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Originally Posted by Andyman2340
Oh, I guess because you are a veteran you know everything about everything in this situation. Hat's off to you for serving, of which I respect, but that makes you know more of a reliable source than me. Yes, we did at one time sell arms to these people. How are we supposed to predict how they would all turn out. Any time a gun is sold there is a risk. The sale may lead to the protection of someones life or the death of someones life. This is always variable. Secondly, the civil strife in Iraq is due to insurgents and civil prejudices, not because of US temporary occupation. Their government is unstable because different religious sects are prejudiced. This is a constant. Third, the Taliban is far from their previous power and it will be a long time before they ever regain their former strength if they even do at all. The KKK is still around in the US. That doesn't mean that we will all be convinced by them of their racist views. Your logic is flawed. Lastly, I don't agree with everything in the "Bush" policy, but stop and think of what orders "he" can actually have carried out. If you want to know who makes alot of the bad descision, look to the generals. I believe they are denouncing it to cover up their own mistakes. The president can order troops into battle, but the congress declares war. Don't put all of the blame on Bush. I highly doubt Clinton would've handled it any better.
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I try not to come across as a know-it-all, because I'll be the first to admit, I don't know it all. At the same time, I try to make articulate arguments for the positions that I have come to hold, all the time challenging them and even changing my opinion when confronted with new information that causes me to change my previous assumptions.
If only Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Richard Pearle were able to do so...
Obviously if we were fighting a traditional war our military might would prevail. But that is not what we are fighting anymore. We are stuck in a quagmire.
We cannot hope to prevail in Afghanistan or Iraq if we are losing the hearts and minds of the citizens of those countries, and in that battle, we are taking a terrible beating due to the blind faith idealogues in the Bush Administration that are doing the bidding of the oil companies and the military industrial complex, while ignoring a majority of citizens of this country whom believe that we need to come up with an exit strategy.
Anyway, believe what you will. I think history will prove you wrong.
My main point in starting this post wasn't to argue ad nauseum, but simply to make others aware of Kevin Tillman's passionate letter.
RIP Pat Tillman...
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