07-29-2008, 06:16 AM
It's funny that some of you bring up other wars like Afghanistan or theoretical wars like North Korea when that wasn't what I was talking about. I was only referring to the current Iraq conflict. I am not saying that soldiers do not protect our freedom in general, in fact I made great pains to point out that we do, in fact, need them to fight legitimate threats. Iraq was not, nor ever was, a legitimate threat. All this talk about "killing the snake when it's little" is along the lines of the same justification Adolf Hitler used to conquer Europe. I think we may have learned the wrong lessons from WWII. This doctrine of pre-emptive war will lead down a road to disaster.
Anyway, I want to reiterate that the soldiers fighting in Iraq are not protecting my freedom. I'm not saying they're not doing good things, or that I even disagree, but this war has nothing to do with my freedom, and I'm not going to swallow the propaganda that it is.
If you want to talk about Afghanistan or any other conflict, that is an entirely different matter.
Anyway, I want to reiterate that the soldiers fighting in Iraq are not protecting my freedom. I'm not saying they're not doing good things, or that I even disagree, but this war has nothing to do with my freedom, and I'm not going to swallow the propaganda that it is.
If you want to talk about Afghanistan or any other conflict, that is an entirely different matter.