Hello all,
Didn't have time to read the entire post, But wanted to say somethings that may further clarify some of my past post.
I have repeatly conveyed my support of our governmonts dicision making, regarding this war. But, (Rick hold on to your hat, and beleive it or not I have always felt this way), I have fears there are possible bad consequences for initiating this war, and fears of consequences for not going to war.
Of all the muslims nations, I beleive there is not one nation that has a truly democratic society. These are people that their culture provides for 5% of the population wielding the power, making the decisions and controlling the wealth, where as, the remaing 95% live in poverty and are bullied into submission.
I don't think going to war is going to free the people of Iraq in the same way you and I view freedom. Yes the evil Dictator will be gone, but, the prosperity of the majority will remain the same, with the few having it all. My other fear is that we will end up with another Palastine, where small groups of people will killing people, (including our troops), everyday for years to come, in protest of our intervention.
On the flip side, I support the war to eliminate such an evil person, Sadam. I hope the recent bombing didn't get him.
This would have been a painless out for a person that has slowly tortured so many. If it is shown that Sadam had no weapons of mass destruction, (I doubt this is a likely) I don't think it matters, because if he didn't have them today, and was left alone, I am convinced he would have acquired them and would use them, as he had done in the past.
We live in a dangerous world, we have developed most efficient methods of killing, killing that is like playing a video
game, where you don't feel the consequence of moving a joystick or pushing a buttom. Unfortunately, with this
technology, comes the greater threat that there are evil people in this world, that has and will continue to the place of the Hitler's, the Musilinies, the Sadam's, etc., Evil people that out of their on twisted ideals, would not hesitate to kill hundreds of thousands of people.
I have adult children, a 30 year old daughter with three grandbabies, a newly married 27 year old son and a 16 year old daughter in High School. I have thus far lived a full life, it is theirs and their children I worry for.
I ask my youngest what she thought about the war, she and friends think it is wrong. It would be nice to think that other children in the world holds this same opionion. And when it became their time to run things, maybe wars would be few and far apart.
I have bashed people that have said I am against the war, but, support our troops. This is an oxy-moron.
A good friend of my that is a Colonel in the Marines, says, "You can't always stand on the fence, there is times whether you like it or not, to put on a helmet and choose a side.
I support the war and our troops, though as you can see, it is not as I view it, all glorious, waving the flag of freedom and rejoicing that we are going to make the world a better place, because we are at war.
You know we say, "God Bless America", I am sure all other countries think they also have their blessings too. I don't think God meant us to act this way.
Anyway, sorry to have been so wordy, hope I offended none with my thoughts. I disagree with many that post on this website. But, I do feel most people that inhabit this site are good decent individuals, with good intentions.
