So FBrapter wants to kill everyone in Iraq and Steve admits he has no love for Iraqis.
Well guys, I didn't originally disapprove of the Iraq invasion, but there still aren't any WMD so Saddam was not (and is now not) an imminent threat to the U.S.
Fighting for 'Iraqi freedom' doesn't mean killing everyone that you don't care about anyway, so why don't we just declare a victory and pull out?
There are no other reasons left of those originally put forth to justify this occupation except the so-called freedom of Iraqis. Saddam and his henchmen couldn't harm us before and sure can't do it now. I'm truly concerned about losing more American lives and I think we're breeding new Iraqi terrorists who had no hatred for America before.
Every day another Iraqi (and Arab ally) becomes as enraged about a family member, friend or countryman being killed, injured or mistreated as much as any American or American ally in Iraq becomes enraged by the same. People will pass on their rage to their children. We are only setting ourselves as a common target for their common rage to bring harm to those they believe hurt their family and friends.
It doesn't matter if they are ideologically or factually correct in their hatred - Only their perception of who caused the pain. Ideology goes out the window when you or yours are killed, hurt or abused, regardless of your nationality, skin color or religion.
There will always be someone like Osama bin Laden or Yasser Arafat willing to step in to give them a rifle or bomb and a target to complete their revenge.
Look at the history of the middle-east and the Israeli/Palestinian quagmire. The resentment and hatred on both sides runs generations deep. Millions of people hating other people and passing their hatred on to their children.
I spent 8 months in Vietnam and 3 months in a hospital and I'm still not sure why. If you truly believe in the cause of Iraqi freedom. then quit your job tomorrow (you too Ripsnort) and double-time your little gung-ho butt down to the recruiting center and get your gung-ho little butt into a war zone. We'll see just how gung-ho you are after that. Post a copy of those recruitment papers here this week.
If you're too old, then quit anyway and become a contractor to wash dishes, clean latrines or any form of support function for the troops in Iraq. If you are too young or not fit enough to to do it, then send all your money to Iraq.
Remember... this is not about the money. You should sell your house and cars and all your property to pay your way over there because you believe in the cause.
If you are unwilling to do that, then you have to start asking yourself just what the hell
are my fellow countrymen and women still doing there? I'm getting disillusioned at who I thought would be the better president in the last election. I wish there were someone else to choose from other than the current crop. Are these candidates the best America can up with? I'm embarrassed by both of them.
Let the Iraqis have Iraq today, not tomorrow. They can fight it out among themselves for control. I don't want to see one more American or coalition country national or Iraqi killed or hurt in Iraq. Enough of this nonsense. Iraq is no threat to America.
Let's move on to find Osama bin Laden. Now there's a target I can get excited about. We have enough troops in Iraq now to lock hands at the Afghan border and walk across it for heaven's sake.
