Reply #8: Of course the reason we're there is to open a market for American capital. [View All]

That's what our wars are always ultimately about. (Except maybe WWII. That might really have been about opposing fascism.)

But I'm not speaking as an American when I ask this question. I'm speaking as a concerned citizen of the world who believes peace is inherently better for all people than war (except in extreme circumstances). It's crystal clear that the US can't and won't solve the problem. It's clear, furthermore, that the US has been more obstacle than facilitator. But it seems that the whole world is sitting back and allowing this travesty to go on, letting the Bushists have it all to themselves.

And in this country, even the Democrats and the press are passively watching it all happen. This is not a normal for a healthy democracy, to be so passive when so much is at stake. It's as though we've all been drugged.