Name: John 2005-12-02 13:40
Okay, let's say these democrats in congress and the senate get their way and every uniformed man and woman is pulled out of Iraq today. What'll happen? I'll spell it out for you...
The terrorists that we're fighting over there are a very patient bunch. As soon as the last soldier leaves, what do they do? They kill everyone over there who supported the new Iraqi government and the new leaders. Then they set up another Saddam or Taliban type regime, and they start making chemical/biological/nuclear weapons again, and then it's only a matter of time before said weapons make their way into a New York subway and blow it up, or some skyscraper in Atlanta and blow that up with truck, or maybe even wherever the radioactive cloud might decide to drift. You don't think these people are a threat? It is their stated goal to kill every single infidel they run into, Americans in particular. And this is why we should not pull our troops out of Iraq until, and not a second before, the new Iraqi government can defend itself with it's own troops.
It's not a "quagmire", the troops are not "broken, living hand-to-mouth". Hell, even Democrat senator Joe Lieberman, who has been over there himself several times, says that it's a great success over there. So why don't the people of this country see the success? Think the media might have something to do with that? "Today, another car bombing outside of Baghdad", "10 more Marines killed in Iraq today", "Another roadside bomb struck a humvee as..." etc. etc. etc. What about the good news of which there is plenty? Do you ever hear or see or read about the new schools, the democratically-held elections, the growing economy, the new jobs being created? Nope, the way the media portrays it, you'd think every freaking neighborhood in Baghdad gets blown up at least once a week when they're getting sattelite dishes! Is it bias, laziness, or concern of ratings? You pick...
'Alright smart-ass, why did we go to Iraq in the first place?'
Read the 9-11 commission report and all the other damn reports. It has been proven that not only did Saddam HAVE weapons of mass destruction himself, but he's funded Al-Qaeda and others linked directly to Osama Bin Laden.
'But it's not worth the cost of 2,000 American lives!'
The men and women that, and I stress this, volunteered, for the armed services understood the situation over there, and what they were getting into. They signed the contract knowing the great possibility that they could be sent to Iraq.
Compared with past wars, this one's pretty damn tame.
The 42,000 people that die from car wrecks every year in the U.S. also signed a "contract" with the government (getting a driver's license), knowing there's a possibility they could crash in fiery ball of mangled metal when they go down the road.
Hey, maybe we should pull the citizens out of the road! An equally stupid suggestion to pulling out of Iraq, folks, and that's the news! Thank you and good night! D:
The terrorists that we're fighting over there are a very patient bunch. As soon as the last soldier leaves, what do they do? They kill everyone over there who supported the new Iraqi government and the new leaders. Then they set up another Saddam or Taliban type regime, and they start making chemical/biological/nuclear weapons again, and then it's only a matter of time before said weapons make their way into a New York subway and blow it up, or some skyscraper in Atlanta and blow that up with truck, or maybe even wherever the radioactive cloud might decide to drift. You don't think these people are a threat? It is their stated goal to kill every single infidel they run into, Americans in particular. And this is why we should not pull our troops out of Iraq until, and not a second before, the new Iraqi government can defend itself with it's own troops.
It's not a "quagmire", the troops are not "broken, living hand-to-mouth". Hell, even Democrat senator Joe Lieberman, who has been over there himself several times, says that it's a great success over there. So why don't the people of this country see the success? Think the media might have something to do with that? "Today, another car bombing outside of Baghdad", "10 more Marines killed in Iraq today", "Another roadside bomb struck a humvee as..." etc. etc. etc. What about the good news of which there is plenty? Do you ever hear or see or read about the new schools, the democratically-held elections, the growing economy, the new jobs being created? Nope, the way the media portrays it, you'd think every freaking neighborhood in Baghdad gets blown up at least once a week when they're getting sattelite dishes! Is it bias, laziness, or concern of ratings? You pick...
'Alright smart-ass, why did we go to Iraq in the first place?'
Read the 9-11 commission report and all the other damn reports. It has been proven that not only did Saddam HAVE weapons of mass destruction himself, but he's funded Al-Qaeda and others linked directly to Osama Bin Laden.
'But it's not worth the cost of 2,000 American lives!'
The men and women that, and I stress this, volunteered, for the armed services understood the situation over there, and what they were getting into. They signed the contract knowing the great possibility that they could be sent to Iraq.
Compared with past wars, this one's pretty damn tame.
The 42,000 people that die from car wrecks every year in the U.S. also signed a "contract" with the government (getting a driver's license), knowing there's a possibility they could crash in fiery ball of mangled metal when they go down the road.
Hey, maybe we should pull the citizens out of the road! An equally stupid suggestion to pulling out of Iraq, folks, and that's the news! Thank you and good night! D: