Subj : The War Has No Clothes
To   : Frank Reid
From : Sam Alexander
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 11:55 am

  Re: The War Has No Clothes
  By: Frank Reid to Finnigann on Thu Sep 29 2005 06:48 am

 >   Re: The War Has No Clothes
 >   By: Finnigann to Patch on Wed Sep 28 2005 10:48 am
 > 
 >  > Everyone keeps saying 'w' isn't as dumb as he seems... Well just when is 
 >  > gonna show us he isn't as dumb as he seems?
 > 
 > What would you have us do?  Turn tail and run, leaving millions of Iraqi
 > citizens who had hopes for a secure future to suffer whatever torture that t
 > ensuing chaos and civil war bring them?  Screw 'em, right?  Hey, why don't w
 > just nuke every major city in Iraq and let 'em start from scratch?
 > 
 > Every U.S. servicemember casualty is a great loss, but it doesn't mitigate t
 > fact that they are doing an honorable and necessary job in Iraq to establish
 > stability in the country and throughout the entire region.  Every solider in
 > Iraq knows that and is willing to stand, fight and win for that greater good
 > 
 > So how can one take a position, at home in an armchair and watching like som
 > spectator sport, that their dedication, courage and integrity are fruitless?
 > It is patently inane for anyone to ever suggest "I support our troops, but I
 > don't support the war."  The two concepts are mutually exclusive.
 > 
 > 

What Bush is trying to do will never succeed.  He's trying to reshape the 
Iraq people to work like the US.  The very nature of the Muslim religion in 
part goes against the very 'freedom' we're trying to give to them, and 
trying to change their religion, no matter how crazy their religion is, 
isn't going to happen.  Also without the Iraqi people supporting his efforts 
the second we leave it'll revert back to what it was before.  

As for our troops, they are dieing for freedom, but not ours -- they're 
dieing for the Iraqi freedom.  If those folks can't stand up and defend 
themselves who are we to take on this roll?  250 years ago the US was ran by 
the British, and though we had alittle help from the French the US citizens 
led their own revolt and kicked the brits out.  If we had tucked tail and 
taken it like the IRaqi folks are doing now, we'd be talking like Patrick 
Stewart and have the Queen on the $1 bill.

Also check this out --
http://media.planetvids.com/pvids/Gov_Bush_vs_Pres_Bush.wmv

Not that I liked Bush before, but this'll give many a new opinion on who 
flipflops.

Sam

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