve fate in America, and I hope America can return to its way, the correct way. [/FONT]
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[FONT="] After the Vietnam War, our family suffered tremendously due the lack of necessities like food, water or electric light bulbs. The war took away our roads, schools and lives of many millions uncounted lives. My father fled on boat to find better future for our family because of the condition of substandard living will exterminates our life. My mother and I stayed back to support our grandmother who is ageing promptly due to the lack of nutrition. War also took away the school near our house, that bomb dropped from that fighter jet surely missed the target, no Viet Cong there. Many of our relatives died because of the war , Uncles and Aunty even cousins from extended family tree that I’ve never met and will never meet. Then seven later, my father became American Citizen through Naturalization, sponsored my mother and I to the US. Everything was so much different, I love everything the US has to offer, especially the word Freedom and Liberty. [/FONT]
[FONT="] On September 11, I was sat down with everyone in my class and the teachers showed us channel 7 displaying Terror in New York. Commercial planes hitting the World Trade Center, I was shocked, how could someone do this to a free country? What have we done to deserve such attacked? The next day President Bush condemned those who had done it. At that time, I was naïve to believe whatever our government tells us, I wanted to join the military to help the US fight whoever it is. And I’ve watched the news constantly, and also noticed the million people of Iraq in streets with candle lights in support for the US. However, Bush and Cheney did not listen to anyone , went ahead and invade Iraq when the world protested against the war. After much research online and news reading from honorable sources, I’ve found out that our military system is extremely corrupted by the people who are running it. Cheney is the President of Halliburton, a company that rank second largest in oilfield Services Corporation in the world, and why do we fight in Iraq when it has nothing to do with the attacked? The reason is simple, our oil reserves are only 2% of the world, and Iraq has a 25% oil reserves. [/FONT]
[FONT="] Our military is known to be best in the world, but we don’t even have a health care system that care for all citizens. I think about the war in Iraq all the time because all of our school funds went to the war and left this generation deprived from education. I think of the War in Afghanistan all the time since all CEOs that are selling arms and weapons to our military are making so much money persuading our government to fight. I think all the time about War that America have involved in all the time because all wars are funded by our tax dollars. It is sad that our politicians can say one thing and do another. Just last night, a movie catches my attention, it is called “Fuel” a documentary movie made in 2008 directed by Josh Tickell. The movie was also about why we fight in Iraq, it is because of the oil. But it also showed that we do not need to be dependency on petroleum, our biodiesel technology had advanced enough to cut tie with oil. Likewise, same scenarios happened to biodiesel when Big Oil Corporations notice their popularity rises, quickly Big Oil Corporations shut it down. [/FONT]
[FONT="] In the end, why do we fight? We fight because we want your stuff and you will give it to us or we will come and take it. The Vietnam War had shattered the Vietnamese people; we had to relocate 6000 miles away to unknown land, the language barriers and society of new land didn’t except us, all this we have to bear. The invasion of Iraq is wrong and we still continuing wasteful spending and killing innocent lives. Also the war in Afghanistan is going nowhere, who are we looking for ? Osama Bin Ladin? For all we know, he might not even exist just like the Weapon of Mass Destruction. I’ve fate in America, and I hope America can return to its way, the correct way. [/FONT]