Thirty day challenge FAIL

So it has been quite sometime since I have updated my blog, my life has become extremely intense here of late, so I took a small break. As I mentioned before this thirty day challenge was technically not written on a daily basis, but it's quite alright. I am also doing a version of the thirty day challenge on facebook, if you're interested in that I can link it to you.

I decided to do a different approach with my blog and relate a class assignment to the thirty day challenge. I suppose we will see how this goes.

Day 4: Something you hate.

There are a lot of things that could possibly fall into this category, such as, failure, low self-esteem, abuse... etc, but going back to the idea of attempting a different approach, I am going to talk about something very confrontational.

You want to know what I hate? The war on terrorism.

All that were alive and present in the United States were affected in one way or another by the terrorist attacks that transpired on September 11, 2001. Some would argue that the life shaping events initially brought the country together, forming unity that wasn't previously present. Strangers gathered in places to pray for the victims, all coming together for a greater cause. While some may say that even with this positive change for the country, the total outcome and result has undoubtedly become very negative for the country.

A decade has come and gone since the day four commercial air liners were skillfully flown in the the world-famous Twin Towers of downtown Manhattan's World Trade Center. As Hunter S. Thompson said in the article, "Fear and Loathing in America," of which he wrote only mere hours after this happenstance, the towers have been dimensioned and so has the hopes for peace in our time in the United States or any country.

I believe that although there was a time that all Americans feared and was afraid, but created unity with one another, that they have retreated back to the way the world was before the attack. The tragic events have faded to the back of most people's minds, and what they don't realize is that the inevitable war is still going on.

I also agree with Hunter S. Thompson's opinion in his article about his predictions regarding war. He believed that the war was going to be very expensive, he also stated that victory would not be guaranteed. The United States has been at war for such a long time, and sometimes it's hard to see that any changes have been made other than lives lost and money spent.

It's amazing to me that so much time has passed and yet it still hasn't been resolved. i feel as if we, as the United States, have gotten ourselves into an unwinnable battle.

In no way, shape, or form am I saying that I do not appreciate what every American soldier is doing, because believe me I do. I have nothing but respect for them, I just wish that we weren't losing so many of them due to something we have gotten in over our heads with.

Here is something for you to think about, we have gone too far with this war to quit now, but if we don't quit soon, how far will we allow our country to sink?

I leave you with....

"I was on a plane a week ago and it was full, but there was still a soldier who was trying to get a seat.

The captain asked if anyone would give up their seat for the soldier and at first no one moved.

Suddenly, an old man in 1st Class got up and left the plane so the soldier could go home. That old man with respect for soldiers GMH"