01-15-2009, 12:28 PM
Quote:Second, "fighting wars against every one else on the planet"....okay, ignoring the fact that "everyone" is one word and not two as you wrote it, we're not fighting them all. We're in Iraq and Afghanistan. If you're in favor of gas attacks on citizens, rape rooms, and the oppression of women to the point where they can't even attend school, and also want to condone Iraq's acceptance of al Qaeda, the same group who murdered 3,000 Americans, then I can see why you might be against the war. I'm just not in any of those categories.
None of those are reasons WHY we entered Iraq in the first place. It's not like the second the US government finds out there is oppression in a country they jump in the way. The US has allowed oppression and corrupt governments to occur in plenty of terrorist labeled "nations". The government needs to have something to gain before they are going to intervene, which from a "government as a business" standpoint is not an entirely bad thing. Just don't pretend like our number one priority was anything you mentioned.
Telling someone they don't mind the oppression of women, rape rooms, and gas attacks because they aren't in favor of a dishonest war is hardly a fair attack.