So there you have it. The United States’ insanely superior technological force has just about taken control of an entire foreign country in less than a month. For what reason? For the belief that this foreign country, Iraq, has weapons of mass destruction, particularly chemical and/or biological weapons.

Does Iraq really have these weapons? With almost total control, you’d think the advanced American army would be able to figure this out, but as of yet, no concrete evidence has surfaced. Could it possibly be that Iraq doesn’t have any weapons of mass destruction?

If Iraq doesn’t have anything so threatening as The United States claims it does, this fact could be devastating to the world’s opinion of America. All the lives lost, money spent and hostilities dealt could all be in vain. It may very well be possible that the United States will plant evidence, to make it look as if Iraq did indeed have these weapons, in order to save it’s reputation with the world.

Of course a justification, rather than proof, could be planted, like maybe "finding" documents exposing Iraq’s intention to invade Kuwait again, like they did in the First Gulf War back in 1990. Any weapon could be used by Iraq for such a venture; chemical, biological or explosive.

But that is beside the point. The reason for the invasion was to stop the weapons of mass destruction that were already there, from being used. "Changing the subject" of this war would show the world just how much arrogance the United States is made of. Think of it: At first, the justification for the war was that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq that had to be neutralized. Now, it’s a war to liberate the people of Iraq from Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical rule. Why? Because nothing terribly threatening was found.

With this as a backdrop for the future, the US may become known (not that it isn’t already) for it’s tendency to poke it’s nose into other countries business, and taking them out even if there is a slight suspicion that they have the capability of attacking us. Even if protecting ourselves in this fashion is the case, though, why is it that we are concentrating so heavily on Iraq, and not on North Korea, who has already threatened to use it’s nuclear weapons if absolutely needed? North Korea may even develop the ability to hit the continental United States.

With the world’s resentment at every corner, it won’t be easy to keep doing what the US is doing. Who knows? Maybe America will finally learn to keep to itself, and keep that resentment from even starting. What America is doing right now is the same thing as what planted the seeds of hate in other people of the world. If it were to stop, the resentment, although it would still last for some time afterward, would have to stop eventually as well.

Why clean up the result of our act when we can just clean up our act and not have to deal with attacks from other nations? What gives the US the authority to police the world? If weapons are the answer, then the US is no better than the governments it wishes to overthrow.