There have been a lot of people who are still complaining about us going into Iraq as it not being related to our war on terrorism. Many things need to be considered when you take such stands.
1) When we went into Afghanistan it was not as retribution for 9/11 it was to eliminate a government that supported terrorism and to make sure a 9/11 did not happen again.
2) Saddam Hussein had a program, everyone in the press knew about, that paid the families of suicide bombers who blew them selves up against any western power. (mostly Israel I am sure) Most fail to realize the significant decrease in suicide attacks against Israel in the past three years. (and they say it is not about money)
3) The last country to make widespread use of weapons of mass destruction was Iraq. Both against its own people (the Kurds since the first gulf war) and against the Iranians during the Iran/Iraq conflict.
4) If people would bother to read the entire contents of the report about the Iraqis pursuit of nuclear material in the 2000-2003 timeframe they would find out that it does not say they were not trying to get any. It says they did not understand why the Iraqis would be interested in buying any from anyone else because they already had enough yellow cake to do just about anything.
5) More people died per year at the hands of the Iraqi government during the reign Saddam than at the hands of the Americans during an all out war on the country. Although, now the most casualties are being caused by insurgent factions simply bent on destabilizing the country, not the US led forces.
6) If the insurgents were really interested in getting the US out they would simply lie low for two years and take over after we left. They are not interested in a stable Iraq at all. The insurgents have repeatedly proven themselves to be nothing but murdering cowards who can do nothing but kill the defenseless innocent.
OK so back to this side of the ocean. I think things in the US are (could) be much better than we have considered.
Yes there are those politicians who have been using the suffering of even our own troops to their political gain. Those people who know that we are in Iraq for all the right reasons but yet continue to complain and hack at the current administration for personal glory only because they want more power.
Then you have those poor people like Rick who know better....and hate not being able to say anything....I think that was what was soo interesting about his radio interview...he audibly had great personal issues with not being able to directly answer the questions being asked. I think my opinion of the man actually went up. Any man who has issues with being personally evasive obviously has issues with lies.....he wanted to answer but national security policy prevented it. He hinted an awful lot... but could not say anymore than was already in the public arena.
It was very encouraging; I think he revealed that he is a true man of integrity.
A John Heinz but without Theresa
1) When we went into Afghanistan it was not as retribution for 9/11 it was to eliminate a government that supported terrorism and to make sure a 9/11 did not happen again.
2) Saddam Hussein had a program, everyone in the press knew about, that paid the families of suicide bombers who blew them selves up against any western power. (mostly Israel I am sure) Most fail to realize the significant decrease in suicide attacks against Israel in the past three years. (and they say it is not about money)
3) The last country to make widespread use of weapons of mass destruction was Iraq. Both against its own people (the Kurds since the first gulf war) and against the Iranians during the Iran/Iraq conflict.
4) If people would bother to read the entire contents of the report about the Iraqis pursuit of nuclear material in the 2000-2003 timeframe they would find out that it does not say they were not trying to get any. It says they did not understand why the Iraqis would be interested in buying any from anyone else because they already had enough yellow cake to do just about anything.
5) More people died per year at the hands of the Iraqi government during the reign Saddam than at the hands of the Americans during an all out war on the country. Although, now the most casualties are being caused by insurgent factions simply bent on destabilizing the country, not the US led forces.
6) If the insurgents were really interested in getting the US out they would simply lie low for two years and take over after we left. They are not interested in a stable Iraq at all. The insurgents have repeatedly proven themselves to be nothing but murdering cowards who can do nothing but kill the defenseless innocent.
OK so back to this side of the ocean. I think things in the US are (could) be much better than we have considered.
Yes there are those politicians who have been using the suffering of even our own troops to their political gain. Those people who know that we are in Iraq for all the right reasons but yet continue to complain and hack at the current administration for personal glory only because they want more power.
Then you have those poor people like Rick who know better....and hate not being able to say anything....I think that was what was soo interesting about his radio interview...he audibly had great personal issues with not being able to directly answer the questions being asked. I think my opinion of the man actually went up. Any man who has issues with being personally evasive obviously has issues with lies.....he wanted to answer but national security policy prevented it. He hinted an awful lot... but could not say anymore than was already in the public arena.
It was very encouraging; I think he revealed that he is a true man of integrity.
A John Heinz but without Theresa
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