First off, read the SI policy. I wouldn't want you getting kicked off the thread for language. We need your opinion on this thread, so we can have a lively debate.
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I think alot about whether we should be the cop of the world or not. Fundamentally, I don't like the idea. However, I keep coming back to the conclusion that we have no choice. We are the number 1 target for the Muslims. Therefore, we have to fight back. It pains me to see how young those kids are that fight for this country. It pains me to see how brave they are. I bet you didn't know that a recent poll among our soldiers showed that 80% of those who were wounded in Iraq, would re-enlist to go back if they could. They understand what they are fighting for even if you do not.
I think you have clearly stated that it is irresponsible for us to be in Iraq. You find it morally objectionable and I respect that. However, I find it morally objectionable and irresponsible for us not to fight these Muslim nihilists. If we back off for one second, then they will use all their resources to hit us here in the U.S. If they succeed in doing that, then your 11,000 wounded figure could be in the hundreds of thousands, but they wouldn't be wounded, they'd be dead.
It might have escaped you that Osama recently secured the Muslim community's permission to strike the U.S. with WMD. As long as we give him and his ilk breathing room, they will work to put those plans into place. With sponsors of their terror like Iran or North Korea, who possess nukes or soon will, it is a virtual certainty that they will succeed in striking us one day.
I don't think you get it, John. We are sitting ducks here in the U.S. and we have no choice but to fight a VERY aggressive war to kill these nihilists before they kills hundreds of thousands of us right here in your backyard.
I find it morally reprehensible that you and others like you refuse to take your rose colored glasses off and see the threat standing right before your eyes. That refusal to face reality and fight these Muslims aggressively could very will cost hundreds of thousands of American lives, if you were to get your way. |
