The war in Iraq could be worth it.

[Update: To all those who think I am in favor of the war, please get a clue. Obviously I would rather see the progress we need to have without the war. All I am saying is that maybe something good can come out of Bush's disaster. But I am not saying I'm glad it happened, and anyone who thinks this is simply wrong.]
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I've been thinking, maybe this insane war will be worth all the pain, if we can finally make progress on the following critical issues:

1. A sane, sustainable energy policy

2. A precedent for putting warmongers on trial

Maybe it was necessary. But that sounds horrible. It is horrible. I would like to think the war wasn't necessary. Maybe we could have achieved those two goals without it. But I suspect it was necessary, because people don't make major changes unless they have been forced to, and both of these will be major changes.

Can we achieve those two goals? We must.

ENERGY
The energy policy we have now is literally insane. We are adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere at a rate where we can now easily see the earth becoming substantially less habitable. We can easily see the prospect of famines which will, if we continue on this path, kill millions of people.

As horrendous as the Iraq war has been for humanity, it will be mild by comparison to a world where the sun's energy cannot escape. We are literally creating our own hell. The science is clear. We cannot continue on this path.

JUSTICE
This war is the biggest crime ever committed in recent memory, and justice needs to be served to the criminals. A relatively small handful of people hijacked the output of our intelligence agencies, and deliberately lied us into a war. Worse yet, these same hijackers are in charge of another endless "war" which they are using to commit further crimes. These people brainwashed a majority of the country into believing that Iraq attacked them. And technology allows these warmongers to direct the awesome power of our military at targets on the other side of the globe, thus creating more hatred for the US, and pouring gas on the fire.

As horrendous as the war has been for the Iraqis (and our own people to a much lesser degree) it will be mild by comparison to a world where warmongers can deceive their nations into going to war and get away with it. Without investigations and trials for all who caused this mess, we are creating a precedent for war without consequence for the warmongers. The logic is clear. We cannot continue on this path.

IS THERE A SOLUTION?
The Iraq war has everyone's attention. They see that something is VERY wrong. So how do we get them to see the silver lining? That is a great question for another diary, but let's start by saying we demand sanity and justice.

If this horrible war can be used to get us to quit killing the planet and hold our leaders accountable, maybe it will be worth it.

Have your say below, and thanks for reading this diary.