will the usa reject war tomorrow and tell the world no more bloodshed?
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it's about time, six years of hell is enough. this administration have totally lost its focus on the war on terror. instead of stopping terror, they're creating it. \n\nthose who don't support the war in iraq are labelled ..... liberals, cowards, traitors. IS THIS AMERICA? can't we have opposing view? i fully support the war in agfhanistan, but i will never support a war that has nothing to do with anything.\n\ndo you really want to "STAY THE COURSE"? do you actually believed that you can win a war without a valid reason? do you want it to end like nam? 60000 dead us soldiers later\n\nthis war is a mistake. stop it now! \n\nbeing patriotic is "DON'T ASK WHAT THIS COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS COUNTRY"\n\ndon't change it to meant "DON'T ASK WHAT THIS MORON CAN DO FOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS MORON"
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As a retired military man I can tell you this question is NOT a "no brainer".\n\nThe US has made it a habit of fighting limited wars.  In other words, we do all we can to make it fair.  Well making it "fair" is what gets Americans killed.  To win a war you must do one of two things.  You must destroy the enemy's "WILL" or their "ABILITY" to wage war.  When we engage in an armed conflict we pull punches in order to minimize collateral damage.  This exposes our forces unnecessarily.  The result is casualties and a lengthening of the conflict.  As soon as we suffer some loses and are required to invest some time, the anti-war groups start yelling.  The first scream from this crowd causes us to loose the "WILL" to wage war.  It strengthens the enemy causing more casualties which prolongs the engagement.  Now the vicious downward spiral has begun and eventually we loose.\n\nThe decision to go to war can be handled by amateurs, but war is for professionals, and should be left to them.  If the amateurs decide to micro-manage the conflict the result is something like Korea or worse like Viet Nam.\n\nSo, the real question is not whether Iran can withstand the military might of the US.  The question is, will the US go in with a "WILL" to win.  And how long will it take before supporters turn around and start helping the enemy.  Remember, There were only three or four votes against the President's request to use force.  And that is a combined count of the House and Senate.  The intelligence committees for both houses saw the same Intel reports the President did.  Now listen to them!!!\n\nIMO this country has lost it's will to survive.  Until 95% plus of the population realize how badly we are threatened, this half stepping method of being fair will continue.  And if it continues, the same results can be anticipated.  \n\nIn short we no doubt have the "ABILITY" to project military force.  Our problem is we lack the "WILL".\n\nAnyone who doubts what I am saying need only read some responses on this board
91581
NO!!! This is the same evidence I have used in recent months for reasons NOT to support the Iraq War. It gets worse friend.\nIt seems that America's continued interest in Iraq may have sparked a civil war for the "democratic" powers of the Iraq country. Now, America must spend billions more in building a better Iraqi military to avert any new war. This event continues to return again and again for the US.\n\nLet's recall:\n\n1) The rebellion of US military forces in Mexico during the early 20th century.\n\n2) The resistance of American diplomacy in the Phillipines in 1898. (Imperialism)\n\n3)The disaster in Vietnam during the Nixon administration.\n\nThe results always ends with American taxpayers paying for the problems that a Republican administration makes and the Democratic Party's occupancy in the White House. \n\nSomehow (probably in 2009) America will once again fix the problems that are prevalent now. But, our next problem will be Venezuela as it continues to be a nuissance to our sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere. Just call this the Neverending Story.
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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. \nAlbert Einstein (1879 - 1955) \n\nYou cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. \nAlbert Einstein (1879 - 1955)\n\nThe quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. \nGeorge Orwell (1903 - 1950)\n\nWar is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. \nJohn Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) \n\nWar is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with. \nLois McMaster Bujold\n\nIt is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it. \nRobert E. Lee (1807 - 1870)\n\nNever, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. \nSir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
402016
No the USA is not the policeman of the world. Though we are the superpower, its not our job, and should not be our money that props up the whole world. I say close the boarders, bring home all the troops, take care of the USA and the world care for its self. God Bless
157893
Yes there will be more war, it is just a matter of time, my advice to any future leader of our goverment is to not use ground troops or aircraft in any future conflict in the middle east but to instead simple launch missles from sea and simple keep bombing them untill they relent or their war capabilities are zero and they beg for peace.
1018947
No.  I've got nothing against either country - I'm just getting tired of US soldiers being sent to bail out other countries.  Our soldiers die and the US gets nothing but criticized.
817521
cant say for sure. ask scott@antiwar.com
941603
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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If that happens the US will pull all our funding and whatever troops that are under their peacekeeper control.\n\nWithout US support there is NO UN.  \n\nSo they can try.  I would love to get rid of that organization it has done nothing but steal, bad mouth the US and Israel, and waste our money.\n\nWe haven't done anything that we shouldn't have anyway.  Well the Bay of Pigs but that was Kennedy leaving the Cubans out to dry
922072
it won't.look for the repeal or tax cuts,legal gay marriage,and a cowardly look at iraq.we need strength not weak cowards.
350077
all the world doesnt want peace and that is why there is war....besides....war is good for the U.S. economy. So when the economy drops the chances of war breaking out for reasons like....Weapons Of Mass Destruction  aka a blatant LIE become ever more real.
128807
Not for years.  The governments of too many surrounding countries have far too much to loose if Iraq becomes a stable democratic state so they will continue to fund and encourage the "insurgents".  However, the violence should lessen as the new government gets organized and the USA starts pulling out.
835088
No, we won't attack either of them.  We'd win a war against either country, but it would degenerate into a hell of a mess after that.  Kind of like what we're seeing in Iraq right now.
806464
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
924957
AMERICA SHOULD NOT LOSE THE WAR.  WE SHOULD BACK OFF AND LET THEM GO TO IT.  WE ALWAYS KNEW THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA WERE PRONE TO HOLD A GRUDGE FOREVER.  THEY ARE OF A MIND THAT WE CAUSED ANYTHING BAD THAT HAPPENS TO THEM.  "WE ARE THE BAD GUYS"  IF WE BANDAGE THEIR WOUNDS THE ZEALOTS SAY WE ARE DOING IT WITH INFECTED BANDAGES IN ORDER TO MURDER THEM, ECT.  THE POOR CHILDREN, WOMEN AND MEN WHO HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED ARE DOOMED TO A WASTED LIFE OF HATRED.
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Mmm it’s hard to accept this fact, but it's true. The worst of this situation is that is too late to stop this process, and there's nothing we can do. The key for the success in the US was the relation of respect that we had with God and humanity, but at this time the US only cares about wars. Sadly, we'll have to accept the idea that US will collapse sooner or later, and that's when we will realize that we are not alone in this world, because there's others countries and we have to learn how to live together. If Empires like Roman fell down, why the US Empire had to be this exception? This is the hard reality. I just can’t assure you how long will this process take, but it’s for sure that it’ll happen, someday, somehow.