i dont normally get involved in online political discusions, there really is no way to change my mind, nor for me to change anyone elses.
Im glad Sadam is gone. Great Job to all the soldiers that worked and died to capture him,
Another Great Job by a very fledgling, and intimidated Iraqi Judicial system. They did not let the assasinations of lawyers, and threats stop them from doing a Job they were required to do.
There is alot of work to be done there yet. I want the soldiers to come home as much as anyone else does. Im thankful for the Job they do, and sadened by the loss of every one of them. But we need to make sure Iraq does not become a lawless wasteland. Once the govt can stand on its own and the Army can fight its own fights. then our troops can come home. before that and we risk everything that men died for.
The Iraqi people need to stand up for them selves and stop this but they are so engrained in their thought process that the average person does not think he can make a diffrence. if 10 million iraqis stood up tomorrow and said enough is enough this war would be over. If the insurgents really wanted us to leave they just drop their guns and walk away. we'd be gone in 6 months. because they are terrorists and not insurgents they wont stop.
All that being said I do not understand how anyone one could say this war did not need to be fought.
Sadam invaded Kuwait, We kicked him out and set the ground rules. for the next 12 years he continually targeted and fired on our troops after the war, violated sanctions, refused to comply and eventually would not even allow UN WMD inspectors.
HE was given chance after chance to cooperate for 12 years. He got bolder after 9-11 when he Assumed that we could not fight two wars and with afganistan being our main focus he felt he was safe to do as he pleased and to ignore THE ENTIRE WORLDs demands that he comply, (not just USA).
The Good thing about the rest of the world not helping out as much as we have done in Iraq, is that now the rest of the world knows we will do what we need to do with or without them and better yet that we can do it.
i leave with a poem. most definatly not by me!!!! sorry for the long post guys
A French Poem written by an American Patriot....
Eleven thousand soldiers
lay beneath the dirt and stone,
all buried on a distant land
so far away from home.
For just a strip of dismal beach
they paid a hero's price,
to save a foreign nation
They all made the sacrifice.
And now the shores of Normandy
Are lined with blocks of white:
Americans who didn't turn
from someone else's plight.
Eleven thousand reasons
for the French to take our side,
but in the moment of our need,
they chose to run and hide.
Chirac said every war means loss,
perhaps for France that's true,
for they've lost every battle
since the days of Waterloo.
Without a soldier worth a damn
to be found within the region,
the French became the only land
to need a Foreign Legion.
You French all say we're arrogant.
Well hell, we've earned the right--
We saved your sorry nation
when you lacked the guts to fight.
But now you've made a big mistake, />
and one that you'll regret;
you took sides with our enemies,
and that we won't forget.
It wasn't just our citizens
you spit on when you turned,
but every one of yours
who fell the day the towers burned.
You spit upon our soldiers,
on our pilots and Marines,
and now you'll get a little sense
of just what payback means.
So keep your
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fashions
and your wine and your champagne,
and find some other market
that will buy your airplanes.
And try to find somebody else
to wear your French cologne,
for you're about to find out
what it means to stand alone.
You see, you need us far more
than we ever needed you.
America has better friends
who know how to be true.
I'd rather stand with warriors
who have the will and might,
than huddle in the dark
with those whose only flag is white.
I'll take the Brits, the Aussies,
the Israelis and the rest,
for when it comes to valor
we have seen that they're the best.
We'll count on one another
as we face a moment dire,
while you sit on the sideline
with a sign, "friendship for hire."
We'll win this war without you
and we'll total up the cost,
and take it from your foreign aid,
and then you'll feel the loss.
And when your nation starts to fall,
well Frenchie, you can spare us,
just call the Germans for a hand,
they know the way to
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