Originally posted by CarAudioAddict nope, the type that can't comprehend no matter how hard you try.
You are saying - Bin laden hurt us so we should hurt saddam (because he has ties to al-quaida and we can't hurt the late Bin Laden. Basically the old eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.
eye for an eye?? doesn't the bible say something about that?
Yes Saddam should be removed from power, but there are many better ways to do it besides war (sniper, poison, direct attack on him and him only). No where in my arguments did I say "wait and see what hapens". I've only said that war is not the
solution.
rules of engagenent/war?? oh yeah, us americans don't listen to that....
When the war comes I will defend my home country. I have pride in my countries acheivements, and will defend my way of life if need be, but I will not condone an unjust war.
wait, that would be an eye for eye...and since the usa isn't suppose to retaliate or prevent future attacks..u can't either....
I fully believe in peace, and that there is a peaceful solution to the worlds problems.
well, what is it??? a couple of you have been saying that over and over...but don't tell no-one what it is. i know, more U.N. paperwork towards them..tariffs..um, banning them from watching the superbowl?? i believe most of the talking as yeiled little more then saddam giving the U.N. the bird.....
Patriotism is a good thing, to a point. To take patriotism so far that war is the only alternative is a bad thing.
sometimes going to war is the only way to be patriotic....
when you go to fight the war, remember, that soldier that you are aiming your gun at has a father, mother, cousins, uncles, etc. and the loss to them is no different than if you lost a member of your family.
what about the families of the victims of 9/11? embassy bombings? terroriest attacks/ bombings of airports, planes..anything that is in their way?? don't they count?? why is it okay for them to kill innocent ppl because those ppl don't believe in their way of life? what about the families inside iraq that saddam is killing?? oh yeah..he doesn't do that...only americans kill innocent ppl.......
remember this...he has already used chem's on HIS OWN ppl...who's to say he won't use them( some believe he did, against the u.s. in the gulf war) again? i guess we could step aside until he invades another country...but what if we didn't respond?? then we'd be the bad guys for not saving the world....if i remember correctly...during times of recent conflict, we send in more troops then most allied nations send combined..oh yeah, we americans start them all too......
read this....
Subject: Clinton - The Promise Keeper & Bush - The War Monger
After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and
injured 1,000; President Clinton promised that those responsible would be
hunted down and punished.
After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S.
military personnel; Clinton promised that those responsible would be
hunted down and punished.
After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which
killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that
those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed
224 and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible! would be
hunted down and punished.
After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and
injured 39 U.S.sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be
hunted down and punished.
Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise, an estimated 3,000 people
in New York and Washington, D.C. that are now dead would be alive today.
And, now that Bush is taking action to bring these people to
justice, we have opponents charging him with being a war monger...
AN INTERESTING QUESTION:
This question was raised on a Philly radio call-in show.
Without casting stones, it is a legitimate question.
There are two men, both extremely wealthy. One develops
relatively cheap software and gives billions of dollars to charity. The
other sponsors terrorism. That being the case, why was it that the Clinton
Administration spent more money chasing down Bill Gates over the past eight
years than Osama bin Laden?
THINK ABOUT IT!
It is a strange turn of events.
Hillary gets $8 Million for her forthcoming memoir.
Bill gets about $12 Million for his memoir yet to be written.
That's $20 Million total for two people who have spent the past 8 years
being unable to recall anything about past events while under oath!
Sincerely,
Cmdr Hamilton McWhorter
USN(Ret)