I will not be very specific, and this is not a violent war. It is a war to determine who will be dominant over the region I live in. If I lose, then a madman will control everything. Leave your email if you wish to aid me.
204132
Never march on Moscow, never get involved in the Balkans, and Never, ever trust your luggage to the Royal Air Force
561057
i always that the wordl needed a war counrtry.  that way, we could just go there and fight and not wreck houses and stuff.....................  i suggested part of Africa as its big and theres a lot of suffering going on there........we could buy part of it and help out the people at the same time.
162272
Read 1984.  It is not a war on terror.  It is a war.  Just a reason to go to war.  It is ambiguous.  It can continue indefinitely.  It has no terminus.  It is an excellent reason to violate rights.  It is an excuse to seize power and not let go.  It tramples constitutional rights.  It is a pseudo-martial law. (I could go on, but I won't)
257528
War is always dangerous and unpredictable.  It cannot be done in a clinical sanitized way.  Oh sure we're getting better at it all the time but war is always messy and hard to control even with all our techno gadgets.\n\nThe problem isn't that we were mislead about the exact duration of this specific war, the problem is that we are constantly being misled about the nature of war in general.  (ie - it is foolish to strongly believe any predictions about war)\n\nWar is not a reality game show, though it is often packaged like one.  Its a serious business with very real consequences for both sides no matter who is declared the victor.  \n\nActually in war nobody wins and I think that most military minds know that at some level but aren't prepared to let the general public know.  The absolute best we can hope for is to create a situation where things don't get worse.  (ie war can never make things better it can only limit further damage, sometimes)\n\nIts too late and pointless to debate if we should have been there to begin with.  The exit strategy?  Well, only someone who really knows what is going on can make that call and its not me.  \n\nDoes anybody really know what is going on there?
501178
someones been playing the Xbox a little too long i see. WOW what an imagination.....\n\n\nNO, that sums up nothing. nothing is that simple when it comes to war...you've got a lot to learn.
143005
I'm in Iraq right now. Me being on here should give you an idea of what I'M doing...nothing. What's it like? HOT! Alot of people do have it pretty rough over here though, but I wouldn't say the majority have it all that bad. It just sucks being away from home for so long. I don't think it's really getting better. They're gonna fight us as long as we're here.
320696
Not enough information in your question to be able to say if I would feel threatened.  It would depend different things.  Is the leadership of the country hostile?  Do they say they want you wiped off of the map?  Is the leadership of the country trustworthy?  Does the leadership of the country have respect for human life and human rights?  Is the country stable?  There are a lot of things that I would need to consider to decide if I was threatened.
515013
Unfortunately I don't think we'll be able to keep Iraq together now that sectarian violence has taken over the country. Iran is clearly helping the Shiite militias with resources as they are supporting Hezbolla in Lebanon. Like it or not we should be talking with the Iranians about this and other things. However even Sadr has lost control of the militias. There's just an ineveitable bottom that has to be hit before this thing wears out. I remember a similar situation in South Viet Nam. The South was corrupt and it's army unable to stand up to the North. As soon as we left it all fell apart. Iraq was a creation of the west. Rival ethnic groups held down by a merciless dictator. Bush and his advisors completely underestimated the divisons in that country. Sadam was like a cork in the bottle. Maybe an international force of non-western nations might be able to restore order but it would take hundreds of thousands more than we have there now. The current prime minister has to go and the interior ministry needs to be purged of the criminals and assassins using their positions to carry out personal vendettas. Twice in my lifetime the bright boys in Washington have tried this and twice they've failed. My Dick Cheney and his like will finally stop trying to refight the Viet Nam war.
93105
If ever the US would fall, it would be by NO means of other country... I mean, take for example they had a war with other country, but they won't lose. No other country can bring them down... it will only be among them and it depends on them whatever they want to happen. I guess, the second sentence states that would it still be possible that the US will fall or is it alrady breaking down?! The new generation in that country is being quite a bit-off-course and people are too much liberated.
197660
I would try my hardest to stay neutral in this conflict. It's not your problem it's theirs! For you to become involved will leave one or the other feeling like you are taking sides...and you don't want that. Stay on the opposite side of the fence my friend and keep your head up. Until they decide to stop fussing like girlies there is not a darn thing you can do!
481953
I think you got carried away a little when putting thi question to such an extent it is difficult to assess exactly what you are trying to say. I am British and I am proud to live in a country which has democratic elections and freedom of speech. On the whole it has a decent and fair minded attitude to others. If ths was endangered I would very much be in favour of defending our way of life. You seem to have a thing about the Chinese. At the moment they are too busy looking after their own affairs to worry too much about what is happening in the rest of the world. Bear in mind also that China is starting to encompass some of the Western world's trends such as private enterprise etc. There would be no gain in China causing a war on a global scale. When you refer to the 1930's and 40's I assume you are referring to the Second World War. This is different. Then there was an identifiable enemy. They formed an army and wore uniforms. You knew who you were fighting. Today the enemy is miuch more covert, subversion and cowardly. It will not come out identify itself and engage in combat. It infiltrates our lives and carries out its atrocities randomly and deviously. It is far more dangerous. However our way of life must and will be defended vigourously.
641179
Mind your own business..you are trying to put a battle up for your own agenda...that is NOT nice, not right. MYOB!
160593
There is no economy over there. It's an occupied Country. The U.S. Military is the only thing that is keeping things from totally turning to sheeeit. They don't have a Government like America says through the Bush Administration, it's just our Military forcing them to do what we want right now. As soon as we pull out they will create a Government. Right now nothing is what they got, and they know it. So it will be chaos until America leaves. That is why your seeing the Civil War.
619706
I think we are unchartered waters on this one.  We have never fought an enemy of this nature before so where to draw the line and how far to take it will depend on the world's willingness to stop the terror attacks.  As we saw with Spain, not all countries view this war the same.  But, unless there is a concerted effort on the part of all governments that value freedom to destroy the terrorists throughout the world we will never end this.  Afghanistan and Iraq are the tip of the iceberg.  The Islamic terrorists, and make no mistake that that is who this war is directed at, have the ability to travel all over the world and use the tools of cowards to continue their jihad.  Since we are not fighting a standing army, and I doubt that our estimates of people involved in terrorist oganizations is close to accurate, we cannot know when we "get them all".  The ultimate solution will have to come from a coalition of world governments being willing to root out these organizations on their soil and drive them into a corner where they are considered, and please forgive the use of the term, lepers.  Once they are seen as un-touchable (in that no one wants to touch them or allow them safe haven) then we can talk about drawing lines.
614322
This is the wisest decision you have taken to yourself, your family and your future. Being in Iraq for so-called search for weapons of mass destruction is nothing other than terrorising the lives of other people who belong to a country, religion, culture etc different to yours. It does not make any complete sense to continue this war.
305308
Well, I guess in a way if youre fighting war than that means youre starting a war against war, which means you are already contradicting yourself. The point im trying to make is it doesnt really matter what context it is in, it takes a war to start yet another.\n\nI applaud you for asking this question, but I am a lil confused as to why you did it since your ideology seems so thrown together and a little clumsy.\n\nI dont believe evil has a face. Its only a word we've constructed to seperate each other. But even if it did, are you saying that war exists because of "evil"? If thats true, than why do you feel that saying "war is wrong" is any different than saying that it is necessary?\n\nO i get it, we call that atitude nihilism - a belief that there is no point in caring because to care would mean that you think it is possible to change. But dont you think that in already saying it is impossible to change than you have already disqualified yourself from ever changing anything in the first place? \nDoesnt that whole idea go back to the "takes a war to start one" thing?
299298
you are. no doubt about it. on one side u are talking about humanity on the other hand Hiroshima & Nagasaki.on one hand you are talking about fighting against terrorism on the other hand you are neglecting(or helping?) Pakistan. on one hand you are asking China to retreat from chinies taipei on the other hand you are occuping Afganistan,Iraq and Iran on the agenda next. you want the world to be under your foot. but never forget Hitler, Musolini, Alexander the great,Japan they all failed. where are you heading for? as far as China, India,Israel is concerned you will be axing the branch on which you are sitting. Pakistan is already under your control.