Why are we at war ?#2 Are we at war for a good reason, what's the reason,and does it have something to do with his father?#2 could this be avoided?Ithough this was a country ran by the people but it's ran by a bunchbig,fat,arrogant,mean,rich, shelfish,a#@holes.They don't really care about us,do they?  If they did they would protect us  from harm and prevent us from chaos. Guide us to peace and respect.Our soldiers that's fighting for us are in too DEEP because of Bush.Our soldiers are dying and Bush WILL NOT  bring them back nor stop the war.Fatal death cause by people, we are the one's whowilldestroy ourself because ofbeliefs and differences.For some who don't know:U.S and German intelligence ( partners). the movie HAMBURG CELL,Hamburg is in the northern part of GERMANY.Islamists students were hijackers such as( hijackers Mohammed Atta al Sayed, Marwan al-Shehhi, and Ramzi Binalshibh,and others.They were from Hamburg,Germany not Iraq! Should your personal problems interfere with work?
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Now what is the point of anyone who disagrees with you answering this question?  You're making more of a political statement, seems to me, and you don't really care to know the truth.  First of all, President Bush does not make all the decisions.  If you're still in school, I recommend you take civics and stop listening to everyone else.  In civics you learn about this groovy thing called DEMOCRACY, which our country still is a democratic nation.  You also learn that there are THREE branches to the government, not just the President and Vice President.\nI'm sorry if I sound condescending, but...I guess I'm annoyed and I'm taking it out on you.  Why am I annoyed?  Because the people who disagree with me for stupid reasons try to call me narrow-minded.  And when I say stupid reasons, I mean reasons I can disprove completely.  \nAlso because people who have no idea what's really going on in Iraq protest the war.  But they don't know what they're protesting.  Yeah, let's just pull out, let the insurgency win, let them take out the Iraqi government (which has been built back up from scratch in the last three years!), and put a new dictator in charge!  Hey, maybe the next one won't be as nice as Hussein (who, um, wasn't nice at all), but that's okay, because too many soldiers have died (1.5 a day on average according to my calculations using exact numbers of how many soldiers have been in combat over the last three years.  It took a few minutes, but I figured it out!), never mind the fact that if we pull out, all of those deaths will mean NOTHING.  That means that in a few years, we get to do away with another dictator...maybe after they kill a few hundred thousand.  But hey, that's okay, that would still mean that we'd be out of Iraq, and that's all that matters, right?\nI hate to break it to you, but the government is not all powerful.  Not only that, but no, they really DON'T care about you, as an individual.  They care about the different groups, and try to represent each as well as they can.  They're only human.  Imagine for a moment with me:  Our federal government has, what, 300?  Maybe 400?  Those select few have to make decisions for ALL Americans.  How many is that?  About 100-200 million?\nYou're not seeing the whole picture.  How is Bush supposed to stop the war?  Go over to the insurgents with some flowers and a white flag?  Within seconds of him doing that, Cheney would have to be sworn in.  \nI hope that whoever we elect in 2008 has the guts to resolve the issue in the Middle East, despite all the protesters.  I hope they listen to the soldiers on the ground, instead of everyone else.
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ARE YOU INSANE???\n\nFirst, we MADE Saddam Hussein, if he was EVER a threat it is because WE CREATED HIM. Do YOU know why our government was so CONVINCED they would find WMD's (so named because our PRESIDENT cannot SAY the word NUCLEAR!)???? \n\nWHY???? \n\n\nBecause WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS!!!!!!\n\nSecond, you cannot BEGIN to compare Saddam Hussein to HITLER??? 6 MILLION people man... 6 MILLION in like 7 years or so.. MAX... You cannot begin compare GW BUSH to those people who put a stop to Hitler's madness... \n\nThat is just asinine!!! \n\nThousands of dead American SOLDIERS and Iraqis is NOT worth proving that the Bushes AREN'T WIMPS!! \n\nDO NOT kid yourself into thinking that any of this is ANYTHING ELSE!!!\n\nI will agree with you on one thing, The ENEMY may be ruthless.. but they were NOT OUR ENEMIES until WE MADE THEM SUCH!!!!\n\nLet us at least be honest and not continue to delude ourselves into thinking we are anything but imperialists with something to prove. \n\n\nIt is NOT WORTH THE LIVES OF OUR DAUGHTERS AND SONS!!!!
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There was a great essay I saw on this the other day, here:\n\nhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/26/155350/677\n\nThanks to the original writer, I couldn't have said it better myself.  You can't wage a war against an emotion.  It's like the "war on love" or the "war on sadness", the "war on regret".  You just can't "win" or "lose", there is no goal.  I'm still trying to figure out how people got Iraq mixed up with "terrorism", despotic and tyrannical dictator and murderer, sure, but not a terrorist.
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What business is it of America being there? My god they get involved in EVERY war going that has some ultimate benefit for them in the end. Tell me why arent they in the heartland of Africa with as many troops trying to sort out bloodshed there? Oh thats right....there is no oil there...silly me. War on terrorism...that's a laugh...when a terrorist is actually defined as an unwelcome fecker in a country. Surely since America is NOT wanted in Iraq..then they are actually terrorists themselves! It's just the brainwashing and propoganda of today...in 20 years time ye will all look back and say "how were we fooled by the biggest fool himself..ie that gobshite BUSH!"
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Okay! I did not , honestly look at anything you had to say after your first response...War is not best solution..etc..we are all animals that is what we do ...we {most do not like it} but that is what we, in reality do. I hate it..so many lives lost. but only so many of us can stop it or do something about it.. L
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waste of their time? i dont think they had a choice in the matter. they did what they were ordered to do. did the military (before 9/11)have a clue as to what was going to happen after? no they didnt. most of the military personnel joined for the college tuition and or the bonus money for signing on. also to say "defend this country" is not entirely true. how can a soldier fighting in Iraq be defending the USA? with the exception of a few choice personnel who are assigned border patrol (coast guard and some navy) there havent really been any military personnel defending the USA except for Dec.7,1941 and 9/11. now as for all of you who think the guy asking this is just so cruel let me say this. I myself am an army vet and i see nothing wrong with this man asking his question. the fact that he is able to ask this question only goes to praise all of the soldiers currently and in the past who have either fought or fought and died for their country's right to be able to exercise the rights they have. when a soldier serves his country in the name of freedom, the soldier cannot dictate which rights the public will have. you cant say "im going to fight for your rights but youd better not badmouth me". freedom of speech is just that. freedom to say what you want. you have to take the good with the bad. do I get offended when i hear people bad mouthing veterans? no, because the fact that I am able to hear what the public has to say whether good or bad simply means that the veterans have done their jobs through selfless service which is exactly as it should be.
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I have a confession I'm a Liberal.  When people I know ask me I tell they that I'm a Democrat that is so far on the left wing that I fell off.  It's not that I'm imbarrised I just hate getting into it everytime someone ask me my party.  (LOL)  This is also a question that I ask myself everyday.  I don't want anymore lives lost over this war regardless of the country the person comes from.  I know that no time soon we will be leaving.  Bush has to much pride for that.  He will not back down from this war.  Hell, he can't adimit that he was wrong for prosueing Iraq.  I was against this from the begining.  I don't understand how our goverment and also fellow American got so side track from what we knew went on during 9/11.  I think we should have started with facts first then worry about solving all the detail to 9/11.  The facts were... we knew Osama Bin Laden was responsible for 9/11.  If we are going to war with him how did we end up in Iraq? We had no proof that Saddam Hussin had any thing to do with 9/11 and also we had no proof that Bin Laden was in Iraq.  Why are we there?  We still have a long time before we elect another president.  If the Americans can take the time to think for their selves they will vote for a Democratic president.  If we get one I strongly fill they will bring home the troops.  They probalaly will not bring them home at one time but within 2 yrs.  I think the Iraq war the first time was left unresolved by leaving Hussin president.  I don't think we should go to other countries and over throw their president but we wouldn't have a reason to be there this time.  This time to me is also stupid.  It is like another Vietinam.  We are accomplishing nothing.  I know they have been improvments their but look at all the lives that have been lost.  Most of the people in Iraq don't want us there.  They might want our help but they don't want a war in their country.  Their families are dying and at want cost to them.  So they can go vote for a president (that we had to approve of)  and know have a constuntion ( that we have to approve of).  They are told about all these desissions they are being allowed to make but they are chose from what we are allowing them to chose from.  They are not having a democracy they have a dictatership but instead on Hussin they have Bush.
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Did you see that last posting about Military Personnel should refrain from making posts?  WHATEVER!!!!!!!!!  Just about everybody on the face of this earth is wondering what the HAY we are still over there for.  I like the way the other guy tried to give an explanation which still does not make sense to me.  To answer your question, I (Army Spouse) find no justification in this "war"!!!  And neither does my husband, but again he is doing his job!!  Would hate to lose good ol' Tricare for not doing his job!! (Tricare is military health insurance.)  I'm not anti-army just anti-war.  There's a difference.
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OK, OK you are right, we went to Iraq to blindly muder and kill woman and children. Comforting others is not our goal, it is kill, kill, for oil. Look at what we have gain by our highest ever oil prices right now. I mean what is wrong with us Yanks. Lets face it we should know that all our Presidents think and act exactly the same no matter who they are or what year it is or what party. I mean this person is right, we are stupid and unknowledgeable about the world and we do live in the dark ages. What is wrong with Regan for putting the pressure on Russia to bring down the wall in Germany and end Communism in that country? Why in heavens name did we rescue those people from Mt. Pinatubo? Why are we willing to help so many countries in need when the chips are down? Why do those nations who rake us over the coals come to us when evil is knocking at their doors? Why? Thank you sir for giving us that just do kick in the rear because us stupid Americans desirve it. God Bless America!!!!
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I have no idea why people are so against our military. My only guess is that they are liberal jack a**es that listen to the media too much. I personally believe that we should be in this War on Terror. And yes the question of what good it would do if we turned the other cheek, also ask yourself what good it would do for our country if we let the terrorist think that they could come over here kill thousands of people and get away with it.
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Reminds me of the questions coming from women and children in Auswitz in the early years of WW II, "where are the Americans, the British, doesn't anyone know what's going on?"  Why should we fight other people's wars?? hmmm, i guess there are plenty of reasons, but i still hear those ghosts and don't want to relive the past.
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why do "WE", Um I think its more like why do "YOU". because "I" dont believe that. we aren't there to fight a war, we are there to make peace and contain the moronic fruit cakes over there from fighting. we are the peace keeprs not the fighters, if we are under combat yes we will fight back i mean after all would you want someone shooting at you? if I had to be there and I had a gun and someone was shooting or bombing me, darn skippy I would fight back. but again back to your question I dont believe that "WE" think that, only "you" do.
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Moon love, you know how difficult this is to answer, and I would invite others to know, but I have made my 360 only available to friends.\nYes my loved one made his choice when the war was already underway. But his family and friends know the heart that drives this man (who was once a boy in my arms), and we believe in him and his fellows. We do not believe in this administration, and how they have handled this effort that has cost the lives and limbs of so many.\nBut take me out of the equation for a minute, after all I haven't seen day one of combat. Let me share from someone who has:\n\n"As a First Lieutenant and Infantry Platoon Leader for the U.S. Army National Guard charged with leading thirty-eight men in Iraq, Paul Rieckhoff followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. After Rieckhoff volunteered to take part in the invasion of Iraq, he and his soldiers spent almost a year in one of the most dangerous and volatile areas of Baghdad, where they struggled to maintain order, protect Iraqi civilians, track down insurgents, and defend themselves against sniper and roadside bomb attacks. \n\nBut it was clear to Rieckhoff almost from the get-go that America's mission in Iraq was deeply flawed - and that his platoon was overchallenged and underequipped. If there was a plan to stabilize Baghdad after the invasion, no one had let them in on it. And with so many obstacles to overcome, they faced enemies that included thousands of armed, angry, and unemployed men who had been unleashed into the streets when the U.S. government disbanded the Iraqi army."\n\nThat is just a sampling of the book released just recently by the former platoon leader. He has served, and he wants the American public to KNOW the troops need more than just their love and support. The troops need a plan, they need someone to understand what it is like on the front lines, and they need the forces behind this war to come up with a reasonable and timely exit strategy.\n\nFrom my heart, yes we are in this horrible mess under false pretenses, and I know Dubya, Dick and Rummy all brought us in to pay for their luxuries in life, to extract vengence on their behalf, to stock their coifers... it just goes on. Yes we can't just pack up camp and go home, things might very well be worse than how it was before we came over.\n\nDubya, let me tell it to ya straight. Ya ain't never gonna win a place in this heart, you have lied and cheated us too many times, but the least you could do for the history of this country, is drop everything and I mean everything, and gather every brilliant mind and former general into a think tank to break this stalemate and get us the H E !_ !_ outta Iraq, before you cost one more life or limb. And you had better do everything in your power, combined with the people of both Houses to repay the American people who've lost family and friends. You owe us way more than that, but I guess I could call it even.\n\nOh and one more thing, should a hair be harmed on my boy, hear me loud and clear...\nThe UNIVERSE has witnessed no fury, like this Nearly Demonic Momma Grizzly!\n(Cindy S. will seem like a long lost college drinking buddy, comparativly!)\n\nNo one's husband/wife, mother/father, sister/brother, uncle/aunt, and most especially son/daughter should pay with any hurt upon their being FOR YOUR MISDEEDS.
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We fight for many different reasons. Some are to defend ourselves most are for money and power. I really do not believe in Iraq  but we have entered into Pandora's Box if we were to leave we will set up the perfect terrorist training grounds and the world will really be in trouble. The fact is sometimes our mistakes are not easy to solve. This is why we should think before we act. But there have been many wars that were justified just not in our life time.  The Revolutionary War, WWI, WWII, I would add the Civil War but the truth is that it was not about slavery, Slavery only truly became Lincoln's goal when he feared England may join in with the Confederates. A good thing came of it though the US was not divided and slavery was abolished. \nThere is no one answer for all wars. Every war is different and has different reasons. Like Afghanistan we had every right to strike back after 9/11. Vietnam , I truly do not know, The Indian Wars were complete out of greed, WWI & II were to save the world as we knew it. \nWe are in Iraq right now because of revenge and greed. Saddam was not as big of a treat as N.Korea, Iran,Bin Laden.  \nI have never seen Why We Fight but we must realize that peace has a price, because not everyone believes in peace as we know it.
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You should not be allowed to be outside alone.  You are dumb as s**t.  Hitler killed people because he didn't like them, not because they had tried to kill him or other people from his country for no reason other than that they were "infidels".  The terrorists killed many, many American people simply because they believe that they should wipe us off the face of the earth because we don't believe what they believe.  Bush is trying to protect his country and its people, not destroy others.  If he didn't care about the other people over there, he wouldn't have sent his troops and would have just blown the whole place to hell and back.  His protection allows you to make dumb a** comments - don't forget.
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Sweetie, there are a lot of us out there who are still extremely concerned.  It feels kind of like the war in Iraq was a ruse becase GW didn't WANT to find Osama.  It's all very sketchy anyway.  You're not alone.
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.      I can not believe some spme people. I hear a lot of stupidity coming out of a lot of Americans mouths concerning the war with Iraq."We're there for oil." what? Cumon ppl listen to ya selves please. What happen to Nationalism? Standing behind our country. That just sickens me to hear that kind of uneducated comments coming out of my fellow Americans mouths. \nAnybody care to correct/comment? Contact me; I'm open for aguement/disscusion.\n.      First of all, we get most of our oil supplies from Nigeria, and even if that was the reason we're there, we Americans should have nothing to whine and cry about because it would only be to assure our benefits. We're in the 21st century for God's sake. This is not the time to just go to war because one country refuses to sell its products. Man! \n.     I support the war with Iraq a 100%. We cant always be reactive, people. We have to act first to stop these idiots from even thinking about messing with us. We cant wait for another 9/11 to go to war. We have to be proactive and teach'em that they should know better than messing with the supper power.       \n.    Even tho this war has dramatically driven our economy downward, its gonna help assure our security in the long run. War is what gave us the image that we have right now. After the bomming of Hiroshima and Nagasaki every other country knew better than messing with us. \n.     Forger the rest, liberating those poor, innocent citizens from dictatorship alone is a legit reason from the USA to go to war with any country!