Originally posted by Steve
You may not like it, but the war on Iraq means the terrorists that are in the area are fighting armed soldiers, for the most part, instead of our civilians here or abroad. We've no doubt killed thousands of people who would kill us, merely because we are American.
That's entirely possible. It's also probable that we've killed thousands of people that had no ill will towards this country in the process. Those people had families. You can have little doubt that the surviving members are going to be angry about it.
Sandman, I know you find it disturbing that we don't wait on our own soil and let them blow us all up. You must prefer this as you have never offered a solution to our problem other than to be critical of our efforts.
I'm thankful that you are not in power, it means the U.S. has a chance to survive.
First, we'll have to agree that Iraq was even a problem. Not going to get there. They were effectively contained and have been so for nearly a decade.
You can spout that Al Queda and Iraq had nothing in common but anyone that isn't too busy hating our President knows that there was an Al Queda base in Northern Iraq and a jet fuselage for hijack training near Baghdad.
Hussein did not control the Kurdish north... this just in.
Try to cast aside your unfounded hate and see this for what it is, it's the opening moves in a fight for survival, w/ radical islam on one side and the West(viewed as Christian) on the other.
Hate? Have I ever said anything even remotely hateful of anyone?
If we lose, if we pull back, the entirety of the U.S. will be a happy hunting ground for terrorists, eventually.
I remember this one. It used to sound an awful lot like, "The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!"
Maybe you are unaware that terrorists have been killing Americans for years and we didn't do anything about it. Example: U.S.S Cole, our embassies, the first WTC.
Likewise, we have been doing the same. It's easy to categorize this as simply an Islam/Christian thing. Unfortunately, it seems that what really have is this never ending cycle of vengeance. It's working so well in Israel, we should give it a go in Iraq.
We are finally fighting back. I know you don't want us to go after those that would kill us, you'd rather we stuck our collective head in the sand and just express impotent horror every time the blew up an American or 3000.
The "War on Terror" can't be won by squandering manpower and resources in Iraq. It might be good for Israel for us to be there, but there's little for us to gain.
Yes, I am thankful people like you are not in power.
Clinton ignored the problem for 8 years. He was really popular here and abroad... that mattered to him above all else.
The cost of his ego massaging policies is that we are way behind in this war of survival. Like I said it's the ealry stages of the war, but I hope you one day learn that this is indeed that, a war of survival, and I hope you learn it before it is upon your doorstep.
Hmmm... Iraq was contained... North and South Korea were talking about unification. You're right, we are so much better off today...
If history is any indicator, I'll be dead before we distangle from this mess.
