how `bout we do this. for all people that answer, if you do NOT live in the USA, will you please tell us where you live or where you are at right now as you answer. let`s get a world wide opinion on this filthy war.!!!
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I say make the hard choices or bring troops back. What do I mean don't p ussy foot around when your attacked hit back and hit back hard. I don't care if your in a mosque if you fire on me I'm coming after you. I am a Canadian that served in the U.S Army infantry and was in Iraq. My wife was in Iraq as well in intelligence. This war is bull crap. Everyone knows it. But the U.S has f ucked this up so bad that now we have to stay and die for the mistakes of the intelligence community. Everyone that thinks Iraq is a good idea has no idea what being on the ground in a hostile country is all about. Cowards all. 80 percent of U.S falls in this category. War is a great idea when your P ussy a ss doesn't have to fight in it. Looks great from a 60 inch screen try seeing it from a hasty V. Not to mention this isn't a war its 100,000 cannon fodder sitting in the desert so Kellogg brown and root can make money. If you don't bring the troops home or move them to safer place when the Iran war comes troops in Iraq will be killed in droves. All those that wish to stay the course in Iraq your local recruiter would like to chat with you. Why don't you back up your words with action P ussies.
490756
Where is the support for your "facts"?  My brother has been there and has seen his friends die and has seen the people of Iraq.  He had the citizens come to him and thank him for what he was there too do.  Ask any one who has served and met the REAL people of that country.  They do like what we are doing there.  It is the radicals who are fighting against us that don't want us there.  These are the people who would rule by terror.  Get your "facts" straight and serve in the military yourself before you start criticizing what is goin on.
580690
There is never any justification to killing innocent civilians. It is an unfortunate happenstance when your country is at war. Why there is a war is a topic that you can argue far longer than I want to get in thank you. I do believe the U.S. should be there. We are the greatest nation the world has ever known and we should be a factor in the worlds development. Where would the world be if we didn't send troops to Europe after Hitler? We need to be involved in helping the world. No one ever thanks us for the Billions we send for Humanitarian efforts - and we need to be involved there also. Take care, Dan
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We are fighting a war to protect our way of life.  It seems like many people that are complaining these days have completely forgotten about the attacks on 9/11.  The enemy wants to kill Americans.  They want to kill us in large numbers.  They have no problem with killing women and children.  Wake up!  As for WMD in Iraq, I think they had plenty of time to move the weapons out of the country before we went in.  Some news stories have reported that the WMD's were shipped into the Bekka valley in Lebanon weeks before the war started.  Of course, these reports were never followed up by the liberal media, that's not the type of news they want to report on.
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Normally you anger me beyond words.  I can't even express  how much.  Today I am just going to give you a calm honest reply to your question.  I really don't feel any shame over anything you listed in your question.  It didn't phase me a bit.  In fact I don' t feel shame for a single thing except one.  I am ashamed that people from all over the world read the vile crap you write about my country and the troops fighting for it.  I'm ashamed that you make your comments in agreement with our enemies and to their delight knowing that you are an american citizen. Most of all I am ashamed knowing that there are brave men fighting this war who read what you write in this forum and I can't tell every one of them that I am so sorry.  Yes that's what I'm most ashamed of...that you are an American.
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To shelly and the one who posted just before (Or is it after?) her (The one who posted no name)... I don't see information here from you. I see the talking points of the left. \n\nFirstly, the Iraqi war is not illegal. It was fully supported by numerous resolutions including res. 1441. In addition, NO country should need to ask the corrupt United Nations to defend itself from a maniacle dictator, nor to free 25,000,000 people from a dictator's grasp. \n\nSecondly, NO ONE in this country, either in the administration or in the armed services of this nation support torture. There is quite a difference between that and strong interrogation techniques.\n\nThirdly, anonymous, I resent your statement about people of conscience not fighting in Iraq. I, sir, have family in Iraq, in addition to over 140,000 young men and women who have volunteered to serve this country in its time of need. You dishonor them with your words, and I think you owe an appology.\n\nShelly,\nI know that Bush is not a great orrator. No one denies that. However, considering that he graduated with two degrees, one from Harvard, and one from Yale, I find it a bit unfounded for you to call his intelligence into question, ESPECIALLY considering that he graduated with slightly BETTER grades than 2004 challenger, demoncrat John Kerry.\n\nIn addition, it is the leaders of the left in this country who have demeaned our troops from the beginning. \n\nJohn Murtha, without waiting for investigations to be complete and without giving our men and women in uniform the benifit of a trial accused them of, "murdering innocent civilians in cold blood."\n\nJohn Kerry has accused our men and women in uniform of "sneaking into homes in the dead of night and terrorizing women and children..."\n\nCharlie Rangle, the would-be speaker of the house weighs and means commitee has vowed to cut off funding for our troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.\n\nI have more examples, but for now, I'll let you chew on those.\n\nNow, let me get back to the question at hand. To me, it does not matter one bit whether it was a botched joke or not. The fact is it came out as an insult to our men and women in uniform. And instead of doing what he SHOULD have done and appologizing for the offense it caused our troops, John Kerry came out and ARROGENTLY said that he appologizes to NO ONE. Then he went back to the tried and tired democratic talking points saying that, "Bush should appologize" to our troops... Talk about a childish remark.\n\nEdit: Grist,\nIf the left is supposedly in support of our troops, why have they worked to undermine this war effort from day one? Why do the left-wing leaders in congress criticize them, accuse them, without benifit of trial or even an investigation? \n\nMark,\nJohn Kerry has worked to undermine the military from thirty years ago. \n\nDon't forget, this is, again the guy who accused our men and women in uniform of sneaking into homes in the dead of night and terrorizing women and children. This is the guy who, while criticizing the president for not putting forth enough funding has said, "I voted for the eighty seven billion... Before I voted against it..."
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Yes I think we will, We are now in the breach of WW3, for all those who don't believe me. Believe me its true, I am in Iraq right now, all this is is the beginning of World War 3 and we can't even see it with our own eyes. Africa is starting to heat up, North Korea shooting missiles, Iran shooting missiles, Syria wanting to over run Iraq why we are in here. This is all on the breach of another major war. And we Americans don't have enough troop to handle it compared to all the other countries millions of millions of troops that are belonging to their army. Thats why I think we need more troops to sign up. Just my opinion, nothing serious.
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here is a crime against humanity right here pass it on, no wonder u guys didnt wanna help with this bogus war in the middle east....\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5137581991288263801&q=loose+change.    watch to see
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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!!!!
226823
You are all scaring me to death!! Why are Americans so willing to support this government's war machine?! I think it may be time to think about relocating seriously. The plan: first kill our educational system and independent media to create mass ignorance. Then conscript all of them.
136923
First thing we need to do is stop this war! Bring home the troops and end the blood spilling.Because everyone knows by now that we went to war on false information!
533415
While I believe we are undermanned, I don't think of the Iraq war as a question of nationality.  This is a crooked war and we all know it.  I can speak for many by saying I am not eager to die for a war I don't believe in.
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Ask your average Merikun dough-brain "What do you think about what's happening in Darfur Province in Sudan?" and they will most likely get that befuddled look you sometimes see on a slow child's face when someone brings up the subject of algebra...and if it isn't blazing across the crawl on FOXNEWS the people in charge DON'T CARE! It took two years to drag Clinton into Kosovo and Bosnia, maybe it will only take three to drag Bush into Darfur... it's a touchy situation though, the region is heavily populated by Muslims.... Wouldn't it be seen as just more American arrogance butting it's way into an internal conflict where we have no business? Wouldn't it create even more hatred of America in the Arab world if we barged into Sudan with an armed force, whether or not we called them PeaceKeepers? I see no easy solution to what's currently happening in Sudan. It's very reminiscent of the Hutu Vs. Tutsi conflict in Rwanda a few years back. Hardly anybody in America gave a $hiT back then and we weren't at war with terrorists then. Our military strength is already being stretched thin in Iraq... why should we worry about some poor African people who we DON'T see on T.V. every night? Sometimes the right thing to do isn't necessarily the smart thing to do if you're name is America.
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i realize alot of people that are reading this are sheep who follow what the media and what all the "in crowd" says and thinks its the "cool" thing to do to protest the war because alot of "cool" celebrities are doing it...so i am ready to hear anything negative you have to say... BUT i think the question should be " do you want to allow insurgents and small groups of malitia to take over the country of Iraq and cause an even worse terrorist state than there has ever been as a result of a civil war, thus causing an uprise in terrorist activity from the ones that hate the USA and ANY government that does'nt operate the way thiers does."  the moral of the story, we are too late in the battle to quit. dont believe everything the media feeds you.
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Illegal war or not, we have made a mess and we need to help clean it up and finish the job. There are people over there who need to be protected so that they can form a just and fair government of their choosing and to have a chance at a better life. \n\nShould we have gone in in the first place? maybe not. Where we lied to? It looks like it. Was Hussein a direct threat to us? That is debatable. Irregardless, we went in, screwed up the occupation and rebuilding and underestimated the opposition. We now have to fix it as best we can. It is like if I went into your neighborhood and spilled a load of toxic trash all over. If there is no one capable of cleaning it up, I should. I should not leave the mess for you to deal with.
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Don't worry about those people. I think that they're just scared to see that there are still people outside of the U.S. that support our president. They try to use the argument that Bush is making everyone else in the world hate us, so it takes away from that argument. They usually can't use facts to back up what they are saying, so they have to resort to name calling and attacking the opposition. Don't listen to them at all. As an American, I care what people from other countries think, so please keep posting your views!\n\nP.S. I've seen your answers and I think they're great!
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Isn't it amazing that American's can only answer a question like this by saying "...but, we won the war for you!".\n\nHe-Man ; Shut up and eat another cheeseburger, you w*anker.