That's not the issue....we are making a preemptive strike that will cause a fortune in money and good will for what......
Freedom for Iraqis? A chance at life with liberty? Free speech, rather than speech and death? Justice, even if delayed, for all those murdered? No more gassing of Iraqi civilians?
I have to tell you.......I get real suspicious when people try to sell me on an idea using one reason and when that doesn't work or the reason proves to be empty, then they quickly move to another.
Initially, we needed to take Saddam out because he had WMD. Then, as it looked less and less like he was sitting on a whole cache of WMD, there was the illusive al Qaeda connection. Now that that seems a little doubtful, its the human rts angle that's being pushed. Let me just say that when conservatives starting pushing human rts., that's when I get real worried. <g>
But for me, nothing has changed.......none of the above warrants a preemptive strike. Besides, I think the possible negative consequences far outweigh the positive.
that whole region is so unstable and so fraught with petty jealousies that it will take decades to straighten it out. I want no part of it.
I would like to have no part of it as well.,/I>
Then back off.......no one has invited us in.....those people are entitled to their own manifast destiny just like we were entitled to our own.
Nobody wants to help someone being mugged. Do you turn and walk away though? No, you do something. Either you confront the mugger on the spot, if you have that capability. Or, more likely (for personal safety reasons), you try to do the right thing after the fact (help the victim, and do what you can to get the mugger behind bars).
Yes, that's right......I try to nab a mugger in my neighborhood, not in your neighborhood. I would never presume to know what's best for your neighborhood.
Can't you see the right and wrong here? I am pretty sure you see the wrong, but must you be so short-sighted as to do another wrong? (nothing) What is that saying, "3 rights make a left but 2 wrongs don't make a right" or some such thing.
First.....doing nothing is your wrong, not mine. I never said not to do anything. Unfortunately, what I have said to is to you the same as doing nothing. So what more can I say. I see the world very differently than you all.
What would you think if Russia saw all the recent conflict between the US and Europe and decided to do a regime change in DC?
That is a ridiculous statement. I need not elaborate as it is patently self evident.
Of course, its ridiculous.......and so is our sticking our nose in someone else's business. Surprised by the rise in anti American sentiment......well, nobody likes a busy body; particularly when they are a self appointend busybody cop!
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