While I agree with the gist of the emotion of what you are saying, I would strongly disagree with you that Bush made up the rules.
These rules have been in place for a very long time; and as time have evolved and presented opportunities the implementation of these rules has taken place.
It is wrong to say the Bush has made up these rules. It is also a mistake to equate the implementation of the rules to the concept of the rules which they embody. Doing so weakens the opposing viewpoint (namely, the rules are temporal, that they are finite, that the rules are a recent, and so on.)
Secondly, the Americans did not meekly stand by and let the leadership take over and implement these rules and cause war. We, Americans, simply do not care what happens to other non-Whites of the world. We don’t speak in honest terms but we do not truly care. Deep down inside we know that the war holds benefits for us; but to acknowledge that openly scares us and we think it goes against our morals.
The scope of the explanation is a little beyond the replying to a blog entry but suffice it to say, we are not being honest when we misdirect the blame with words implying or explicitly saying that Bush is the fault and we let him take control.
While I agree with the gist of the emotion of what you are saying, I would strongly disagree with you that Bush made up the rules.
These rules have been in place for a very long time; and as time have evolved and presented opportunities the implementation of these rules has taken place.
It is wrong to say the Bush has made up these rules. It is also a mistake to equate the implementation of the rules to the concept of the rules which they embody. Doing so weakens the opposing viewpoint (namely, the rules are temporal, that they are finite, that the rules are a recent, and so on.)
Secondly, the Americans did not meekly stand by and let the leadership take over and implement these rules and cause war. We, Americans, simply do not care what happens to other non-Whites of the world. We don’t speak in honest terms but we do not truly care. Deep down inside we know that the war holds benefits for us; but to acknowledge that openly scares us and we think it goes against our morals.
The scope of the explanation is a little beyond the replying to a blog entry but suffice it to say, we are not being honest when we misdirect the blame with words implying or explicitly saying that Bush is the fault and we let him take control.