Cannot believe it is a new year, 2013 had come and gone and now it is January 2014. I hope everyone had a safe New Year's celebration. This continues my ongoing expose' on my perspective of Islam, Religion and Politics.
When I look back over my life I have witnessed many events both on the world stage and been party to events on my local stage. As I stated I grew up mostly in the mid-west. I lived in several different states such as Minnesota, Wyoming (birth state), South Dakota, Montana and lived briefly in California when I was very young. I have many memories of my time growing up and the events I experienced shaped my views of the world.
I remember very vaguely the assassination of John F. Kennedy (I was only 3 at the time) so it was through a young child's eyes that I witnessed this event. Mostly, I remember the shock of my parents and what was being broadcast on TV (we had black and white back then).
I remember the Viet Nam war (or as some referred to it police action) and the treatment the vets received on their return. This definitely colored my perspective on politics. It comes from the point of view that we send our people to war and when public opinion goes against the action the service people are the ones who are vilified (like in the Viet Nam War). In my opinion, this is wrong. We may not agree with what was done but our government was the entity that sent them there. They do deserve our respect for doing a job that many of them do not agree with themselves. Right or wrong it is the government we need to hold accountable not the soldiers. There is the argument some soldiers go over the line and we have seen examples of this and it is those individuals that should be held accountable not everyone.
I have seen many things and could go into details on them but the basic idea is that I have watched, listened and learned from what I have seen and heard. The main thing I have learned is to keep an open mind, because when you close off your mind then you will cease to grow as a human being.
To be continued.
When I look back over my life I have witnessed many events both on the world stage and been party to events on my local stage. As I stated I grew up mostly in the mid-west. I lived in several different states such as Minnesota, Wyoming (birth state), South Dakota, Montana and lived briefly in California when I was very young. I have many memories of my time growing up and the events I experienced shaped my views of the world.
I remember very vaguely the assassination of John F. Kennedy (I was only 3 at the time) so it was through a young child's eyes that I witnessed this event. Mostly, I remember the shock of my parents and what was being broadcast on TV (we had black and white back then).
I remember the Viet Nam war (or as some referred to it police action) and the treatment the vets received on their return. This definitely colored my perspective on politics. It comes from the point of view that we send our people to war and when public opinion goes against the action the service people are the ones who are vilified (like in the Viet Nam War). In my opinion, this is wrong. We may not agree with what was done but our government was the entity that sent them there. They do deserve our respect for doing a job that many of them do not agree with themselves. Right or wrong it is the government we need to hold accountable not the soldiers. There is the argument some soldiers go over the line and we have seen examples of this and it is those individuals that should be held accountable not everyone.
I have seen many things and could go into details on them but the basic idea is that I have watched, listened and learned from what I have seen and heard. The main thing I have learned is to keep an open mind, because when you close off your mind then you will cease to grow as a human being.
To be continued.
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