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Originally posted by Gemini
theking... you are up there with some of us in the age thing... and have lived thru the various wars just as we did... down deep inside, (above and beyond the military side) isn't there something nagging at you about all of this? The hubby has done his part for the country and there are few that are more warlike than him that I have ever met, yet he says something is biting him down deep about this whole deal. He'd charge h*ll withOUT the proverbial bucket of water but said he'd not touch this one.
Especially after learning that the top Syrian government officials just mysteriously 'dropped' in on Iran today for a "visit". We didn't care for that vote in Congress handing Dubya the right to start war anywhere he chooses. ALL of the blocks and balances were removed when they did that vote. By the time they could vote to pull that power they handed him, he'd have us commited.
Too many of these warhawks on here have no idea what war is like. (Not that *I* do) but I have seen it thru his eyes and heard it in his words. Yes, we have to do something and soon. But to start taking down country after country in a row will create more problems in the long run. It needs to be dealt with by the World as a whole, not one idiot from Texas who can't even fly a jet fighter (yet has his fighter wings) lol
BTW, the great USA has NOT paid their UN dues in years. We were millions behind several years back.
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Yes there is something nagging at me about this pre-emptive invasion of Iraq, but I have thought about all of the different scenarios that I can think of and without detailing them all I have concluded that invading, removing Saddam and his political party, attempting to establish a democratic republic and positioning ourselfs strategically is the best choice from a list of poor choices and this includes being the best choice for the Iraqi people, for if things go well they will have a much better future than they have ever had in their past history. There just are not any good choices, in my considered opinion.
There is a great risk to this action, some of which are known risks, but there are the unkown, unforseen, unpredictable risks. Time and history will be the judge.