RE: RE: RE: Is the Iraqi War causing more acts of terrorism???
I've been out of the loop of this continued discussion over the weekend... Interesting points on both sides. However, I'm going to respond to Steve's original response to me — 'RE: RE: Is the Iraqi War causing more acts of terrorism???' — because I think the whole point of this discussion is a lot simpler than it has been made to appear. And actually, I think that the Bush Admin. likes us to think it's a lot more complicated than it is; it's a lot easier to fool people when things are complicated. Anyway, here's my additional two cents:
Peace through appeasement doesn’t work — understood. But peace through war certainly doesn’t work either; it simply destroys more peace. In fact, continual peace doesn’t exist and never will. Peace is impossible. You can only strive to create less conflict, practice what you preach, fight just wars when necessary, and move on.
In the meantime, American citizens are being fleeced via the Iraq War. Our tax dollars are being spent to finance a war that that we’re told will make us safer. Of course, this is B.S. — the only way to protect yourself is to actually protect yourself, not fight traditional wars in traditional ways against a non-traditional enemy. Because of that, all Americans — conservative, liberal, moderate, whatever — should be absolutely furious. And let’s not forget that at 845 days into the war — and the president has assured us that we’re staying the course — 1755 members of the US military have lost their lives. They’ve died for a war that more than half the country now thinks was a mistake. Very, very tragic.
If the president really wants to make us safer, he shouldn’t spend taxpayer money to tear apart a country half a world away just to rebuild it. He should spend our money here. He should do a better job of securing our ports, our transportation infrastructure, our borders, our way of life. Spending elsewhere isn’t helping. It’s simple logic, but for some reason, people aren’t asking these questions of our government. Are we really doing the right things to reduce the possibilities of terror attacks on our soil, or are we kept scared to the point that we’ll say, ‘Whatever you think is best, Mr. President’?
Peace through appeasement doesn’t work — understood. But peace through war certainly doesn’t work either; it simply destroys more peace. In fact, continual peace doesn’t exist and never will. Peace is impossible. You can only strive to create less conflict, practice what you preach, fight just wars when necessary, and move on.
In the meantime, American citizens are being fleeced via the Iraq War. Our tax dollars are being spent to finance a war that that we’re told will make us safer. Of course, this is B.S. — the only way to protect yourself is to actually protect yourself, not fight traditional wars in traditional ways against a non-traditional enemy. Because of that, all Americans — conservative, liberal, moderate, whatever — should be absolutely furious. And let’s not forget that at 845 days into the war — and the president has assured us that we’re staying the course — 1755 members of the US military have lost their lives. They’ve died for a war that more than half the country now thinks was a mistake. Very, very tragic.
If the president really wants to make us safer, he shouldn’t spend taxpayer money to tear apart a country half a world away just to rebuild it. He should spend our money here. He should do a better job of securing our ports, our transportation infrastructure, our borders, our way of life. Spending elsewhere isn’t helping. It’s simple logic, but for some reason, people aren’t asking these questions of our government. Are we really doing the right things to reduce the possibilities of terror attacks on our soil, or are we kept scared to the point that we’ll say, ‘Whatever you think is best, Mr. President’?
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