So how many got elected? No Clue - The point was that most ran as Democrats -try staying focused - maybe up the Ritalin a bit.
For some of us it was a very simple decision to support that effort. Shit was getting really fucked up over there and we had the opportunity and the capability to do something about it. People of pricipal don't puss out because it would mean a serous commitment and little followthrough. Those are things the majority of Americans nowadays (this means you) lack.Uh - my first thought would be simple mind = simple decision. Nothing about Iraq is or was simple. I'm not quite sure how to unpack your brilliant statement "shit was getting fucked up over there" What does that mean EXACTLY. How was it any more fucked up when we invaded then it was in previous years. Where else should we go next based on your "Fucked Up" Meter???
About to use at any moment? If he didn't have them then how was he able to use them against his own people? Please show me how that's possible. Are serious? Do you know anything? Saddam had chemical weapons because the US sold them to him and we gladly watched him run a little real world experiment for us. You do know that right??? right?
Which we did and most Iraqis were extremely supportive of this at the time. Erode our own freedoms? Please, NSA listens to private citizens with links to terrorism. And they can hold suspected terrorists for extended periods of time. OH WHAT A HUGE IMPACT ONMY FREEDOM. Not. Iraqi's had more freedom under the secular government of Saddam than they do today. Were 3000 Iraqi's being killed each month before the war. Yes - Saddam was an f'ng sadist and killed thousands of people but at nothing near the pace that it's happening today. From your answer I assume that you would be OK if the governement deemed you a terrorist but didn't show you any proof, never charged you of anything and held you indefinitely.
We're already over there and then Al Queda (or whatever Terrorist group) attacks us. You've lost me again. Where did terrorist attack in the US AFTER we went to Iraq. Didn't we get attacked by 19 Saudi's. Shouldn't we have attacked Saudi Arabia. Even today Saudi Arabia is training many more children to hate the US than any other country
We're damned if we do and damned if we don't. finally - something we agree on
Might as well do the right thing. What would the "right" thing be EXACTLY?
Do you not understand that these people want you dead and your family dead? Actually I'm neither a Suni nor a Shia. I think it's those parties who want each other dead. They (both Shia and maybe not so much Suni's) want us out of Iraq so they can set up an Islamic theocracy. Since Shia are the majority of the nation they will be a natural ally of Iran - And our soldiers are dying to help them create it and we're (the US taxpayer) is paying for it.
Estimates on this vary. But nice job just choosing the one that supports YOUR opinion. That "estimate" came from US military testifying ~ a week or so ago. I'd find the exact person, quote, date, place but I have a feeling it wouldn't matter much to you anyway. Feel free to show me contrary data
Why? Fighting them there with our military is far better than the streets of a major american city with firefighters Why would our firefighters be doing the fighting?
? How would "they" get their huge armies over here to fight in the first place. Do your really truly believe that if we don't fight them in Iraq or Afghanastan that the nefarious "they" will come to the US and be fighting in the streets??? This is the dumbest argument in support of staying in Iraq and it really only works on people who think everything is "simple" If that does happen though we're sure to have hundreds of thousands of guys like you ready to fight them right???
Yeah right... the USA is about to go bankrupt. Gimmie a fucking break. Get back to me when this happens. I would try to explain this to you but as I've said before I think I would have better success trying to show my dog a card trick than helping you to understand this. You probably think we could never go broke becaue all we have to do is keep printing more money. Simple problem - Simple solution right?
No we're not. You greatly underestimate our capabilities of fighting multiple fronts at once. Again, OUR military leaders have raised this point. Being the military guy that you are you understand that you actually need boots on the ground to really take and hold territory.
We shouldn't leave until we're finished. That's the point. What if based on the current strategy we're never finished. I know you think we have infinite $'s to pay for all this but let's assume for now that at some point it gets too expensive to justify continuing - what then? BTW - how will we know when the job is done and we're finished. Please be SPECIFIC
I thank GWB. I'm just glad Kerry or some other flake liberal vagina isn't in charge. I'm not a fan of Kerry but maybe we can get another liberal flake vagina like Wesley Clark. If Bush's dad hadn't been the president then Bush would be running a bait shop in Texas right now. Something that I think you might aspire to someday.