OPERATION YELLOW ELEPHANT
I only have one friend who is in Iraq. He's a liberal. I daresay more liberal than me. He's also a hell of a patriot. So he's running around a country torn by violence in an effort to help stabilize a country we invaded in a war he never supported. We've said it before, and we'll say it again . . . thanks for putting your ass on the line, Sean.
On the other hand are the coddled Bush loyalists who so fiercly type out their support for the war, all the while knowing their lily white asses are safely plopped in front of Hannity on the tube every night. We're short on troops, and these guys are gung ho about warfare. Seems like a natural solution. . .
Jesus' General is on it.
posted by Abe at 6/20/2005 04:03:00 PM
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What planet are you from? The rich never fight there own wars.--Klug
Ronny - there were plenty of folks mentioning a different way to do things before the Bush invasion of Iraq. There would have been plenty more if Bush had been straight with the American people about why we were sending our young men into war.
Now for the facts: (1) Iraq did not kill thousands of our people. That was Al Qaeda. That was Afghanistan. I supported that war. Some may be anti-all-wars. I'm not. I'm anti-Iraq war, and I have been since the beginning. (2) Saddam, while a miserable despot, had in fact allowed weapons inspectors into Iraq. The issue had become one of access, and Bush's most reasonable advisors were pushing for more access for the inspectors who were there. Note: Saddam had no WMD. I repeat, he had no WMD. (3) The UN did not support the US/British invasion of Iraq. Now, the majority of Americans do not support it either.
I understand your confusion about the wisdom of this war, but you have apparently been exposed to an incorrect factual presentation (largely the fault of the Bush administration).
I also understand your frustration that the Democrats have not offered an alternative for the current situation. That's because now there is no easy alternative. Bush has steered us off the cliff, and there is no easy fix. That just makes what he did even worse, in my estimation. One thing that most experts agree on now is that more troops will help the situation. It's too bad that, as Krug said above, the rich won't fight this war.
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