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Originally Posted by cobra de capell
You don't sound like you are in the middle, you sound like a lefty, big time! You sort of sound like Jane Fonda during the Vietnam War - I wonder if you are also in the protester crowd.
A little about Jane - do you see yourself?
"Jane Fonda wasn’t pro-American. She wasn’t neutral. She was anti-American. That makes her an enemy. She sat in a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun emplacement while the war was going on and allowed herself to be photographed BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE for propaganda purposes. Was that in your “research”?
The fact that she took advantage of the privileges bestowed upon her, being born in a “capitalist” country, to an elite family, hardly insulates her from being considered a “communist.” Regardless, her actions were the very definition of “traitor.”
All war protestors are not “communists” or “enemies.” But enough ARE."
Also, we aren’t causing nor have we caused a civil war in Iraq. The arab world did that themselves and our politicans and media perpetuate it all. Our politicians don’t care about Americans, that’s something I’m becoming more sure of daily. They don’t really care about this country or our way of life.
The US can’t surrender. Ever. I know people exist, in middle America mostly, who won’t take this lying down. I’m counting on them. Unfortunately, the east coast and west coast fell years ago. The media doesn’t care at all (they will when their amendment rights are eventually infringed upon).
I respectfully suggest you research middle eastern/arab history with a special emphasis on Islam. And of course all the cultural info. It will open your eyes immensely.
If we don’t win this, Iraq will be taken over by Iran and Syria. They’re hoping we give up.
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CDC, we gave Iraq to Iran the minute we invaded Iraq. If we are to install democracy in Iraq - guess what - they will end up leaning towards Iran just because of the religion of the majority. The only way to prevent that is to stay there, and that will piss off the locals as long as we do. That means constant fighting to prevent that true majority from assertiing their power. To me - that is the perfect definition of a no-win situation.
The situation we had with Hussein running the country was actually a better thing for us in the long term than what we created. We went from the frying pan into the fire. I've said before that Bush was the best president to get Hussein to allow in weapons inspectors, because Hussein knew that Bush had no qualms about invading.
As for what I am - I'm probably best described as a classical liberal. So was Thomas Jefferson. Go look it up.
Steve