A fight with my dad and the newest excuse for the war [View All]

[kwyjibo]

It had been a while since our last conversation about politics, a subject we pretty much had to give up, as our views are so completely different that it hurts so much to think about it... but somehow, last night, it came up stemming from a joke about Fox News.

My dad looked at me with more seriousness in his eyes than I had ever seen before, and he said, "What do you think is going to happen when we leave Iraq?"

I said I didn't know, because no one can know the future. Well, he seems to have it all figured out:

We have to stay there indefinitely, because if we're not there, Iran will take over and invite Syria in, who will invite Hezbollah over, and together they'll destroy Israel and control the entire Middle East along with its oil supplies. We won't have any oil here, people won't be able to get to work and goods won't be transported across the country. Our way of life will shut down and we'll start fighting each other.

Any civil rights issues should be ignored because controlling the middle east is the most important thing right now. Anyone who thinks the President and Vice President should be impeached are just blaming America for their problems. They are not after oil and money, they are genuinely concerned about creating peace in the world. However, bumper stickers that say "Peace" are ridiculous and part of the problem.

Also, it doesn't matter that we torture people, because the kind of torture practices we use will never be as bad as what our enemies do to us.

AND - people that live in large cities in America are out of touch with nature and reality. He called Austin a piece of shit city, which really hurt.



So... obviously I am feeling a huge rift between us. I never wanted to know that someone I love so much has these beliefs. Now that I know, I can't stop thinking about it. Will someone please offer me a bit of sanity and wisdom?