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Originally posted by BlingDaddy
Elli,
This sentiment permeates the US and the world. We can't fault Bush. He's not the only person making decisions. There are literally hundreds of Generals, and others making cumulative decisions.
Please remember... at the start of the "Iraq" war, there was an 80% favorablilty of it. All I can say is that I am a Desert Storm 1 veteran, and that war is hard.
Bling
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I agreed to the war because I was told that there were WMD in Iraq which needed to be disabled. That's it. No other reason. The people didn't need liberation. The oil fields were fine.
Sure, Saddam is a bad man. It's not our job to remove him from power, especially when we gave him weapons only a few decades ago. In fact, the gassing of the Kurds was something the first Bush turned his back on and did nothing about at the time. Read up on it for more info.
I have every respect for someone who will fight to the death for their country and their ideals. That takes more courage than I have, and I respect that to the utmost. I am glad you came back in one piece.
I just don't want to be at war anymore. Iraq is now a reason for the terrorists to multiply their ranks beyond anything controllable. Who knows how to fix that? I sure don't. But I don't want to make it any worse. And we might as well start trying for a solution now, better than later.
Words, words, words. I need to chill out.