The Fog Of Wars

Now following the logic that the greater our perceived interest in the outcome the greater our difficulty with a non-partisan interpretation of events it stands to reason then that the more major the conflict the more intense the fog. Its effect becoming most pronounced when the conflict is classified by common consensus of the intelligentsia to be a “clash of civilizations” or a WW. For example if you remember back to the build up to the March 20, 2003 invasion of Iraq Canadian society was very much polarized. On the one hand much of the media and the corporate leadership and the Conservative opposition thought it absolutely essential that we "back our friend and ally" in stamping their military footprint on Iraq. At the same time a great many of Canada's people, most especially unanimous in this opinion were Quebecers and First Nation people's, felt very strongly that it would be both immoral and disastrous for Canada to aid and abet this resort to violence as a way of "dealing with Saddam". These same folk arguing that not only did the argument that preventative war was "Fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here." hold no international legal standing it also had grabbed by 180 degrees the wrong end of a exceedingly sharp stick. Thus the plan to run with it at mach speed was both a very bad idea indeed and had furthermore had no chance of restricting its harm to those intended. http://www.countercurrents.org/berg180806.htm

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