Re: Way to go Iraq!
Well duh PW2,<br /><br />What did you think, it was going to be an instant responce? Of coarse not. Iraq has a long way to go, but just look at how far they have actually come in the last 20 months!<br /><br />Same goes for Afganistan...<br /><br />You ask, when are we going to get out of Iraq? Lets ask this question first! Well, how long did the U.S. stay in Germany and Japan after WWII? The answer is...WE ARE STILL THERE! This August will be 60 years!<br /><br />The United States does not abandon those it liberates, NEVER HAVE! So why is it, everyone keeps making these demands to get out of Iraq? We will leave Iraq, when Iraq is stable enough to support and defend themselves, and not a moment sooner! That is what the caring, and a determined U.S.A. does! It just may take 10, 20, 30, even 60 years before U.S. troops can fully be removed from Iraq. If thats the way it has to be, then so be it! Its too bad we couldn't do the same in Vietnam. But Vietnam is a perfect example of what can happen when politics dictate the direction of a war, just as you kept proffesing that thats the way we should have been doing it in Iraq. Politics should only get us involved in a conflict, then leave it up to the Commanders of the United States Military take care of the rest, just as we are doing in Iraq today. This lesson needs to be taught to each and every American.<br /><br />U.S. involvement will be long term, very long term! To say we will do less is an insult to me and the rest of my fellow countrymen who believe wholeheartely that what the U.S. did in Iraq, was the right thing to do, at the right time in history, and an even a greater insult to those who died for the cause. Its also a great insult to the Iraqi's who begged and pleaded with the U.S. to invade them, so that they could be liberated.<br /><br />Yes, mistakes were made, no one can deny that, but name a war where there were not any mistakes? The U.S. believed that the Iraqi's would fight to the death. Well guess what, they didn't, and that made us change our stratagy. How would you have liked to have been in charge of that monumentuous task. Who ever it was who was in charge, did an outstanding job at turning our conquring fighting forces, into liberating fighting forces. And just remember this, that person had to have direct involvement with his Commander in Chief, President Geo. Bush.<br /><br />So many people were willing to critizize this war, and this President, that alot of you were, and are, so blinded by your personal hatred for George Bush, you couldn't see the bigger picture. Fortunatly, most Americans could, and did! The U.S. elections in 2004 proved that!<br /><br />Throwing your ideas out there is not a bad thing, whether you agree or disagree with a policy, but to bash a President and his administration because of personal hatred will get no one, especially Americans, absolutly no where.<br /><br />You've brought up many, many good points during the past couple of years, but I have personally resisted responding to them, just because of your bottled-up hatred, that triggered further hatred for people who thought that way. <br /><br />In the future, maybe you could try thinking the situation through, instead of flying off the handle because of some media spin, or radical politician you have heard along the way. Wait for the facts to arise, then make a logical decision, is all I'm trying to say.
