>>> You were among those who initially were wildly enthusiastic about our invasion of Iraq and the prospects for a successful outcome. At this far later date, I'd think that you'd have reassed some of your assumptions and beliefs. <<<
I don't recall KB as being wildly enthusiastic about the war. I recall his beliefs were aligned with mine. I was against the war because I didn't believe the American public had the guts to see it through to its end ..... and they don't.
This war on terror wasn't started by Bush, the response might have been but, it manifested back in the Carter administration by the overthrow of Iran and the holding hostage of Americans for a year.
I'm reading the book by Anonymous. My take on the reading may be different from yours. Bush has made some mistakes, every leader we've had during times of combat has. But, the book doesn't cover the real reasons for going to war. It tells why we won't win this one.
We aren't going to win their hearts and minds. All I've read with regards to Kerry's view on handling the war is to give up business concessions to countries who didn't send troops. Get the UN more involved. And, try to educate the Muslim world. ..... Ain't gonna work! The Muslim world isn't our public education system.
If you've read the latest book by Anonymous, and you read the demands by Bin Laden, for terrorism against us to stop, then you'd know too that anything other than total destruction of Al Queda isn't going to work.
We are not going to allow the destruction of Isreal and have those people leave that part of the world. We are not going to allow that part of the world to control 70% of the world's energy resources and charge the enormous rates that Bin Laden wants to charge.
Ideology is one thing, reality is another.
I've mention in a previous message, prior to you coming back, that wars aren't fought over WMD's, ending genocide, freeing the slaves or for the Glory of Rome. Wars are fought for political and economic gain.
There is too much at stake economically to give up and go home, hoping that we can all be friends and just get along with each other.
I can live with Bush's mistakes as long as he is consistent with his convictions. We can learn from our mistakes under those circumstances.
I have a hard timing dealing with someone who flip flops their convictions as they try to appeal to a voter who in most cases doesn't know a damn thing about what is really going on in the world.
Unfortunately, all the media seems to focus on is the ideological aspects of this war on terrorism, not the realities of it. The economic reasons for going to war are more important to our economic freedoms than trying to teach Muslim tribal xenophobes that liberalism is a better life for them.
dabum |
