Rediscover Communication

Well, I must say I am confused about current events, which lines up nicely with my philosophy that none of us have any real idea what we are talking about. People (citizens, average joes and janes, I mean) line up and support their own preferred mode of foreign policy, but I still think that we do not have the data to know what is happening outside of our collective spheres of experience. I may be a bit of a consipracy theorist here, but I think that what we can see of current events (which may or may not be anything like actual current "events", however you would choose to define that), would say that Iraq probably does have chemical and biological weapons at least, though I rather doubt that they have any real nuclear capability, and N. Korea is probably the opposite, that they have nukes, but not a whole lot of chem or bio weapons. The only reason I say this is that the US would look royally stupid if the administration pushed so hard for a war in Iraq, claiming to have evidence, and then could prove none. And North Korea would be the same, but opposite, in that if N. Korea launched a nuclear attack on South Korea (the first and most likely target-N.Korea can put 1 million rounds into the DMZ and as far as Seoul in 24 hours), we would have lots of radioactive egg on our faces for not doing something to stop it. Which brings up something that rather bothers me in regards to our foreign policy. There is no correct answer, no correct action. It is very in vogue, both abroad and in the US, to hate america. Everybody is doing it. But we are the first to get called when something goes wrong. Palestinians and Israelis can only agree on the one point that the US has to be involved in a peace deal for it to stick, but the palestinians are celebrating in the streets when terrorists attack us. South Korea is becoming more vocal about the US leaving the DMZ and the korean peninsula, but we are the only viable group to bail them out in any way in case of attack. Saudi Arabia wishes to deny us the use of their country and airspace for any attack on Iraq (which is their right, as a sovereign country), but is itself seeking to overthrow Saddam.
People on both sides throw out red herrings...
"the smoking gun may be a mushroom cloud"
"no blood for oil"
and more... Glaring questions arise.

Why is it so wrong for other countries to posess WMD, but so right for us?
Fear. Pure and simple. Does that make it right?

Why create a costly war just for oil, when there are so many other, cheaper sources available?
Does not compute. This war is not for oil. There is no profit, only loss. Talk to the Venezuelans or the Russians or look inside our own borders if you wish to profit from oil.

Why don't we preemptively attack N.Korea, India or Pakistan?
They may not be the leading threat at the moment. Or it may be stupidity. Or politics. I believe that stupidity and politics are synonymous. But who knows? If anyone has cogent data, please post it.

So what is the correct choice? I don't know that there is one, but the one thing I do think, is that everybody, on all sides, should be careful what they wish for. Be VERY careful what they wish for. Wish for peace at all costs? May lose your life or your freedom. Wish for war without reason? May never achieve peace. The only thing to do is sit back and watch, because in the end, all the world is a stage. We cannot see what is happening backstage, so we have to trust the people who can see it, however unsettling it may be to do so. There is no other choice. Is Bush or Rumsfeld or Cheney or Powell sitting and thinking "wow, you know, those protesters are right! What was I thinking with this whole war thing? How silly!"? I guess I ask myself, what would I do in a similar position, knowing the things that they (the administration, say) know (or don't know)? Maybe the same thing they are doing. Maybe not... but I can't tell from this vantage point. Spin-free data is required, but I don't know if there is such a thing...
"Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?"
goodnight all, and goodbye blue sky