10-10-2004, 01:36 PM
Too bad the "war on terrorism" isn't the only flaw of Bush's that I see but since that is what is on the table that is what I will address.
The whole idea of invading Iraq or any other nation that has NOT declared war on another country is violating that country's sovereign rights. Just as the US was founded by our forefathers in search of a country to run the way we wanted it run, that is all the other countries are looking for.
There are dictatorships, communist state, kingdoms, and a host of varied governments that take bits of all of those. It is up to the people of those countries to decide what government they want to be under and how they want to be governed.
Iraq never declared war on the US.
The best evidence currently shows that Iraq hasn't had any WMDs since 1993.
Iraq was not exterminating a minority ethnic or religious group.
I'm not saying that Iraq was good to the majority of the people living there or even that terrorists didn't live there. What I am saying is that the government of Iraq did not support or defend these terrorists. Iraq was not declaring war on the US. Iraq wasn't even a clear threat to our country.
North Korea DOES have WMDs and is developing them further.
Saudi Arabia is known to host terrorist organizations.
Sudan is currently practicing genocide.
These are all good reasons to invade a country but we haven't.
Sadam was a bad guy. That's our reason?
Looking at "TERRORISM" in general it's easy to see there are people who have extreme beliefs within any country. Heck, look at Oaklahoma City. That was a terrorist attack from within our own country. Do we go invade Michigan? Do we crack down on military organizations?
Terrorists like to play the role of the martyr. Dying for their cause only gets them more attention and gets more people to pay attention. When we invade and kill people it's like saying "hey, these terrorists may actually be on to something. Maybe the US is spending too much time meddling in foreign affairs."
I've got more to say but I have to go now....
The whole idea of invading Iraq or any other nation that has NOT declared war on another country is violating that country's sovereign rights. Just as the US was founded by our forefathers in search of a country to run the way we wanted it run, that is all the other countries are looking for.
There are dictatorships, communist state, kingdoms, and a host of varied governments that take bits of all of those. It is up to the people of those countries to decide what government they want to be under and how they want to be governed.
Iraq never declared war on the US.
The best evidence currently shows that Iraq hasn't had any WMDs since 1993.
Iraq was not exterminating a minority ethnic or religious group.
I'm not saying that Iraq was good to the majority of the people living there or even that terrorists didn't live there. What I am saying is that the government of Iraq did not support or defend these terrorists. Iraq was not declaring war on the US. Iraq wasn't even a clear threat to our country.
North Korea DOES have WMDs and is developing them further.
Saudi Arabia is known to host terrorist organizations.
Sudan is currently practicing genocide.
These are all good reasons to invade a country but we haven't.
Sadam was a bad guy. That's our reason?
Looking at "TERRORISM" in general it's easy to see there are people who have extreme beliefs within any country. Heck, look at Oaklahoma City. That was a terrorist attack from within our own country. Do we go invade Michigan? Do we crack down on military organizations?
Terrorists like to play the role of the martyr. Dying for their cause only gets them more attention and gets more people to pay attention. When we invade and kill people it's like saying "hey, these terrorists may actually be on to something. Maybe the US is spending too much time meddling in foreign affairs."
I've got more to say but I have to go now....
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.