I speak as one from a previous generation, beware of succumbing to revenge.
It's not about REVENGE. It's about ACCOUNTABILITY. Without accountability....society never learns. Look at the Vietnam War. It is a very important lesson for humanity. If you ever have the chance to look back into some history of the 1960's....and look at some old video footage it is quite instructive. Wayne Morris was the LONE VOTE against going to war in Vietnam. And the discussions were much like the discussions that were held among Congress before going into Iraq.
Of course....back then.....the "fear" was the "communist domino theory" (if Vietnam fell....then surely everything else in SE Asia would also fall to communism. (but it was the Democrats leading the charge into war behind Lyndon Johnson). That domino theory proved to be wrong....just as the theory bandied about now is wrong.
In Iraq....the war mongers used the same type of philosophy and fear. If we "allow" Iraq to fall...then certainly it will create a breeding ground that will come back to haunt us.
Now.....shift to global warming.....and you see many around that are using the air waves and internet to promote "possible financial doom" if the planet try's to constrain fossil fuels in any way. The thrust of the fossil fuel folks (and those working for them) is that "the cost of the cure is way more that the cost of the disease."
Of course....that is a FALSE. But those in the PR business are pushing their pro-fossil fuel agenda AND using lies to do so.
Journalists SHOULD BE THE ONES that are calling them out. But they are doing a HORRIBLE JOB. With FOX News leading the parade of climate change deniers.
FOX News and others need to be held accountable for their lies........just as those who were eager to jump into war with Iraq need to be held accountable.
The Iraq War:
1) Wasn't won in 2 months
2) Did cause the death of thousands of US soldiers (and hundreds of thousands of others)
3) Did cost trillions of dollars even though Bush, Chaney, Wolfowitz, Bill Kristol, and many others said it wouldn't
Global warming:
1) Is being caused by humans even though FOX News, Bill Kristol, and host of others are either (a) not looking at research, (b) are lying about it, and/or (c) grossly misleading and not using facts.
2) Is far less expensive to deal with now, rather than NOT DEALING WITH IT NOW and paying a HUGE PRICE later.
If you want to see someone hold someone accountable PUBLICLY....here's a clip of Bill Kristol being held into account over the last week regarding Iraq:
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/29/katrina_vanden_heuvel_calls_out_bill_kristol_and_armchair_warriors_over_iraq/Bill Kristol (editor of the Weekly Standard) is also one who is denying that man is the cause of global warming now.
Journalists need TO DO THEIR JOB. Their job is to search for the truth.....not one side or the other. If journalists would have been doing their job on global warming....we would be a LOT further down the road to mitigating the effects of fossil fuels than we are now.
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything." Albert Einstein