Republifucks Report This Comment Date: March 19, 2005 05:10AM
Packing that GI on a C-130 and bringing home to his wife and kids would be
easier still.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 19, 2005 05:17AM
YES, because if the USA can install any little bit of freedom for the oppressed
of the world the leftist Hippies, that long for the 60's to be revisited,lose.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 19, 2005 03:32PM
right on, 238240
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 19, 2005 03:59PM
So why isn't the US installing any freedom in the non oil producing countries
of the world?
Anthony Report This Comment Date: March 19, 2005 06:58PM
Iraq is an incredibly important strategic area that's why!! Are people really
that naive and small minded???? What a strange, stupid world it would be if our
best and brightest directed the scarce resources of the most powerful nations
towards changing conditions in the unimportant areas of the world. The US only
has so much capability. It only makes sense to spend American taxpayers dollars
in endeavors that will benefit them in the long run. This can mean spending
dollars in ventures that will result in long term global stability that is in
the interests of US national security. Global stability also is good for the
global economy, which in turn is good for the AMERICAN economy. A good global
economy is good for preventing extremism and fanaticism as people who are happy
and working hard don't have time to sit around contemplating god and how he
wants to kill every "infidel".
booger12 Report This Comment Date: March 20, 2005 01:58AM
Any asshole that thinks we are in Iraq for oil sure as Hell hasn't been to the
"States" lately. The price of oil has gone up two-fold since the Iraq
war!
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 20, 2005 04:56AM
Funny, I haven't seen any 'global stability' lately. You'd think after two
years of american g.i.'s dying and coming home maimed and hundreds of billions
spent there'd be some improvement, anthony. It's hypocritical to espouse
high-minded ideals of freedom and regional stability and then decide that only
the areas that directly benefit us are deserving of our efforts. The reason it's
hypocritical is because restricting freedom and peace to those who benefit us is
self-serving, demeaning, and coldly manipulative.
Anthony Report This Comment Date: March 20, 2005 06:04AM
OK 94220, this is a classic argument between "Idealists" and
"realists". Idealists have romantic visions of the world, and believe
everyone can be equal, everybody can be happy living together, and resources can
be plentiful for every man woman and child. They can afford to think this way
because in the modern western world, they have been insulated from the harsh
realities of survival by the amazing civilization our forefathers have created.
However, realists view the world for what it actually is. They don't delude
themselves with romantic ideals and visions. The fact is, resources are scarce,
and human nature is violent and selfish, and the civilization we have built up
is VERY delicate and could come tumbling down like a house of cards VERY
QUICKLY. Realists take these facts and try to do the best they can with them.
Intelligent people will decide how to allocate these scarce resources for the
benefit of those to whom the resources belong. In Europe, after the devastating
world war 2, the United States decided to spend untold billions rebuilding the
entire European economy. This was called the Marshall plan. Do you think the
average American sacrficed a significant amount of their wealth to a bunch of
Europeans out of the kindness of their hearts? Billions given for free to a
people who constantly fought and slaughtered each other??? No, it was because it
was deemed by some very intelligent people that a stable and prosperous Europe
was good for the security of the United States in the long run. Iraq is a
similar situation. A prosperous Iraq should lead to prosperity in the
surrounding region. In order for prosperity to take place, a moderate,
responsible government is a prerequisite. Once people in the region have hope
for success, they will be less likely to blow themselves up all over the place.
I see nothing wrong with believing in the concept of everyone acting in their
own self interests resulting in a benefit for all involved. That is a concept
articulated by the famous economist Adam Smith, and is the core concept behind
free enterprise and it's success.
AwPhuch Report This Comment Date: March 20, 2005 07:11AM
Anony
mous@94220...he
;y numnuts..how long did it take Japan to get back on its feet after
America handed its ass to it?? 2 years...try 2 decades dipshit...
Perhaps supporting the cause instead of trying to undermine it at every turn
might make things go faster...but nooooooooo, you have to demonize any
Republican and worship any Democrat that comes along
And you are right...its all about oil...thats why we are sucking that country
dry right?!?! WRONG!
Damn liberal whiners cant get over the fact that we have a "GOOD"
president for a change
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 21, 2005 04:20AM
"A prosperous Iraq"...which will be tricky to achieve considering how
much debt they are shackled with... FROM SADDAM'S REIGN ...which the IMF won't
erase, despite there being _legitimate_reason_and_much_precedent_ to call the
debt "odious" and cancel it. And you are right *Anthony*, Iraq's
scarce resources actually belong to America, that's why we are there! It makes
so much sense now!
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 21, 2005 04:21AM
I like that *AwPhuch*, "Good" in quotes... your sense of humor is
very dry.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: March 22, 2005 08:42AM
I still think that before we go to war, we solve out own problems,now if they
could not find OSAMA its becasue they suck and in reality 9/11 could have been
avoided but someone FUCKED up big time becasue if you read in the laws of the
FAA there a srict codes when an aircraft is high-jacked so someone did not do
there job while they were to busy snifing their "Kilo" i blame them
first...cuz it could have been avoided and we then would not be in this
situation in the first place.