Rolling Stone opens new doors
Dear Editor,
In the latest issue of Rolling Stone there is an article entitled “The Phony War” by Robert Dreyfuss. It’s about the “War on Terror” and all of the fabrications by our amazing government. It really got me thinking. We live in a nation where the majority of people don’t support the war we’re fighting or the people who are in charge. Why do we live like this?
When it all started in 2001, Americans were pissed and we supported the war. I supported it – it seemed like the right thing to do. Revenge! And now here we are, over five years later and the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq is more than the number of American citizens killed on Sept. 11th. As time went by, the war got old to some whereas others are still in support of it. We all have our reasons.
Then, yesterday they came out with the report that the “War on Terror” is actually fueling the threat. Imagine that – if we bomb them, they’ll get even more pissed at us.
If you haven’t read the article, or any of the political articles in Rolling Stone, then I suggest that you do. It really opened my eyes to a lot of things – like the fact that “Terrorism can’t be defeated – ever. Terrorism is not an enemy, but a method. As such, it can never be defeated – only contained and reduced”. It also lays out the way that Bush has used colorful threat levels as a campaign tactic. It’s amazing to see what crazy political scandal is going on in the news when he’s upped the warning level and assuring Americans that it is “necessary, now more than ever, to trust and obey the government”.
Although Rolling Stone has been consistently liberal, it continues to publish well-written and well-researched articles. All of the political articles Rolling Stone published since I started reading them have opened my eyes to what’s going on in my country and helped to kick me into political action.
Sincerely,
Carrie Ducote
Engineering
Freshman
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Oct 6 2006. Filed under Opinion.
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