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Originally posted by KRL
The bottom line is Iraq should have been taken out with the full military support of all our allies.
Instead Bush and his cronies alienated everyone and we had to do it all our selves.
900 of our precious young Americans got killed and thousands more injured and maimed when they didn't have to if we had a more balanced international force going in.
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KRL... first, I totally respect you. And a logical debate here is a rareity!
KRL, 3200 of OUR precious moms, dads, and friends were killed in one swoop in an attack on 9-11 that not only killed Americans, totalled some of the most beautifiul buildings on the planet, and left thousands of children with one or NO parents.
Okay, so we go at it alone (which isnt true... it's a multinational force) So what? I revere our fallen soldiers with the utmost respect. I am a vet (D Storm 1) and I full well knew I could get killed. I have a friend who deploys to Iraq tomorrow... we said goodbye to him on Sunday when he flew to Pendleton. He knows....... he may not come back. BUT.... he knows if for some reason he doesnt... it was for OUR freedom.
Our military are not "conscripts" they fight because they believe in the American idea of freedom. And Saddam Hussein, kept that freedom from his people, and THREATENED the US by providing an environment that was "pro-terror". Just ask the 15,000 dead kurds who were killed by their own leader.
I'll shut up now.
