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Originally Posted by PJO34";p="
I opposed the Iraq war because I don't favor needless and illegal wars, but we can't withdraw our troops. This ill-advised war has claimed over 1700 soldiers, hundreds of contractors, thousands of Iraqi civilians, and a large chunk of taxpayer money. We have passed the point of no return. We can't withdraw without the Iraqi government being able to defend the country or we will have prosecuted a needless and illegal war with nothing to show for it.
As much as we care about our soldiers and want to protect them, the time to protect the soldier was before we put them in harms way; we are too far along to do anything other than work hard, support them, and hope for the best.
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I disagree. This war was going to be fought somewhere. Better there than here, IMO. Those who seem to believe if only we had left the terrorists alone; they'd leave us alone.....must have already forgotten about 9/11. They are NOT going to "leave us alone" no matter what we do. And they were NOT going to leave us alone even if we had NOT gone into Iraq. That's wishful thinking.
They don't like our cultural nfluence. So.....even if we were to leave ALL Arab soil....which we are NOT going to do......they would still have some gripe with us.....some reason for wanting us all dead. After all....they can come over here, attend our schools and universities, take advantage of all we have to offer.......but we are to stay OUT OF THEIR ARAB lands. Whatever they accomplish in "wins" over us....they will simply move on to the next thing...and they will demand more. They hate Christians and Jews.....and they have declared "jihad" on all of us.
And it's about time some of the naysayers in this country get on-board and help in this fight. OR at least shut up and stop helping them. Playing politics with this is beyond the pale. It's too important to all of us.