The other thing people were giving you a hard time about, and I agree with them, is that you are pointing fingers from a position of safety at people who are currently in the trenches.

You face no risk whatever for any activism you engage in with regard to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Those of us in the US do face real risks when we do the same. I know a lady who is on a terrorism watch list (and because of this, she even has difficulty wiring money for the purpose of buying a house... she would probably have difficulty flying as well) simply because of her anti-war activism. She's a nice, middle class, middle aged lady, who hasn't got a terrorist thought or impulse anywhere in her psyche, but nevertheless, she is on a terrorist watch list. I have no idea what sort of lists I'm on, if any, because I haven't tried to fly or wire any money since 9/11.

You left your native land because you found the government there to be oppressive. You did nothing to correct the problems in that country. You just left.

We who still live in the US are here facing, and are profoundly affected by the problems in this country, and most of us who post here in the Mudcat are actively participating in efforts to correct the problems here, even despite the personal risk that comes with that because of our own repressive government. You really do come across as hypocritical when you criticize others for something of which you yourself are guilty and they are not.