I have just finished a book about a writer who traveled through Russia right before the country collapsed. One recurring theme that sounded painfully too familiar was that the Government were disconnected from the people. The Government simply spewed slogans, kept security tight, and did what they wanted while the populace suffered. It sounded like what the U.S. is quickly becoming.

But it got me thinking about wars. How many people in and of themselves want war? My guess is that very few. But how many Governments want war? My guess is too many. And so begins the propaganda that war is inevitable for whatever reason the Government think the people will believe. Really, if Bush had played the up-and-up with us, you think America would have bought the invasion of Iraq?

There's something deeper here but I'm too tired from work to think. I've done my citizen's duty for the day. This comrade is going to bed. I just hope Homeland Security won't mind.