Bullys in the Backyard

Questions. I have them.

Answers. I'm finding them on my own.

Should we really be shocked that our country is using terror to fight the war on terror?

And how much responsibility are "we the people" to accept for this nationwide tactic of fighting fire with fire?

A terrorist is a bully -- someone who invades your space and takes something that is precious to you.

I meet a lot of bullys on a daily basis and as anyone who reads my "News Desk" can attest, I sometimes become a pretty fierce one, too.

It is, after all, how most of us battle our obstacles on a daily basis. If someone screams at us, we scream louder. If someone cuts us off in traffic, we curse at them.

Many of us take this even a step further by bullying ourselves. We indulge in self-destructive behavior or "punish" ourselves for our imperfections. We bomb ourselves out of our own preciousness.

Not every country handles themselves this way. This is not the behavioral pattern of Europe where they operate on a level of respect and tolerance. There is a reason why Americans are seen as "pigs." We are indulgent in everything from our desires to our emotions. The majority of the world realizes your desires and emotions only matter to you and has nothing to do with contributing to those you love or society as a whole.

But this is who we are. This is what we have made into our America. And we weren't always this way, not back when the those treaties were signed.

So we have to accept some sense of responsibility for how this country handles itself when it is bullied because we fight terror with terror in our own backyards every day. It would be hypocritical of us to place all our upset in an index and point it to King G.

Our parents and their parent's parents created this societal blueprint.

You and I created this.

The great news is, that means we can end it. We have been fooled into believing that we are helpless, but we have way more power here than we realize.

It is said that if you want to change the world, you need to start with the self.

The war is right here. It is fought with the people we encounter and with the self on a daily basis.

We are the weapons of mass destruction we were looking for. We have been for a very long time.

There is light that can be pulled from the darkest of situations. We have the power to turn this war into a major "wake up call" for our country by turning ourselves and the way we operate around one individual at a time.

Lay it down.