Short and Pithy eh?
Ok… maybe he should be the Minister of Misinformation.
It is obvious that everyone on the left (except John Kerry) did not and would not support a war against Iraq. For whatever reasons you could care to list. Hindsight, is a wonderful thing.
We had 10 years of no complying and evasive maneuvers from Saddam and his regime. Are the Iraqi people better of now that they were 1 year (and a few days) ago? (or 2, 4 or 15 years???)
The Middle East is a festering pustule! Have we upset that balance? Certainly, but how could that be a bad thing?
I take issue with America’s ability to occupy a defeated country. I am living in Germany now (a defeated and occupied country). We can do it, as long as we have the political backbone to do so. If our military (and leadership) have to contend with wishy-washy appeasement monkeys that want safety but don’t want to get their hands dirty in the process, we will not be successful. Vietnam?
US soldiers are going to die in Iraq. That is a fact. Given the choice between soldiers dying in Iraq and civilians dying in NY (or Washington DC, Chicago, etc) I choose the soldier. At least it gives terror organizations something to focus on besides soft American homeland targets.
I would imagine that a military member dies daily in training or on exercises every day (or at least every week) OUTSIDE of Iraq. The Middle East is desperate for a self governing democracy and if we can help create on, so much the better.
The cost to rebuild Iraq is a mere fraction of what the aftermath of 9-11 cost us.
If Kerry gets in, the Terrorist win. Just like in Spain. I do not want a president that has to call Chirac to consult on ANYTHING let alone international affairs.
And Lastly.
Will the left quit whining about “there are dictators and human rights abuses all over the world and we do nothing about them because there is no economic reason‚ÄövѬ .” You are just painting yourself in a corner.
1) WHEN we do decide to tackle THOSE regimes, you won’t be able to be “against it” because you will have been on record as saying that we should have done it “all along”.
2) IF we are going to deal with regimes, isn’t it prudent to START with the ones that economically impact the US first?
Oh and M L I scored 42 on the Libertarian test.
