04-23-2004, 12:29 PM
Quote:Originally posted by DARK OSAMU
I will always support our troops but sometimes not the government for doing it.
Dark Osamu hit it right on the head. We solute all troops for doing their duty and doing it well.
Where the problem lies is the political manuevers by leaders. As I mentioned before, Sadam was originally put in power by US who believed he would be easy to control and remain in US influence. However, this turned out to be a miscalculation as Sadam shortly turned against US because He hated Israel and believed US's Middle East policy was unjust.
Ever since then, US repeatedly tried to topple Sadam's regime by using Sadam's rival faction or by assasination. This has been a continuous effort for many years before 9/11, both Democrats and Republicans alike. However, all attempts had failed. Fastforward to present days, the recent turn of events finally gave US excuse to declare all out war gainst Sadam and replace him with someone else who's pro-US.
Initially, Bush declared that the reason for the war is Iraq's capability for WMD. As this turned out to be unlikely, he changed his rhetoric from WMD to liberation of iraqi people. Wheather this is true or not is irrelevant. The problem is that he is changing words conviniently to justify himself.
The rhetotical question is: Had Sadam remained allied to US regardless of his ruthless dictatorship, would US still have invaded Iraq? The answer is most likely "no" The case in point is Saudi Arabia whose dictators are even more oppressive than Sadam. However, they are US allies and US will never invade Saudi Arabia.
With that, was the war right or wrong? No one can say for sure. Sadam WAS brutal dictator after all. Hwoever, it's very uncredible when Bush says that the war was about liberating Iraqi people and establishing democracy there as he does nowadays. All things aside, my point is that this war was purely about the political gain (i.e., establishing pro-US Iraqi governement). Don't say that it was about liberation and freedom. I doubt that our govenrment care about Iraqi people that much.