Is this war in Iraq not a Republican War STARTED by and OWNED by Republicans?
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This war in Iraq was planned by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield even before the election of George W in 2000. They were just waiting for the right "excuse" to invade Iraq and 9/11 gave it to them. Justification for the war was fabricated by faulty intelligence of WMD and we are now paying the price for rushing into a war without the careful planning of what would happen after the overthrow of Hussein.Isn't it strange how we have to approve an "emergency budget" even years after the invasion occurred? Good planning all around and we will be a military prescence in Iraq(Iran??) for years to come.
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we're not at war with Irak\n\n\nwe're actually at war with IRAQ, though.
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I agree w/FreeBird, there are lots of forces working behind the scenes for wars. As has been so painfully shown in this current one, I mean if you believe what the admin is saying that we invaded Iraq to "Protect our country" and "Foster Democracy". Then;\nA) Like the elusive WMDs, there never were any terrorists in Iraq...oh yeah TILL WE INVADED!\nB) What about Iran, N. Korea, or a multitude of other countries that have said outright,"We HATE America, we ARE developing WMDs, and WE WANT TO KILL YOU!"? \nC) Why right after 9/11 after saying "Our #1 priority is capturing or killing Bin Laden.." did "Dubya" not even 4 months later say,"We don't know where Bin Laden is, & we honestly don't care, Iraq is our main focus now..."?\n\nThink about how much $$ the defense industry, Haliburton, Big Oil, etc, has made & continues to make from this war.\nThis war was orchestrated as "pay back" for Bush's backers.\nTo keep our focus away while Bush dismantled 40 years of environmental protections, gave billions in tax cuts to the ultra rich, "outted" government whistleblowers who disagreed with his devious plans, and tried to rewrite future legislation to patronize his "base".\nWell beginning today most of that will be just a bad memory.\nDon't get me wrong, with the exception of the environment I think both parties are essentially the same. But just like the Dems before 94 with their complete control of the last 6 years, the old adage rang true,"Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely". The Republican party had become what they promised they would fight, we came out of the fog & sent them a message yesterday. Democracy works best when there is balance, right & left, Liberal & Conservative. That is what our founders sought to achieve. May the investigations begin!
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Its not a Democrat-Republican thing at all..its a "Money-Power-Control" thing..and as such...Republicans-In-Office are more obvious about what it is theyre chasing..and why. This current fiasco were now involved with has one inevitable outcome...that the Bush cronies will be co-owners in a large chunk of Mideast Oil reserves......it was not for nothing that after the Kuwait confluct his father instigated...Daddy Bush went to check his oil platforms [the family owns a few in the gulf there]..so..its your basic "Robber-Baron" mentality..with greed-against-human-life in the forefront..and theyre all getting VERY VERY rich on all of this too.\n\nBush is the sons of an oil man..he is also an oil man...Cheney is an oil man...Condalessa had an oil tanker names after her before she made the White House...so..what do we have here...OIL..OIL..OIL..AND your ALL  paying 3 bucks a gallon right now...so...what is it you think about your own question now??
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WHEN YOU HAVE WAR MONGERING PROFITEERS, YOU WILL HAVE WAR!!  THERE'S TOO MUCH MONEY IN IT FOR THEMSELVES NOT TO PILLAGE AND PLUNDER THE AMERICAN TAX PAYERS FOR IT.
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The true terrorists are our very own government.  Iraq had nothing to do with this war, if anyone would take the time to think about it.
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Milatarily, America can win any winable war...\npoliticly, and psycologicly, we are loosing, because we are ethnocentric, and think that every human bieng on earth is like us. Simply not the case.\n\nIraq is not a war we started, it was one we created, our enemy is mobile, and instead of just fighting terrorists in Afganastn, they will follow our military, many fighting in Iraq are forign to that country.\n\nAs for stay the coarse, it means to finish wat we started, wich i agree with, because to just duck n' run would only make things worse, I was against the war from day one, but if we leave now, it will destabilize (even more than it has) , and undergo at least one, if not a series of revolutions, resulting in hardliner theocracy worse than Iran, and any other current country you can think of combined.\n\nIt is not the easy choice to stay, Republicans would have you belive that it will only take a few years to transform Iraq, then it's one to the next war. This is simply not the case, as history has shown us, with examples like the philipines, it takes many years to radicly transform a nation. I belive that to bring about true democracy in Iraq, we will be there at least 30-60 YEARS!\n\nBottom line...\nWhat happened to a small part of the Iraqi population was terrible under sadam, but the majority of Iraqis were more content with life then than they are now.\nNot everyone dreams of playng baseball, listening to Garth Brooks and driving a ford (not that there is anything wrong with that!).\n\ngoring (see below) wrote - "note we are his subjects" WHAT THE F#*%, do you realy think the president is a KING!?
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And it appears as if they found people just like Saddam to run things. I sent this link to my senators and congressmen/women as well as my state house leaders. I asked them if they were aware of this and if so, how we could allow this to stand. Unacceptable.\n\nAnd yes, I think it is past time to commit to this war, no matter if it was right or wrong to start, we are in it now, get it over with. Win it. Given our technology, hardware and numbers, the only thing we are lacking at the moment is balls.
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Yes, it's a war.  You really want to know how and why it began?  Okay, here's a history lesson:\n Many people say it was President Bush who started this war, or that he's continuing his father's work. What started Desert Storm? Iraq invaded Kuwait, a U.S. ally. Kuwait in turn begged the UN for some help in eradicating the threat. The U.S. answered the call. When we pulled out, it was under the condition that Hussein would submit to occasional inspections to be sure that he did not have nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons capabilities. For a little over a decade, we were officially at a stasis. Unofficially though, we were firing on Iraq the whole time. Most of it was retaliation, for Iraqi approved attacks on Americans, or for the mass genocide we were well aware of. Some of it was to rid Iraq of Hussein, for both horrific acts. \nThen September 11th happened, and our policy had to change. The CIA (and other InterPol agencies that I can't recall right now) began receiving intelligence reports of suspicious activity in the Middle East, namely in Iraq. As a result, Hussein was warned that the UN needed to inspect for WMD's. He refused to let them in, and he threatened to retaliate if they tried. Before I continue, why would he do that? Think about it. Moving on. President Bush gave Hussein an ultimatum: "Let them in, or we attack!" Hussein said, yeah right, believe it when I see it. President Bush said, okay, if that's the way you want it...and he went to Congress and asked for their approval to attack Iraq. Once Congress was given the evidence, they voted with an overwhelming majority to go ahead with the attack. Then Bush went to the UN, and asked for their unity in order to rid the world of what was deemed a huge threat. Of course, they refused, all except Great Britain.\nSix weeks after the first inspection was refused, we attacked. SIX WEEKS. If Saddam had something to hide, is six weeks long enough to do so?\nGoing back just a little. The attack on Iraq had already been approved by the Clinton administration. Let me repeat that: ALREADY APPROVED, before Bush. President Bush asking Congress for approval on something they had already passed was only a formality, which he did not have to do.\nOkay, so what's the current situation in Iraq? No one knows, except those that are there. Again, NO ONE KNOWS!  I am a military spouse, so we have friends that are there now, and who have already served in the past couple of years. Some say it's awful, others say we're doing good. How do the Iraqis feel? Well, how many voted in their election? Their first REAL election in over twenty years. If the Iraqis were truly against us, wouldn't they be attacking U.S. soldiers? Not the insurgents, but regular Iraqi citizens?  Wouldn't more be aiding the insurgents? The fact that Iraqis are turning in the insurgents, saving many lives, says something doesn't it? \nOkay, as for the claim that this war is all about oil, it's half-right. Yes, it really is about oil...but not in the way that the people who make that claim think. I've had reports from people in Iraq that Saddam lived in opulence you can't even imagine. Gold and marble and ivory everywhere, 20 room palaces (note, I said PALACES, plural. He had several.)...meanwhile, down the road, maybe a mile away, there was a ten person family living in a one room shack. In absolute and total squalor. The U.S.'s homeless live a lot better, trust me. Hussein was starving his own people, making them go without electricity...and using the money from the oil to build his palaces. Yeah, that's fair. Sure. So we go in, and we seize the oil factories to turn over to the emerging Iraqi government. The Army is working to rebuild schools that have been damaged (many were damaged WAY before the U.S. occupied the country), repairing power lines, restoring clean drinking water...\nSo there you go.  Now you know.  I don't beli
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Actually no, the troops are fighting for Bush's wallet. The troops are out there putting thier lives on the line and following orders. They are amazing and should be commended & supported 100%. Unfortunately the commander in chief is an idiot & a liar. This war isn't about freedom. It's about big business. Pretty much everything Bush & Cheney set into motion is about profiteering. Haliburton isn't even supplying the troops with so much as clean water. They've been drinking contaminated water for Christs sake! Most of them still don't get the sufficient armor they need & they're getting billed for it. The pentagon just released a report that there's less than 1 batallion of Iraqi troops able to defend themselves without the Americans. This iraq war is never going to end. Bush & Cheney have no interest in it ending. It will go on forever & they will continue to laugh all the way to the bank. Americans are not asked to make even the slightest sacrifice. Keep pissing away resources while our soldiers die every day. The 9 - 11 attackers are still out there and Bush has no interest in getting them. Why would he want to take out his long time business partner Bin Laden?
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No that is like asking if I would invade my neighbors home because I was afraid of them... makes no sense to me. But then again this is a Republican administration and they are known for their war mongering ideas... it is certainly not over yet and I will along with many others be looking forward to the day of change.....
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It's stocks and big business, weapons manufacturers, Oil Companies, forced inflation. You see it's a lot easier to make more money by raising the prices up then hiring more people to increase your production. You have done nothing but raise the price and collect the money. That is what the Republicans are about. War is is they don't serve in the military, and fight the wars, they just profit from the outcomes of the wars like George Bush, and Cheney have. People mean nothing to them and their people will never be in harms way. George Bush wont even go to Iraq, He sent Tony Blair last week, He is a sissy.
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Iraq could be bombed back to the stone age but this is not what is wanted or desired. All out war to annilated every Iraqi citizen would be immoral though at this point probably desired by the Republicans to make the problem go away. Since the results with regard to the war on terror would be unknown the job will have to be finished.
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Iraq, not to be confused with the War on Terror
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Amen.\nIf you are a republican and don't want this war, then you're probably not a conservative republican.
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it seems those who actually think so are mostly the republicans who are on a different page politically...they're attempts to pounce on kerry's badly worded barb agains bush didnt do anything to stem the democratic victory wave....kerry's misfortune is in his timing since most americans were still strongly supporting bush's effort in iraq in 2004 as opposed to the current situation.....
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They are NOT!! Not at all. Look at the war, our own citizens blame us when we defend ourselves. They (congress) are whores of votes. They are just looking to give their own family a good ride in this themepark of life, there is more, much more.\nTime to bomb the middle east like they want us to, welcome to martyrdom, end of story.