The Iraq war is over!

First off, the first half of this blog post is pollitical. The normal topics are below the dotted line. Feel free to skip the first half if you like.

On 9/11/01 I was a freshman in high school. I didn't care much about the world around me. I didn't even really know what to think or feel about what had happened. I do however, remember how I felt on the first night of bombs on the city of Baghdad. I remember fearing that we had just started ww3. I guess that would have been worse case senario. From that night on, I cared a hell of a lot more about all things political. I help elect our current president, and have tuned in for almost every national address he has given. Most politicians lie to us at some point, and I am sure that President Obama is no different. But to know that troops leaving Iraq is a promise that he is keeping, allows me to trust him now as much as ever. We tend to focus so much on what someone is doing badly (in this case handling the economy) that we so often overlook the really good things.

I don't know anyone in my personal life who was in Iraq. I have friends from high school who are in the military, and I have gaming friends who have been to Iraq and have thankfully come out alive.

I'll be brutally honest, I never supported the Iraq war for one minute. I get that Sadaam Hussein was a very bad man. But I could never understand how if the Taliban were responsible for 9/11, then why weren't we going directly after them. Instead we were duped into believing that the Taliban were getting "wmd's" from Iraq. I hope that some day the history books tell the story the right way and not the "politically correct way.

What this all boils down to is; I am so happy that almost all troops have left Iraq and that the war there is over, but I feel no safer than I did a week ago or a month ago. I know that I won't feel safe until Osama Bin Laden (not his advisors or his second in command) the man himself is behind bars (not dead, death would be an easy way out).

I'm sorry for bringing down the mood of the blog a little, I just felt like this was the only appropriate time to speak of this topic. I'm also sorry if I was rambling up there, I was thinking as I was typing. But now, on to other, brighter topics.
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Today is the first day of our county fair. I always love fair week. I have been to every fair since I was born except for the 2 years I was in college. I like the rides if I have someone to ride with. Since my only friends that go are pregnant, I don't think I'll be riding much this year. That being said I love the food and really the whole atmosphere. I'm actually treating my parent today (since they get in for $2 each). Today may be the only day I end up going. There's a slight chance I would be off Sunday or Monday but I am not holding my breath.

Tonight I watched Casablanca, which I absolutely love. There's so many good lines in it that its hard to pick a favorite, but I love the ending line "Louis I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship". Before tonight I didn't understand why Rick made Ilsa leave with Victor, but I get it now. Victor would have never left without her, and Rick had to make sure Victor got out. Because Louis was right all along, Rick was a sentamentalist. He wanted Victor to succeed and that meant he (Rick) had to give up Ilsa.

In gaming news, my balance girl is now at lvl 48 and has her power nova spell and her hydra (which I was appauled at the 18 hr hatch time). She's up to crystal grove quest wise. I may wait to finish the grove until after I grab the books from Grand Chasm and Crucible. I'm kinda hoping tonights maintenance was a character copy for test realm, although I did crash twice in the past 24hrs.

I have taken up way too much of your time at this point so I shall be going to sleep now. Everyone have a great night/day.