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Story last updated at 2:21 p.m. Thursday, July 22, 2004

Domestic war the real concern
Our leaders failed us on 9/11. Then, on an even larger scale, both Democrats and Republicans failed the American people by their complicity in the invasion of Iraq. The real war, unfortunately, is the division between Americans. The red squares and the blue squares being poised in a convenient dialectical struggle has taken focus from our nation's leaders who, with little accountability, fall prey to the dictates of the military industrialists and big brother state-ism.

The hatred fostered for conservatives by liberals, and vice versa, is the greatest aid to the eradication of American standards. When we as a nation no longer hold our leaders accountable we are by default rejecting principles and subjecting ourselves to a realm of grave consequences. Forced sodomy, torture and the rape of children are only the beginning of horrors for a nation unwilling to hold its leaders accountable. As conservatives and liberals we can do better. What conservative would want a bigger government? What liberal would desire a police state? As Americans we should expect more. In drawing from our true ideals, our moral capacity and our heightened sense of what is good. We, the people can create political servants for the people.

We can bring our elected servants to account not just for the war on Iraq but for 9/11. Should we instead continue the war on each other, then we can expect the Soviet-ization of our nations to continue.

Peter Nagle

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