tarreyl wrote:michael moore had static of how many are in the war and how many have died so far. He show the soliders side what they have to face in Iraq kate forget that a lot of mothers lost there son and don't know why we are over there. DOESN'T AMERICA HAVE enough ISSUES ALREADY why do we need to take care of every one else? Why should i pay for this war if i don't agree to people dieing for what ? so they can be free ? we got ride of saddam now america should get out!! HOW MANY BROTHERS. SONS. COUSIN, UNCLE HAVE TO DIE for this war? kate hasn't lost any one to this war ?
While we all understand your passion against the war, there's really no need to make it personal nor to shout (capitalization is shouting). You don't know if Kate or anyone else lost someone in the war and even if they did, that they would not still support it.
People often ask why America has to get involved internationally in things that don't seem related to us at all. Well, they are related and the answer is very simple: it is because we can and we must. We have moral, ethical, ans yes, financial obligations as the sole superpower to assist where we can.
On another note, you seem to forget that we are no longer protected by isolation after 9/11 and that the war was brought to this soil first. Are we to sit back, do nothing and wait for the next 9/11? Afghanistan was the first logical place and Iraq the second. I know the intelligence turned out to be faulty but think back to how it was weeks and months before the war. Saddam expelled the UN inspectors and no verification of WMD was possible. We know he did have WMD simply because we gave it to him in the 80s and he did use them against his own people. How are we to assume he no longer had them or that he would not use them against us or worse yet, that he would not sell them to an al-quaida like organization? Governing with 20/20 hindsight is very easy.
Besides, even with all the mess of the war, Afghanistan are Iraq are a thousand times better off than they were before and so are we here because of it.
Yes, we do have domestic issues that need to be tackled but you can't blame all of them on President Bush. Congress has a lot to do with it as well. But look at the bright side, only 4 years after 9/11 (a tragedy many predicted will be the downfall of the American economy for decades to come) the economy is stronger than ever, home ownership is at an all time high, the housing market is still red hot, rates are at an acceptable level, inflation is in check and unemployment is down.
Look at what's going on in the Middle East due in no small part to Bush's policies:
1. Israel withdrew from Gaza and for the first time ever, there's really a prospect for lasting peace.
2. A strong democratic movement is taking shape in Egypt. So much so that Moubarak had to allow opponents in the presidential elections. I know he still won by a landslide but the wind of change is unmistakable.
3. Saudi Arabia, the bedrock of autocracy, held local elections.
4. Women are voting in Kuwait and for the first time ever they have a woman legislator.
5. Syria is out of Lebanon and democracy is being restored to its former glory.
The list goes on and on.
Just wanted to point out some of the positive things that have been happening and that we should be thankful for.
God Bless.
Byblos.