Originally posted by NUKE
You's have to ignore known facts about being at war with Iraq in the first place, but let's hear it.
You know what... I just had an epiphany!
I love when that happens.
I'm scrolling up and down this thing, thinking I must be missing something. That I must be way out to lunch, because I am confused and nobody else seems to be.
Totally lost.
Then BOOM! It hit me.
We are here having an argument about the justification for a war. A war. And nobody's in agreement about the justification.
How can a country be in a war, and not be in agreement on why?
That's a recipe for suck.
Vietnam comes to mind.
WWII? You couldn't keep people away from volunteering. Iraq? You can't drag people into it.
That alone - that one thing.... should tell every one of us what we need to know about it. Obfuscation aside - if the cause is worthy, we'd know by our own commitment.
This? What we're doing here? smoke and mirrors. The validity of a war can probably be assuaged by standing outside a recruiting station for a day or two.