Saddam Hussein is a barbaric murderous dictator. I wish the world were free of him. But the answer is not to bomb this great culture of Iraq out of existence to stop him. Why must the children of Iraq die by the thousands to stop a tyrant? It is not justice. And if we kill him what will we achieve? We will have taken the most unpopular leader in the Middle East and turned him into the greatest martyr radical Islam has ever had. The U.N. weapons inspectors must be allowed to do their job thoroughly and any military action should be internationally agreed upon. We must not allow our government to turn us into a rogue nation.
I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration.
Bottom line: this war is wrong and this war is un-American.
I love dave mathews… he is a brilliant musician, but he smokes A LOT OF WEED for me to take any _critical_ thoughts of his _seriously_
According to polls, 75-80% of America support this war. And only 10-15% oppose it.
(A minority in opposition, but in America the minority still has a legitimate voice regardless of its size.)
Here is the great irony of the war and war protests…
Anti-war protestors in America (and in other parts of the world) are using their freedoms to oppose an action to bring freedom to the Iraqi people.
Are we the only country that should be allowed to speak freely?
(In Iraq if you speak out against the government they cut your tongue off)
In other words, by opposing this war you are stepping on the potential rights of Iraqis. _That_ is UN-American.
As far as bombing ’this great culture of Iraq out of existence”… we could do that easily with missiles from the comfort of a military base in America.. We could have done that months ago and saved many American and British lives.. but we did not and we will not.
We are putting our soldiers at increased risk to make every effort to protect innocent civilians, even when their army raises a white flag and then opens fire. Even when they dress in civilian clothing and then open fire, even when they put on American uniforms and shoot their fellow Iraqis who are trying to surrender…
Here is a fact:
Saddam has killed more muslims than anyone else in the history of Islam. With bullets, with gas, with knives, with torture, with a plastic shredding machine… these are all facts reported to us by Iraqis that have escaped. If anyone is trying to destroy a culture…
Now, let’s talk about “the people of Iraq”
The people of Iraq… are really three people. Ba’ath, suni, and shia. Three tribes of what we call Arabs..
Iraq, the country, is largely an invention of the French government. About 60 years ago, French mapmakers under the direction of the French government drew lines on a map and then told these people that this is their new home. Well, sorry, but these three tribes HATE each other and have for centuries. I guess no one told those French map makers.
Suni (in the north, the kurds) and Shia (in the south) tribes are on our side 100% in this war, that’s two-thirds of Iraq. Ba’ath tribe is controlled by Saddam. At the point of a gun they support him. When his gun is taken away we will see a different story.
How much money has France made off this country called Iraq? Billions. Here is a breakdown.
First, they have large (read- 6 billion dollar) oil contracts with Iraq. They buy oil and sell iraq weapons.
They oppose this war because when saddam is killed, they will have to renegotiate their contracts and probably pay more money for their oil.. and no longer have a country to sell their military gear to… as a future iraq will be totally disarmed.
The Iraqi air force has two types of fighter planes. Russian made MiGs and FRENCH made fighter aircraft.
Hmmm, what were the two nations that blocked the war in the UN???
Oh yeah, Russia and France. Russia is still selling arms and weapons to iraq. Shipments took place as little as six months ago. some friends, huh?
These two countries make a lot of money off of Iraq, at the expense of the Iraqi people. They profit from the torture and starvation of millions.
These are facts. I challenge anyone reading this to find out for themselves.
This IS a war about oil and money.
But look closely. Who is profiting the most from this war?
America will spend as much as 80 Billion dollars to free the Iraqi people. And that does not include all costs after the war to rebuild and reestablish a peaceful Gvt. Yes, American contractors will get a lot of those jobs. And they will deserve them because we were the country brave enough to stand up to the UN when they wanted to talk and talk and talk, but DO nothing.
However, the UN serves a purpose. Talk first. Try EVERYTHING that you can to avoid war… and that is what the UN has done for the past 50 or 60 years… they talk and talk and then they pass resolutions.
But what good are these resolutions if there is nobody willing to enforce them?
Over a period of 12 years, the UN passed 17 resolutions condemming saddam These resolutions were written beautifully, debated over at great length and then put in a file cabinet.
What good did they do? Did they stop the gassing of 100,000 kurds? The genocide of innocent muslim people?
Laws are worthless if there is nobody to enforce them. Why do we have police in our civilization? Because without them many people would not follow the laws.
Time to bust saddams ass. HARD.
Finally…
Is Saddam connected to Osama and his gang of terrorists? Probably. Do we have proof that saddam was connected to the attacks on 9-11? Probably. I imagine the CIA has proof… it will come out after the war. The smoking gun is lying on saddams desk. We will find it.
And then France will be crying and moaning about wanting to be allowed to help rebuild Iraq. F--- you France. If it wasn’t for the American military, you’d still be under the Third Reich.
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