in class on Friday we talked about the "war on terror" and if it was really necessary or not. That got me thinking, how is it possible to win a "war" when you don't have a clear enemy? How do you beat terror? how can you win against drugs? I think the term "war" is often used as propaganda justify the use of military force or to justify using billions of dollars into something that may otherwise look questionable to the public. The war on drugs has been considered by some as a huge waste of money that has yielded little results. In 2003 alone the U.S. federal government spent 19 billion dollars on the war on drugs and jails have become over crowded from its zero tolerance policy. But who can argue that drugs aren't bad?? and who can be against the WAR on DRUGS? Who can be against a WAR on TERRORISM? Once we found out that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, we were never actually looking for them we were beginning operation IRAQI FREEDOM....seriously???? These kinds of labels that the government puts on misguided programs and military intervention makes it seem un-american to criticize them. This is smart for the government who would want little criticism of their plans but, i don't know sounds like propaganda to me.
Links:
http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm
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Well the idea of a “clear enemy” is not even real. When the government declared war on Iraq and other countries, they used terms like “this government in not our friend because they are not cooperating with US demands.” This is directly linking a lack of cooperation, although the reasoning’s are not typically gone over in detail, and make the conclusion that they must be enemies because it’s either black or white. Their target is to general and selfish in the first place as you mentioned with the drugs, and not necessarily focused on the freedom of anyone but their market. Human nature is easily corrupted and even lazier as to not put that much effort into caring. The government know that people are not going to do much because of the idea of empathy that was created, so now they are easily going about their own plans with little critic.
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