My vote for Kerry was a vote against Bush. For me, that moment crystalized when asked if he thought the lives of US soldiers killed in Iraq were "wasted." Kerry was too afraid of alienating voters to answer truthfully. The answer was and is a resounding "yes" and saying so does not dishonor their sacrifice. It glorifies it by reminding us that their willingness to die for their principles is inextricably woven with their willingness to trust.
To trust is perhaps the bravest act of all, betrayal perhaps the darkest. More often than not, we choose to look away, to pretend this potential in all of us does not exist, that it is "inhuman."
George Galloway boldly and with conviction speaks what no one wants to hear: that to truly resolve global conflict and human degredation we must first examine our own culpability. We must accept responsibility for our actions or be doomed to repeat them again and again.
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