10-20-2007, 04:57 AM
YouTube - Bush-Truly not concerned about bin Laden
I love how the war in Iraq is called the war on terrorism... In 2001 when our troops were deployed we were looking for Osama Bin Laden, now what are we doing? Suppressing a country and forcing a government of our own upon it in my opinion. Terrorism as our reason for war has been out the window for a few years now and the only reason we are still there is because big companies are making big money off of it.
We had absolutely no reason to go into Iraq. We have had two reasons thrown in our face. "Saddam was a brutal dictator," and he had "Weapons of mass destruction." From what I can see only the former is true and that wouldn't be our problem. If he really needed to be removed from power the US government should have done so in the first Gulf War.
In 2007 there should be only one force left in the middle east from the US. I agree we should have peacekeepers in Afghanistan to make sure the Taliban do not try to overthrow the country but even that force should be small because the Afghan army should be large enough to combat such an attempt. I guess the best thing I can compare this idea to is the "military advisors" the US sent in at the beginning of the Vietnam war. They likely wouldn't see combat and if they did it would be minimal because the Afghan army would be running the show.
I think this is a very agreeable idea because of how long our troops have been stationed over their it should no longer be a full scale guerrilla war.
I love how the war in Iraq is called the war on terrorism... In 2001 when our troops were deployed we were looking for Osama Bin Laden, now what are we doing? Suppressing a country and forcing a government of our own upon it in my opinion. Terrorism as our reason for war has been out the window for a few years now and the only reason we are still there is because big companies are making big money off of it.
We had absolutely no reason to go into Iraq. We have had two reasons thrown in our face. "Saddam was a brutal dictator," and he had "Weapons of mass destruction." From what I can see only the former is true and that wouldn't be our problem. If he really needed to be removed from power the US government should have done so in the first Gulf War.
In 2007 there should be only one force left in the middle east from the US. I agree we should have peacekeepers in Afghanistan to make sure the Taliban do not try to overthrow the country but even that force should be small because the Afghan army should be large enough to combat such an attempt. I guess the best thing I can compare this idea to is the "military advisors" the US sent in at the beginning of the Vietnam war. They likely wouldn't see combat and if they did it would be minimal because the Afghan army would be running the show.
I think this is a very agreeable idea because of how long our troops have been stationed over their it should no longer be a full scale guerrilla war.
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