| While I support what the troops are doing in Iraq and do not blind myself to the bad things the Hussien clan has done over there, I am also troubled by our current president and his method of handling the world.
We have travelled down a VERY slippery slope with our invasion of Iraq.
If the justification for the invasion was WMD, where are they? If they existed, and it wouldn't shock me if they did, isn't it frightening that we haven't been able to secure these before they get into the hands of the terrorists our invasion was aimed at preventing? And if they did not exist, how can we EVER make our case against other rouge countries such as Iran, Syria, et al with a straight face and be taken seriously?
If the justification for the invasion was the fact that Hussien was a tyrant, why are we not invading Africa, where the crimes against humanity are FAR worse than ANYTHING Hussien has done?
If the justification for the invasion was the war on Terror, why have we not found more evidence of this? I mean if Iraq was sponsoring terror training camps, don't you think we would (and should have) found and disbanded these by now?
I am not against the United States protecting itself and it's interests. I just feel we spent our resources in the wrong place.
Korea is a MAJOR problem which due to our commitments in Afganistan & Iraq we cannot dedicate the proper resources to. Our "flipping off" of the rest of our traditional allies is not going to earn us any favors when it comes to dealing with Korea. It's a problem that is very real and is not going to go away quietly.
One last thing....
I am troubled by our President and his prominent cabinet members discounting ANYTHING said against their follies as "unpatriotic". One poster emulated those feelings with his "love it or leave it" response.
What makes our country great is not making a decision and forcing others to "love it or leave it". Our country is great because it was founded by people who had differing opinions on all facets of life but were forward thinking enough to realize everyone has good ideas and certain basic rights. It's about time our president realizes that. __________________
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