Post by Tzalaran on Sept 3, 2008 17:49:16 GMT -6
Where to start on this topic...
No WMD found, although that could very easily be because they were buried or shipped out of the country.
i will not deny that Saddam was a tyrant and should have not been allowed to persecute his people how he did. i also will not deny that strategically it was a sound move, because it allowed our enemies to have a place away from american soil to go and fight our military, who is trained to handle this type of confrontation.
What i have issues with is the lying, deception, distortion of facts, and the fact that securing Oil is why we are still there. This administration has put the US in a huge hole by not retaining world support for the action, by spending money we don't have in a war that shouldn't have started, and by treating enemy combatants with no respect for their basic human rights. There is no way the world community can look up to Americans when we are not acting as the moral compass of the world, but instead are acting like the same religious fanatics we are fighting.
i'd also like some additional information on the report that we are paying 72,000 each $10 per day to not shoot at our troops. if this report is true, that is the reason the "Surge" is succeeding, and explain why we are spending $10 billion per month in occupying a sovereign nation. If the "Surge" had worked like Sen. McCain and Pres. Bush say, all our troops could come home now and there would be no problems...
What are other issues in Iraq that have you worried?
No WMD found, although that could very easily be because they were buried or shipped out of the country.
i will not deny that Saddam was a tyrant and should have not been allowed to persecute his people how he did. i also will not deny that strategically it was a sound move, because it allowed our enemies to have a place away from american soil to go and fight our military, who is trained to handle this type of confrontation.
What i have issues with is the lying, deception, distortion of facts, and the fact that securing Oil is why we are still there. This administration has put the US in a huge hole by not retaining world support for the action, by spending money we don't have in a war that shouldn't have started, and by treating enemy combatants with no respect for their basic human rights. There is no way the world community can look up to Americans when we are not acting as the moral compass of the world, but instead are acting like the same religious fanatics we are fighting.
i'd also like some additional information on the report that we are paying 72,000 each $10 per day to not shoot at our troops. if this report is true, that is the reason the "Surge" is succeeding, and explain why we are spending $10 billion per month in occupying a sovereign nation. If the "Surge" had worked like Sen. McCain and Pres. Bush say, all our troops could come home now and there would be no problems...
What are other issues in Iraq that have you worried?