{"id":391,"date":"2006-05-11T10:23:13","date_gmt":"2006-05-11T17:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stardel.com\/eg\/?p=391"},"modified":"2006-05-11T10:23:13","modified_gmt":"2006-05-11T17:23:13","slug":"csindy-american-patriot-may-4-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stardel.com\/eg\/2006\/05\/csindy-american-patriot-may-4-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"American patriot"},"content":{"rendered":"

CSIndy: American patriot (May 4, 2006)<\/a> I thought this was a well done article in last weeks Independent.<\/p>\n

Scott Ritter, former weapons inspector of non-existent weapons, comments on what he sees as a major problem, the ignorance in the American Public. I agree with his sentiments.<\/p>\n

DR: You’ve said Americans aren’t against the war in Iraq because it’s wrong; you say they’re against it because we’re losing. Is it just that Americans don’t like getting their asses kicked?<\/p>\n

SR: I’m saying Americans don’t know enough about anything to have a well-informed opinion; this is all superficial. At the end of the day, yeah, we don’t like to get our asses kicked. We have a lot of national pride that’s based around the notion that we can kick anybody’s ass \u2014 we’re the biggest, baddest boys on the block. And in Iraq, we’re not winning, so a lot of Americans have their ruffles up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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DR: You say people have failed at citizenship. But, playing devil’s advocate, people are really busy. You seem to be saying that people can’t trust mainstream media, but it’s a lot to ask people to seek out the truth from alternative sources. How can people know whom or what to trust as the truth? In a representative democracy, shouldn’t they be able to trust their elected officials? And if they can’t, hasn’t our entire government structure failed? <\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n

SR:<\/strong> It would be nice to trust [elected officials], but, you know, representative democracy isn’t a one-phase process, where you vote, and then \u2014 boom \u2014 somebody gets elected and now that’s it, you back off. There’s a thing called accountability. They’re still accountable to you, and you have to hold them accountable for what they do in your name. It’s a constant process. We have to supervise, because, remember, they work for us. <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trust but verify.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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