by David Kramer

Created on: December 08, 2007

Someone once said, "A great deal of what you see depends on what you are looking for." We are at war people! We only know what we have been told and to make assumptions or decisions based on limited information is a certain formula for losing a war.

There is much debate on where we should be focusing our military efforts. The question of whether we should be in Iraq when there is much yet to be done with Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and drugs in Afghanistan is one example. The news media, which now focuses on sensationalizing stories to sell airtime to advertisers, is going to purposefully stir up controversy for profit.

There are, however, still many sources of news that are unbiased and void of bringing two opposing views together so the one who is more skilled at debate can appear to have the right view. Turn off the TV and Radio. Talk to those who have been in the war zones.

Some will explain the atrocities committed by the former leadership in Iraq. Man-made lakes drained in search of weapons of mass destruction only to find thousands of bodies of young females pulled from college; raped, and murdered are some of them.

It is easy for the mainstream news media to bash a president and administration, especially in a nation where short-term memory is very short. It was both political parties that brought us into Iraq in the first place. Was the evidence insufficient or wrong? We will never know that answer.

The point is, we have a very limited perspective behind what goes on behind closed doors in Washington D.C. or the global arena. Not everything is published because during war information is critical. Disinformation is also a powerful too during these times.

At some point the people of this great nation of the United States must quit the political games and stand behind and trust the leadership or simply vote them out of office. This is not to say mistakes have not been made, or everything has been justifiably executed, but rather its time to stop debating it and to start taking action.

Should the U.S. military be better used fighting the Taliban, Al Qaeda, or drugs in Afghanistan? The answer is unknown and will likely be unknown for years to come.

Rather than debate the issue, take a stand and take action. Support the troops, blindly trust the existing leaders, write your representatives in leadership, run for office, vote, report fact, something that involves action instead of a separate war through endless debate over philosophical differences based on limited information.

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