DO YOU KNOW the REAL reason we went to war ???
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If you stop and think about it who makes all the money from a war? It is the arms manufactures and all the other related businesses that are required to provide the final product to go kill with.\n\nAll they need to do is push the right buttons and someone will start a war somewhere. \n\nThere is much more to this story but I don't have the room or the time to tell it all. But it is power and greed that starts wars.
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Your assumption that war derives from misunderstandings is intellectually false and has no basis in reality.\n\nWar is nearly always caused by greed and pride.
259384
personally, i thought we never should have went in. i never believed the reason for going was "weapons of mass destruction".  since iraq was under a no fly zone and we had spy satellites flying over head .. i never believed it was even remotely possible for iraq to be a threat to us.[ we never invaded russia, and they were a real threat] . iraq could barely reach isreal w/ some old russian rockets during the first gulf war. cheyney and his puppet bush just wanted to  position the cronies in business power in there. they continue to compound their lies.. and as free americans it is all our fault for being so lazy as to allow these kind of people to get anywhere near the controls. that said we broke iraq and now we must fix it . stay till the last drop of american blood and spend every last  american dollar until that country is rebuilt and safe .and then we should get out of their lives completely , no doing business no trade no oil... if we are to maintain any pride or dignity... this has been utterly shame full.. GOD help us."red wing nutso"  how appropriate is that name?  what are you doing here why arent  you in iraq supporting your beliefs[ and dont tell me you've been, you talk like a boy] first off its their oil if they want to sell it @ $1,000 a drop thats up to them... would you go to your gas station and kill someone for a fill up?[ well not you , i'm sure you dont have the stones]... id rather walk than have someone die for oil...but thats just me, i know many americans put a greater value on their "toys" than they do they well being of their nieghbors. we better start thinking about what makes america great , our toys or our morals. you know"uniquels" ive often believed that , and if bush would have said that right off i would have respected him, cause i'd have done the same for my dad."earl" if you believe that, pick up a gun, show me something... guess not huh? just another coward w/ a big mouth!
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Yes this is really a no win for us. What do we hope to gain from the war we are in. A wise man once said that "War must be avoided in all circumstances". If I get best answer you will know who said that.
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Here are some reasons\n!) Not anough Americans even know about the war and why we are there.\n\n2) The media keeps hitting us up with all these "important" things like gay marriages, burning of the flag, and Brad breaking up with Jen ( like all that important). \n\n3) I dont think the government really wants us to concentrate on the war.  If Americans do, they would have to give us  "more" reasons why we are there (If ya didnt know the reason keeps changing and distractions keep comming like the other one Bush talked about, about going to Mars).
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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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youre right, it destroys wealth & creates poverty. one of the best reasons for wars is to take our wealth (taxes, lives, property) and destroy it so that we never gave it to use to enlighten ourselves. if that happens, we wouldn ever tollerate the practices of tyrants.
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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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There absolutely is no reason 4 the war in Iraq except 4 oil. It is very evident from the fact that in spite of Saddam accepting to step down, the reply from bush was that we shall enter Iraq whatsoever. History is witness beside WHERE are all the weapons 4 which we r loosing innocent lives from both sides 4 the few in the white house. Where are the FABRICATED lies of the CIA about bombs in Iraq????? and so many other questions that logic fails to reply but bush does????
829627
We could attack them. We really don't need an excuse to go to war with them. We'll just make up lies. That always seems to work good for our government!
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I wholeheartedly agree with your skepticism.  There is no purpose to the war that we are fighting.  It is a quagmire, and the one who got us there in the first place is too proud to admit that.  \n\nSadly, in George Bush Sr's Memiors, he specificially said that it was a bad idea to invade Iraq because something like this would happen.
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The US started this war?  Where do you get your facts from?  I thought it was because S.H. wasn't playing by the rules set forth from the U.N.
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it's all Bush's fault...he's the one that decided to go to war!
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We already dominate the world. The world is jealous of our hard working successful society.\n\nWe have sacrificed our sons and daughters countless times to help stabilize the world. And we have spent vast fortunes to rebuild our enemies homelands and protect their liberty and freedom. Even when they have tried in vain to take ours away.\n\nWhen America goes to war it is for a damn good reason. Period.
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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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inreality non of those ,the war was to make money for the european powers and especialy Rothchild.\nwww.infowars.
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true...these wars that could have been avoided...are costing the US more than just money.  Its costing us people, supplies and money