Thank you all for you replies. I think to admit that perhaps Bush was indeed wrong to 'invade' a nation that did not directly have anything to do with 9-11 is difficult to do. Huckabee did that tonight in the debate.
It's a difficult thing to resolve, because we are in this 'war' now for the long haul. Perhaps it will pan out in the end, but I just pray it's not another Vietnam.
What will it mean to win this struggle-war? Will it mean that saddam is gone..and mission accomplished? Will winning this war mean that America will leave the very road to Bagdad that was more traveled, and thus a dead end path? I fear that we will go so far into dept. and that we will lose so many young men in combat.....that our wounds will either kill our nation, or make it stronger. We are selfish, greedy and lazy in our wealth. We spend money like the Rich of Rome...We must take more care in caring for our resources, strengths, children and stop trying to rescue the world. I speak in the devil's advocate tone here, as I was once a staunch supporter of the war because I felt that the regime under Saddam was a dead end street for so many innocent lives......and for so many possible centuries ahead.
Now, we don't have Osama Bin Laden. We don't have a strong hold on "mission accomplised", and Bush is an idiot. I am sorry, but he is.
I don't care if he had a great heart to want the best by invading Iraq. He did it irresponsibly, and arrogantly, imo.
We could have invaded Afghanistan, spent our resources and efforts there to take down the bad ass guy who flew huge planes into tall buildings and ripped through out very pentagon.....and we could have also solved a lot of problems at home like healthcare and education....if we had not invaded Bagdad. Heck, we keep our eye on so many around the world, we could have kept our "eye" on Saddam for a while longer, while taking out the very idiot who was behind the 9-11 attacks.
Isn't that why Bush took us into war? 9-11?\
You know, Sirs, I would love to hear your reply about this after all these years...I know for sure that I once supported this conflict on this board.....I don't apologize for turncoating..or coming to another conclusion, but I just can't see the good coming out of all of this.
I fear the issues of dept will be a huge problem.
Why the rush, BT?
Why stay in for whatever period of time it takes....to what? To what?
What will we accomplish, really?
Democracy? Well, ok...sure...let's say we save the people of Iraq and set up a gov. of peace and stability.....I'll eat my words.
But is this a reality..
Just upset with the way of status quo..and sitrring up the pot, here.
Thoughts....and anxiety about the future.
Cynthia
