America: Who says the Conservatives fight their holy war in Iraq by themselves? YES or NO?
466105
No, young women and men loose their lives everyday in the Iraq war.
302314
questions to ask yourself-\nwho profits from this war?\nwhat are the few corporations that own mainstream media?\nif mainstream media is not independent and is owned and controlled by corporations,whose interests does corporate media serve? did muslims die in the world trade center also?(yes)are there american muslims(yes)are muslims now the common enemy now that we are almost done destroying iraq's civilization and contemplating doing the same to iran next?\nwhat has this war accomplished? are the people of Iraq better off,since we got there? do you see interviews of many different Iraqi's,like teachers,doctors,whomever or human rights watch group,do you read or hear any positive stories about muslims, how unbiased is your news? look at your articles if you mange to find one neutral story about muslims is it buried in the back on page thirty something or is it a headline? how come voluntary organizations must do body counts and report the destruction,why are we so insulated from the destruction this war has and is causing?\nisn't hate a good tool along with fear to manipulate public opinion with propaganda and exaggerating or overemphasizing certain truths while pretending other truths do not exist or by minimizing, downplaying certain facts? who's interests does this serve?\nwhen you go online and read newspapers from australia,england,canada,valenzuela,phillipines,etc. why do these countries all read similar stories and see similar images of events in the united states and in the world and our newspapers never acknowledge the existence of these issues? for example try looking for news archives from other countries when hurricane katrina hit,tell me why all those people from other countries cried or watched in horror as they witnessed poor black people being completely ignored by emergency response officials as they pleaded for help and died because only the rich,affluent or mostly caucasion people were saved by police and ambulance drivers,how come firefighters and policemen from other counties and states who responded to the disaster to help were turned away at gunpoint, how come a naval ship with hospital beds was not allowed to help,how come dead bodies were stacked up lining the streets and decying anonymously as the many american soldiers were standing guard over empty businesses and buildings and forcing family members to become split up and forced onto buses that went to other parts of the country,and this includes mothers seperated from theirinfants and children, how come none of these stories were popular and or not even mentioned in mainstream american media,and how come the only radio station that I heard interviewing the poor victims in louisiana was an independent radio station and how come these stories are all over the headlines in everycountry but ours why did the president of valenzuela whether he is (a n evil dictator or not )why did he discuss the poor mans plight in the us and come up with the solution to offer money and oil to the us for their aid on national television in his country,he discussed it with anyone in the country who called in to the television show, why can't our president discuss any of these issues without a prepared statement or quick slogan and only to the masses why cant our president not evil dictator answer individual questions? why would any American believe anything the censored mainstream media has to say without investigating it first or asking themselves about underlying motives that serve corporate interests?
711754
I believe the quote from al-Maliki was: \n\n"I am a friend of the United States, but I am not America's man in Iraq."\n\nI wonder if he is all of sudden showing criticism of the Americans raiding Shiite militias as a way of showing that he is his own man with his own country making his own decisions?? Orrrrrrr is this his insecurity coming out as he realizes he alone doesn't have the ability to defeat them?
820107
It is not the Liberals that oppose the war in Iraq.  It is the people that use their brains that oppose the war in Iraq.  It is not the war on terror that we should be fighting.  It has weakened the real war on terror and those of us that don't drink the kool aid , don't support a trumped up war.
1176963
This just proves that one man's "Patriot" or "Freedom Fighter" is another man's "Terrorist" or "Insurgent"... it also shows why America can never defeat the Iraqis because they have an "Ideal" and you can't win a war against an idea...\n\nAmerica should never have gotten into that war for oil.
217420
Again, no liberals have ever died storming a beach, or fighting in any war.  I glad all the conservatives like Bush and Cheney were around to fight Vietnam for us, if we had more like them we may have won. Well I thank all you conservative warriors for letting us liberals just sit here and use those freedoms your fighting to protect.   GET A LIFE HIPPE-SLAYER!
719397
The USA does not go to war because of a difference in ideology. It is because of economic and defensive strategies. The war in Iraq was as much about protecting oil reserves as it was protecting US citizens from the big bad terrorists. Every country seeks to advance its financial and political interests. The US just has more resources to do it than any other nations. It follows in a long line of historical examples where a nation has gone to war on the pretence of making a better world where the actual aim was betterment of their own nation, for example the crusades, where ultimately it was just a land grab as opposed to enlightening the world to the "joys of christianity". It is, was and always will be a major issue facing the world, as nations jostle for position in the global hierarchy.
338649
Amen.\nIf you are a republican and don't want this war, then you're probably not a conservative republican.
173622
Peaceniks say this because it sounds smart to people that don't think for themselves.  Anyone that does ANY research would not buy it for a minute\n\nIt the same as conservatives calling liberals unpatriotic.  Both sides use extreme terms to convert people to their misguided way of thinking.\n\nWhenever I hear someone say that we went to war for oil, I ask them to explain why gas prices have gone up, to record prices.  This usually leaves them stumped because no one has ever questioned their position.
761962
Amazing how the Neocons criticised "libs" for "cut and run". Now that Dems are pushing for a draft so the US can achieve "victory", Republicans are running scared. Geroge Orwell once said that a Republican is someone too afraid to fight and too fat to run. I believe him. Hypocracy is the hallmark of the neocon, and why we have not achieved victory in Iraq.
64563
Not in the event of war ,i.e. (War on terrorism).. The liberals are really trying to get this one to stick, but I'm tellin' ya right now.. This dog ain't gonna hunt.. The lefties need to go find another pseudo-crisis to whine about..
662733
The two above me have given typical answers all about rhetoric, what about the baby's that Bush has killed in Iraq, or do they not count. \n\nTo answer your question liberals and conservatives are about even, it is the independents that really choose the candidates. Best thing to do is to provide candidates that appeal to the middle.
857263
Most likely the Democrats because they would take our millitary out of the Middle East and OBL could go on spreading Radicalism throughout that entire part of the world. I mean, for all the straight ticket leftistsh wo refuse to pull their heads out of John's anti-soldier ass, the whole reason 9/11 happened was because our millitary was the only thing keeping the radicalists from permeating throughout the whole middle east. Sorry, but I think if Bush was on OBL's side he would've taken them out, no? Or am I mistaken? Pretty sure I'm not. And sorry that the US in part of the United Nations had has to defend nations that are in threat of being taken over by groups that don't value morality or human life, and see that killing others pleases Allah. No, I'm not bashing Muslims, Radicalists are also Muslim, so don't go off on me idiots. So, in conclusion, OBL is looking for those leftys to be elected Tuesday so he can go back to his plan that Bush broke up. Or would Bush sending more millitary into the Middle East so the radicalists can't spread their beliefs show that he's on OBL's side? If you say yes, then America really is stupider than we thought.
229942
They were a part of a slave society, the NEO_CONSERVATIVES are alive and well right today. They believed they are the elite like Hitler and, Hitlers (SS). What I am saying is they believed that only a property owning individual should have any rights in America. That includes Voting and living. They hate anyone that apposes them, and anybody that they believe that is below should stay out of their way to their success. That's why we had a Civil War, they were just to much, and nobody could get along with their views. They are pro-war minded, yet anti-abortion, you see they didn't make any sense. They wanted you to believe they were the most human, but were all slave owners, and would sell your mother if they could. Bush says GOD wanted him to be President, yet he invoke a war in a Separate country, other than Afghanistan. Where is Bin Laden, since we all said "OK" go get BIN LADEN. Flip-Flop we are in IRAQ. We are invaders of IRAQ, there is no declaration of War to IRAQ. America voted to send troops to Afghanistan to find BIN LADEN, and this Republican Administration has yet to do that, 6 years later. They say they are Christians, but side up with Communist China who are Atheist's, over the American people, with American jobs, and by borrowing multi-trillions of dollars from Communist's, at America's expense. My point is Confederates don't think you should have any rights, only them. So don't even try to figure out why they are so cold-blooded minded, it's because you don't matter, only they do.
1087618
I didn't know the marines in Iraq were fighting for anybody's freedom. The US was a free country with no threat from Iraq, Iraq was a free country too. If they had a dictator, it was their own issue and besides things were stable. Is the marine fighting for freedom? Whose freedom?\nFirst WMD, then Al Qaeda, then democracy and now its freedom. Is that the newest republican spin?
1143100
Of the original neocons who planned the war strategy, virtually none of them are in power. Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz have left the inner circle.\n\nScooter Libby is awaiting trial.\n\nGeneral Tommy Franks, in his memoir on the invasion of Iraq, called Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith " the stupidest #@$-ing guy on the planet.""\n\nThe neocons got punked!
14451
This is not exactly a Law & Ethics question.  Nevertheless, no, Iraq is not bound for its own self-destruction, at least no more so than when Saddam Hussein was running the country and slaughtering his own people.