Originally posted by midnight Target
Sound reasons for war or not. The analysis is still valid.
If your baby is dirty you have all kinds of sound reasons to clean it... This doesn't mean you put it in the washing machine. If you don't think ahead to what your actions may cause then you aren't acting responsibly.
I truely believe that our administration thought they were doing the right thing... I also firmly believe that they were mistaken.
War is dirty. That's why we waited so long and went to war as a last practical option. Our baby is not diry compaired to any other war, or the war we could have brought to Iraq.
We could have obliterated Iraq and all of it's infrastucturtre, then left by now. We are not like that, we are trying to minimise civilian death and misery. We are going to leave Iraq stable.
As for the consequeces in the terrorist world? It makes no difference to me what they think about it, They hate us just the same. heck, they kill their own people just as soon as anyone.
I actually believe the opposite of the author of that quote. I believe that the muslim terrorists, shown killing their own people, are actually creating a backlash against them in the muslim world.
I believe that when Iraq is secure and they have elections, the backlash against the terrorists trying to screw it up will be even worse. The people of Iraq are being made the victims of outside terror groups.....and they do not want them there.