Why? When has Iraq ever been a threat to the US and why do you suppose that they (or anyone else) wants to invade you? Would you keep fighting if someone did invade you? Why does it surprise you that they do the same thing?
Should we wait until our backs are to the wall to deal with a threat to world peace? Didn?t Britain do that and barely survive? As for them fighting back, take a closer look, the Iraqi people aren?t the ones doing the fighting, it?s the foreign insurgents. Iraqi people are also being targeted.
No, it's what some people want you to believe. What freedom would you have lost if you had *not* invaded Iraq for instance? What have those soldiers deaths achieved ultimately for people in the USA?
Uh, maybe this will come as a surprise to you, but wars existed long before Iraq and the war on terror. And yes, our ancestors fighting tyrants to preserve them have bought all of our freedoms. What would your life be like today if none had risen to the call during the Battle of Britain? Would you enjoy goose-stepping?
You may not fathom it, but we Americans, in our arrogance and world threatening manners, don?t fight for only our freedoms. But, the more nations that are free worldwide, the freer we are and you are too. It isn?t free people seeking to enslave others, but people of tyrants.
Diplomacy fails in the rush to war - it was never given a chance.
Did you fall asleep for 12 years and miss 17 UN resolutions?
It's been pretty well established that the reasons given for war were bogus and the intelligence invented or seriously suspect / flawed at best.
Not quite so, but it is strongly asserted, by those that want a change of administrations. Some intelligence may have been ?flawed,? but it has been generally accepted for many more years than Bush has been office. Still, all Saddam ever had to do was openly cooperate with Hans Blix and his team and it all could have been averted. I also urge you to read the entire speech made by David Kay and their efforts in finding the WMDs. http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/2003/david_kay_10022003.html Even Tariq Aziz has recently stated that Iraq had no ?significant? Weapons of mass destruction program. Please note, the usage of the word ?significant!? Next, research and find out what can be done with the single vial of live botulinium organism they discovered there.
The problem faced in Iraq now is that there is no end in sight - this could go on for years and years like a weeping sore.
Does that surprise you? Bush has stated from the start it will be a long protracted fight. But, a ?weeping sore?? How many years did it take to rebuild and get mainland Europe back on its feet? Do you consider them also a ?weeping sore?? War isn?t a video game. It?s hard, difficult and bloody, for real. It?s not preferable, but does become necessary when tyrants threaten their own people and the world.
The previous 'successful campaign' of Afghanistan which is now forgotten about is still not resolved and Iraq is a much harder problem to solve.
If Afghanistan is forgotten, it?s by the left and the leftist media, not the rest of us. Please note one single historical incident of wars being instantly solved. Why is Bush expected instantaneous results? Are we so used to video games that we believe that is real life?
I think the only way to salve it is for the west to leave them well alone to get on with things without interfering.
Yes, great idea. Just pack up and leave, Saddam would love that and so would the Iraqi people who are warily watching for that right now, like the first Bush did when he urged them to rise up. All that would accomplish is a power vacuum and Saddams return to power with a greater vengeance than ever. If you want to see even more Iraqis slaughtered, do that.
The only solution is to stay the course and train the Iraqis to stand on their own feet and let them have their country back as quickly as possible. But, ensure it?s the people, not another dictator bent on his own power. Is it costly? You bet. But, it always has been.
What price did the west pay for defeating Germany and Japan? But, it was paid, wasn?t it? And, how are they today? Are they puppets of the west, or are they free to disagree with the west? Had Neville Chamberlain had his way, you most likely would be speaking German today and goose-stepping in a forced servitude to whatever tyrant took over for Hitler.
Radicals, either left or right, cannot be negotiated with. They have no idea of compromise and sooner or later, have to be forcibly dealt with. It?s not a job that everyone can handle, but there are several who can handle it. Sleep peacefully tonight knowing there are decent men and women ready to wreak havoc on those who would threaten your peace.
