These Colors Don't Run the World.

The stars and stripes amid the American flag have always represented the most powerful country in the world, the United States of America.  On September 11^th, 2001 America was attacked by a group of terrorists whose schemes shook our country to the core, killing innocent people and putting fear on the screen of every television nation-wide.  Our President made a promise to this country that we would reek justice, by starting a war that was meant to find the perpetrators, create a working governmental system, un-hinge the bad guys, and make sure no more attempts could be made that could forfeit our people’s safety.  We had our reasons for starting this war, but now after years of needless fighting, destruction, and death, Americans are singing a new tune with rallies and protests telling us to bring our troops home.

           

“THESE COLORS DON”T RUN THE WORLD.”  This visual piece is sending a clear message to its onlookers; for many years now, America has been considered the most powerful country in the world.  But power can and has been abused.  The terrorist attacks on our country do not give us the right to barge into the Middle East and take out throngs of innocent people as we try to find the masterminds behind the chaos.  And where does messing with the governmental system in other countries become our duty or business?  What started out as a war in Iraq has spread to other neighboring countries such a Kuwait and Afghanistan, and has been out of our hands for years.

America truly has become the bully of the world.  We are no longer the most technologically advanced, with the biggest army, the most powerful leaders, and it scares us. It scares America that other countries are catching-up.  So we feel need to have some say and get involved in every other country’s affairs to prove our meaning and worth, our willingness to get our hands dirty.

 But at what cost?

Many of the signs in the protest picture are about peace and evil.  Our country was shocked by the terrorist’s actions, coming into our country and killing our people… but what are we doing over there?  Why can we wipe out entire cities, and consider it a victory versus an action of injustice and evil?  Why do their innocent people with no part in the attacks, seem to matter less than the innocent people we lost on 9/11 at ground zero?  How many people in those countries will have to die, before America feels that it has had its justice, and can again sleep soundly at night. 

Another sign in the picture reads “END THE WAR IN IRAQ: TAX CUTS, NOT BOMBS.”

Who are we, to tell a country how to run things, when our own governmental system is corrupt in itself.  Our politicians can’t even handle half of its own controversies, much less that of another country.  How about listening to the people of America about their needs, before telling someone else how to run it’s own people?  We are biting off more than we can chew, simply because the more we dip our fingers into other people’s business, the more control we feel like we have over the countries that have proved that they are perfectly capable of catching up to our standards all on their own.

Though the visual aid given obviously speaks of the war in Iraq, it branches out to many other meanings for me as well.  As the world continues to develop, and other countries start to loose the training wheels, America is going to have to for-fit its pedestal at the top, and learn to work with others and share the knowledge and wealth of being a successfully developed country. 

I am an American, and I love my country.  But I also love what it has, and should always stand for.  The Land of the free, and the home of the brave.  The land of milk and honey, the breeding ground for dreams, and the soil of success and opportunity. A country full of heros, with leaders that make choices that will benefit, not destroy and corrupt.  What happened to our country will forever leave a scar, and was complete injustice, but we have brought many of the perpetrators to justice.  It's not just their lives that are continuing to be lost, but our soldiers as well.  

I say, that we bring our troops home.