OK... now that is just a little depressing. And knock off the nostrodomus.
Keep in mind that all western civilization is based on taking advantage of those who are less fortunate. This will never change.
I don't think utter collapse is in the works. Painful shifts and changes will happen. There are two reason for this; A) the USA lost the cold war wholely and completely, and B) the we are running out of easy energy.
Although we will not be able to maintain our present level of energy consumption and standard of living, things will likely change sufficiently in time. Last I heard, inceasing oil prices has started reducing how much is being used in the US. This is a good thing, and hardly a collapse. And this is just the beginning.
When I lived in Africa we had water restrictions. You may not know what that's like, and you might be afraid of it happening... but its not a big deal you get used to it. (We had to share the bath water between 4 people...)
As for Iraq, well, the entire world said, "No, don't go." The US went, and got its butt handed back. I personally don't really care what happens to the US troops in all that. I feel sorry for the Iraqis. Saddam's activities were no where near as brutal as what is going on there now.
Now as for the media... well look somewhere else for your information, and learn to discern.
I read Chomsky, he has lots of interesting facts, but dude, he's a commie pinko, and always fails to deliver a real alternative. If I wanted just to listen to people complain, I'd go to an old age home.
I find the economist real straight forward, and spot on. They frequently have long articles about current real world trends. (I stopped my subscription because it got a little depressing.)
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Guess there's two sides to everything. I hate discussing politics, but I think history will prove the invasion of Iraq was only a matter of time. We just went at the wrong one. The actual war went well. It has been the followup that has totally gotten messed up, and that is where media and politicians got involved and took it out of the hands of the troops. Now the men and women I helped train not that many years ago are suffering for it.
