the few who don't want war

That don't look like downtown Bagdad..LMAO!!!

Hog

Is that downtown Manhattan where the two trade center buildings stood?
RJ

Give it up Rick! You and you twisted friends cant stop it, its going to happen, and it should!

You are out numbered about 2 to 1 by the polls taken after Colin Powell's speach.

If any of you looked at pictures of the protesters in the US, which Rick made available on another thread, out of 31 pictures, there were 3 shots that had ANY American flags!!! ONLY THREE!!!

Many of these people, not all of course, act like they hate this country.

Not a very patriotic looking protest in my opinion. You can disagree with the government but still show loyalty to THIS country at the same time.

Countries in the middle east probably love that these citizens agree with them and carry no American flags.

I think the flag is a symbol of unity and freedom. That we can disagree but still be united as a people. This symbol seems to be taken more seriously by conservatives than liberals. These pictures are evidence of this.

Mag

Rick

Are you sure you are not French? Over 70% of Americans support our Military and the actions they are about to undertake.....I am sure the Iraquiis would love to have you serve in their Royal Guard!

LMAO!

Charlie

Rick

Since you are Jewish, had you rather wait until Israel gets hit with a nuke or some kind of Biological attack from Iraq and then retaliate!????

Charlie

some peace rallies over 8 policemen hospitilzed and an officers horse punched in the head and ripped down to the ground by its reins......so peacefull...bunch of scumbags

James, you made a good point. That is not unusual, but the norm for ricky's friends.

Mag

I think I see someone hanging an effigy of Saddam Hussein and setting fire to an Iraqi flag.

Where were those protesters when Clinton was bombing Baghdad?

Beginning Dec 16, 1998 Operation Desert Fox pumped about 400 cruise missiles and 650 combat air sorties into Iraq against 100 targets. It was a pretty big attack. And what was accomplished? They blew up a lot of stuff but the bottom line is that before Desert Fox there were frustrated weapons inspectors in Iraq, afterwards there were none. Saddam thumbed his nose at the world and refused to allow inspectors to return. Clinton left the matter for another administration.

Clinton and Bush both advocate removing Saddam Hussein. The difference is that Bush is proposing to do more than throw stones from a safe distance.

Many people are suspicious of the Bush administations ties to big oil. Maybe they should be. Connie Rice has a tanker named after her. The new middle east pipeline will probably be named after ****** Cheney! Of course those same people never believed BC acted improperly towards China. They believe he never inhaled and that Monica seduced HIM. We all have our little delusions I guess. The UN should enforce their resolutions. Otherwise how can it be taken seriously as a World authority? If we act alone, or only with Great Britain, the UN might as well close up shop. That might be a bad thing.

The graduating class of the Neville Chamberlain school of History.

The title to this thread is PERFECT!!! A confused American posted it.

Mag

what efm said. Where were all the protestors when Clinton was lobbing missles? When we went into Boznia? (SP) if they were consistent, I would at least respect their opinion. As it stands now, it's nothing more than a transparent political argument. They don't like Bush or republicans, so they protest and use their love of humanity as an artifice to disguise their real agenda... A diaphenous artifice indeed...

Those aren't Americans! Those are morons that don't know or understand where their freedoms came from. It takes little courage to hold a protest sign. It takes an unsurmountable amount of courage to defend this nation(and the world!)from enemies foreign AND domestic!

Don't lose sight of which country you were born in, and what it took to build this great country!

Looks more like a bullseye target to me....

"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger?
By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure on earth . . . could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trail of a thousand years . . . . If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
-Abraham Lincoln, 1838

Those folks are called "Targets of Opportunity" and when Clinton was in Monic whoops, in office all he bombed was a few camels! Never followed up!

They know GWB and the allies will follow thru and get the ****!

Charlie

Rick,
Add my name to the list of those who do not want war.
I HATE war.
But I also know the necessity of a proactive tactical invasion of Iraq to help make the world a safer place.
Left unchecked, Saddam will be the cause of great devastation, either directly or otherwise. Removing him is the right thing to do.

Indeed, who "likes war?" I don't even think the most rabid extremists on this board (I count myself among them) would say they like war. I think many of us have “a bring it on” attitude. That doesn't mean we like it. I see it like this, we don't do something NOW with Sadam and then North Korea, and we're going to catch one in the neck as a direct result of our inaction. i.e., they hate us, they're rogue states, they have and continue to acquire and produce W.O.M.D, there are groups of radical extremists who are willing to die in the act for their cause against us, it's a pretty basic equation IMHO. The price of peace is vigilance and it's time to walk the walk.