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Originally posted by Elli
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.
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Elli,
You're so right. We armed Saddam. The US and Canada did it. We never thought for a minute he'd "test them out" on his own people. It was a different time, and a different era. At that time we were more concerned with Russia and Iran, and compared to them Saddam seemed like a "good guy".
Genocide is unexcusable, and if it happened in the US or Canada you would see MASS REVOLT and people fighting. We would do that because we know what it is like to be free. That is why we are hated. Because we are free. To understand the middle eastern mentality you have to have been there. They hate us, because they are taught that our freedom is not "godlike" or acceptable.
As for courage, every soldier there has a story and a family. None want to die, but all are prepared to do so if it saves one American, Canadian, or free person.
As for the people of Iraq... They DID NEED LIBERATION. Did you see the story here in the US of the 14 men who had their hands cut off by Saddam? US and Canadian doctors gave them robotic replacements. After Gulf War 1 many of the Shiite population of Iraq were tortured and killed because we didn't finish the job the first time.
I don't want an endless war like anyone else. We've done what we can. On June 30th, we will turn their country back over to them. If they don't want freedom.... they can kill themselves, but at least... at the very least they've been afforded the opportunity to be free by great countries like the US and Canada. (BTW, FUCK FRANCE! You Fuckers would be speaking German if it wasnt for us.)
Love you.
Bling.