Even with his busy war planning schedule, President Bush took time out this week to script himself an hour long propaganda address. Two points became unquestionably clear: 1. The U.S. is going to war. 2. There's not a damn thing you can do about it.

When asked what he thought about the world wide protests against war, Bush brought up free speech. He thinks it's great that we live in a society that let's us disagree. Then he brought up that people protested trade agreements that he signed regardless, and he still feels right about his trade beliefs. Basically, he said 'Say what you want, it's not going to change my mind on anything.

Our president has dismissed all those who do not fall in line with his aggressive foreign policy. People who protest trade agreements and those protesting war in Iraq are the not really the same thing. I never saw hundreds of signs saying No New International Trade Agreements. I never saw demonstrations all over the country and world speaking out against trade. No one directly dies in trade agreements. To put simply, war and trade are two completely different issues.

Half of America believes we should rid the world of Saddam Hussein. Half of America believes we should find a peaceful resolution. Fifty percent of America voted for our current President, and fifty percent did not. President Bush has never forgotten that. If half the country is against him, he just dismisses them as the sumbitches that didn't vote for him in the first place. He doesn't feel the need to represent the country as a whole. He doesn't even feel the need to represent half the country. He is going to do what he feels is right to protect America from Saddam and his weapons of terror.

The fact is that all the horrible things our president accuses Saddam of doing are the same things that go on in the United States of America. Saddam possesses weapons of terror: America sells more guns, missiles and bombs than any other country in the world. Saddam gasses and tortures his own people: America has the death penalty, and the police harass and beat up suspects. Saddam has had 12 years to disarm: Since his invasion of Kuwait 12 years ago, Saddam has done nothing militarily to the rest of international community. In all honesty, I'm more worried about what my government might do to me than the potential terror from nations on the other side of the world.

I do not sympathize with Saddam. The truth is that I do not care one way or another about him. He means as much to me as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Jordan. As an American, these countries mean very little to me at all. The last thing I want is to make them important parts of my life. When we go to war, people I've never met or considered in the slightest will die. For what reason? Because my president talked himself all the way into a war.

Bush has said nothing to change my mind. I can say nothing that will change his mind. No matter how many mass e-mails, war protests, No War In Iraq signs, and rational discussion our citizens have, we are going to war. Only if Saddam blinks and runs out of his own country will war be averted, and I'm not holding my breath.

I could go on and on about this, and in the coming weeks, I'm sure I will. I do understand my place though. Bush will dismiss my words as unpatriotic but protected by the Constitution. I will see his actions as fascist and unnecessary. We will live in the same country and have to deal with the same results from a war only one of us was willing to wage.

Chris Jungle constantly screams in silence.