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Avatar4321 said:Well then we have to appreciate the President's vision of putting us in a place where we will be fighting the war on terror in the terrorist backyard rather than are own shouldnt we? That way we can get rid of them all by having them gather in one place.
I think you are misunderstanding the article, Avatar. Iraq has become the new afghanistan because we invaded, just as the Russians invaded Afghanistan in the 1980's. It is actively creating support for the terrorists, not just bringing them together in one place. Also, do you really think Bush planned this? The White house called the report "speculative", even though it involved over 1000 terror experts and more than a year of research.
Trust me when Iraq has its government in place and becomes one of the most prosperous nations in that region of the world the nations surrounding it will take notice. Iran for instance is unstable as possible right now. Now that its trapped between Aghanistan and Iraq which are about to become impressive Representative governments with more freedom than those regions ever imagined. How difficult do you think it will be to take care of the rogue government there?
I'm pretty sure Iran was moving towards democracy anyway. The younger generation grew up after the revolution and was in love with the West before Iraq. These people will take over as soon as the old guard dies. I have many young friends who have family in Iran and go back there every few years, and all of them agree on this.
You critisize us for going after Iraq first. I think it was a rather good idea. yeah it was probably not as strong as the others but by taking care of it now we prevented it from ever becoming as strong as the others. We put pressure on the others to show that we know what we are doing. Can you imagine the left complaining about the loss of soldiers if we took on the others? I think it was far wiser to tackle the easier one first get us used to the concept of war again since its been so long so when the time comes and we may end up losing more people we wont turn and run from the responsibility we have to do. Its wiser for us to learn to walk before we have to run. And by learning what we didnt anticipate in this first war we can better anticipate what will be needed in later wars with terrorists. We can deal with our weaknesses now when it doesnt matter as much compared to the future when there could be major casualties on the line for those mistakes we could have ironed out now.
I don't criticize us. I criticize our leaders for going after one of the least likely countries to pose a national security risk. I criticize them for going in alone and without any evidence. It makes us look like arrogant ideologues and increases support for the terrorists in all nations.
I criticize them for not learning from the past, as Iraq already went through a civil war when the people were given democracy 80 years ago. All of this information was available if they listened to the experts and intelligence available to them, which is the best in the world.
I am for letting the facts speak. The administration seems to be for following ideology and foregone conclusions, even when there is little evidence for them in the real world. This is why I can't stand with them. My consciense won't allow it.