If GWB really wanted to save American lives...?
828907
Aren't you glad you had a choice as to where you were born, unlike all the innocent civilians that a nuclear strike would kill. I may not be a big Bush supporter but you and your first responder need to grow up and realize nukes kill indiscriminately, not just those in power.
682952
No. I think that's a horrible idea. We want military troops who are Americans and are willing to die for their own country, not forced or coerced...that would not only mean they wouldn't do a good job for us, but it would be another thing for them to cry about..."My son went to war for you...so now you have to let all fifty of his closest relatives in for free and in the front of the line!" \nNO THANKS!
826752
Let us give them a taste of American/British citizenship.  Let's invite them to join the army or marines and go to Iraq and fight for the country they wish to live in.  If they live, we'll give them citizenship.  If they die, then we will give them a hero's burial.
963273
Only if you believe that our being an occupying force is going to succeed.  I do not know of any occupation by force that ever worked, except in Japan after WWII, and that only succeeded because of the inspired and compassionate leadership of General MacArthur.  We have no such inspiration or compassionate leadership today, and short of doubling or tripling our troop levels, which we do not have, we are only going to prolong this agony.  The fact that the Iraqis continue to fight us door to door, and show no signs of losing their will to continue, should be a message that is loud and clear.
1063281
The USA has to wake up and give a call to fellow Americans to be patriotic and must do everything to imbibe this cause.  Also, they should slowly curtail their activities in interfering other countries business as otherwise they will have their hands full. Look at Iraq - Tiger by the tail, More than 2500 Soldiers killed and still do not know what to do next.  Long drawn battle without actually in war.  The President says it is a mistake.  How will you compensate the lives of 2500 fellow American soldiers.
1033402
No. This is war, my friend. Lives, whether innocent or guilty, are sadly but truly lost. \n\nTake 9/11 for example, 3000 people who weren't even thinking of a war with terrorists, yet lost their lives in tragic flames.\n\nIt saddens me to hear that innocent Iraqis are killed in this War on Terror; but this is the price of war. It wasn't meant to be perfect.\n\nIn addition, how are we, as Americans, some of the only people who are willing to respond to a GLOBAL threat, take a chance of not firing our weapons? \n\nAs a U.S. citizen, we have to a stand SOMEWHERE, regardless if our own troops or our enemy's citizens die as well.\n\nAlso look at WW2. If the U.S. hadn't used the atomic bomb, dont you think there would have been a different outcome? This is what frustrated Truman; should they NOT use the bomb to save innocent lives? Or use it to end the war that had brought total destruction to the world?
970349
If you could save anyone's life, it should be your own--you're most likely to return the favor.\n-Benjamin Kwiecien
845225
Great question, Alex.\n\nI think most Americana's would.  I know that I would, for sure.  But then I believe that if my country is at war, I need to stand behind the troops and my president.  It doesn't really matter if I agree or not, I still need to be supportive. \n\n\nopen4one---LMAO!
118005
Here is my take on this situation....I am glad that he told us that this is a consideration for the government to implement! They could have done this without any warning to the American public...in fact, you know that this has been done before...and has been done without the knowledge of Americans! I think that it is a great, and smart, move on his part! I hope, and I am sure, that it will not be a permanent pain in our society, but desperate times call for desperate measures. So, anything that can prevent another hardening attack on American soil is okay with me!
646813
I think there is not a lot anyone wouldn't do for a billion dollars. I mean, really think about it. There are lots of ways to rationalize whatever act you would have to perform. You wouldn't kill anyone, you say? Well, what if you found the target once fondled a child... maybe now he kind of deserves to be shot... doesn't he? Aren't you doing us all a favor? And if your friends and family find out that they have the chance to live in luxury if you will just eat that tiny bit of doggie poo, don't you think they will pressure the hell out of you? The truth is, you can say you would never stoop so low to put that dirty thing in your mouth,  but you are all relieved there is no way for the rest of us to test your loyalties and morals. People are strange animals, capable of the bizarre and atrocious, so don't be so sure of yourselves.
670116
Funny, I was taught in school that we went to save the millions of innocent people who were being slaughtered by the SS.  In retrospect, that couldn't have been right.\n\n After all, FDR was a Dumocrat and from what I've seen lately, they don't care about thousands of innocent people being slaughtered, so why would they care about millions?\n\nHmm, maybe we went to save the collective *sses of the rest of western Europe... no, that couldn't be it, either. If we had done that, they might be grateful enough about it to not be calling us "hateful warmongers who can't mind our own business" now.\n\nI guess I just don't know the answer to this one. If FDR had been a Republican, the answer would have been easy- We would have entered it years earlier, as soon as Hitler started violating all the points of the treaty following WWI (ahem, Saddam, Gulf War). \n\nTherefore, we would have kicked his *ss BEFORE the mass genocide of Jews, Russians, crippled, and homosexuals.
1117609
I actually brought up that scenario once to some friends, and they thought I was daft.  Since you seem to be thinking the same thing, maybe it's not such a far-fetched thing?  If not George W. then his brother, Jeb?  I wouldn't put it past the Republicans to do such a thing.
442096
I guess George Bush,,,,at least he would have the secret phone number to the military to get us off there....Al Gore would probably want to stay and chat with the natives, or run for political office. Ellen may have a sense of humor, but being stuck is not funny....we could starve....Gene Simmons is just too weird...he one of those satan people with his tongue stuck out all the time...he would proabably eat all the food, if there is any, and not leave any for me...
270853
The truth is that Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, etc. etc. had been working to make The Project For A New American Century (PNAC) a reality. The problem was how to sell such an ambitious plan to a MOTR public. Pax Americana might make some people nervous. But if there was something like a terrorist attack on the country, then it could be put in place....as it was. The fact is that Bush had some information on the likelihood of some kind of an attack, but they had no idea of the magnitude of what actually did happen.( Hey. Even OBL was surprised) But They let it go, thinking it would be something more typical yet good enough to get the country into a fighting mood, which is exactly what was needed for PNAC to survive. Indeed, what's so remarkable, is that the PNAC document itself bemoans the unlikeliness of getting the MOTR America to follow its more ambitious plans *unless* something catastrophic happened to change people opinions on such matters. 9/11 happened, and everything since Afghanistan fits the PNAC template perfectly. Want to know why Iraq was attacked while OBL was left alone? Read PNAC. Want to know why the animosity to the World Court, to the United Nations, to any international standards of behavior? Read PNAC. It's all there in black and white.
213630
Yes, and we would be swabbing even more blood from our own soil.\nBush may be making mistakes but I will stand behind his mistakes over the INACTION of a Liberal Government.\n\nLiberals are the biggest head-in-the-sand "birds" out there.\nThey got their heads so deep in their "A$$ES" there is really no way they can make educated sensible world decisions.  They are too busy hating the government they should be standing behind.
1166422
I was just wondering that myself. Surely the war on terror is akin to "kill the sinner, stop the sin"? Way to go George...(slow, ironic clapping)
1013625
i am not a politician, but i think as a world leader ( USA ) and ( UK )....they felt that they need to help other countries that are helpless and under dictatorships!!!! because if they let these dictators win, or expand their dictatorships, then they will be stronger than us and there will come a point of time where they will be unbeatable...and you will have another hitler or saddam era to deal with !!...people really don't think about it this way!! which is a shame !! because they only think about the cost and the lives lost....war costs money and lives.....but thankfully nowdays we are smarter and technology guides us in most cases....but all in all, if you have a little brother and someone beats him up or attack him knowing that he is helpless, wouldn't you automatically go to his rescue??!!!! thats what america is doing because they want to make the world safer for ourselves...free from terrorists and dictators !!  i hope my answer made a difference or at least gave an idea. thank you for letting me answer that question.