magooch, do not mistake my ANGER for frustration. I NEVER endorsed the Iraqi invasion. I did the Afganistan one, because that is actually where the 911 participates trained. It has long since been ADMITTED, that Iraq played no part in 911. And yes, I am fully aware of th purple thumb celebration during their election. However, there is not one single democratic government in ANY Muslim country, nor will there EVER be. It is a D.C. generated PIPE DREAM. The Islamic THEORACY will not support or ALLOW it.
It this idea of; "I had rather fight them in Iraq, than over here" is also idealogical BS, as 911 happened "before" GW decided to go into yet another little NATION BUILDING adventure.
Our government is in bed with our enemies (Russia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, China, and on and on), and have entered into an era of "PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE POLICY, which is to say, let's hit'em for what they MIGHT DO, or MIGHT BE PLANNING TO DO.
Interview a soldier not hand picked by the media, or pentagon, that has been fighting house to house in Baghdad, and ASK HIM if the Iraqi people want him there. The soldiers are told DAILEY that they (the soldier) has no right to come into their homes. These soldiers and others are GETTING OUT OF THE MILITARY because of our FAILED FORGIEN POLICY of BULLYING COUNTRIES INTO AMERICANISM. I love my country, I support the troops, I have one in Baghdad, this is his second trip to Iraq, and he has fought in Afganistan. He isn't a office clerk, he isn't a mechanic, (rest assured these type of people are needed), he is a COMBAT SGT. with the 82nd Airborne.
Democracy in Iraq is truly a PIPE DREAM because of their heathen religion, and D.C. is out of control. You may wish to call me a pacifist, but rest assured sir, I have proved my willingness to fight for a GOOD CAUSE, with my own blood. And so have my sons, and my uncles. I am not a lemming, I see what is actually there, not what I am told is there, or I WANT to be there.