Most people would agree that the chances of a hostile dictator taking over Mexico are virtually zero. Even if we dont intervene at all. That is why Mexico is not a threat to us.

Not as much as Iraq.

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If the majority of the people fighting are criminals and not "terrorists" like you said in your earlier post than why would the terrorists gain control.

There are terrorist camps all over the World that we know about why not send troops to dismantle those, if all we are worried about are the terrorists.

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Um...what exactly makes you think that the words "terrorist" and "criminal" are mutually exclusive? Timothy McVeigh was both.

Because while our resources are vast, they are also finite. So we have to pick and choose which threats take priority.

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[quote="Sadistic-Savior";p="379213"]Um...what exactly makes you think that the words "terrorist" and "criminal" are mutually exclusive? Timothy McVeigh was both. [/qoute]


UMM....cause that's what you said. You said only 10% of the 1% of the Iraqi people are terrorists while the other 90% of the 1% are criminals.

So you think Iraq is more important than terrorist camps in S.America?

After the JFK think I would think you might change your tune.

The problem is we don't have the resources to go after NEW threats because we are wasting them all in Iraq.

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Please provide the quote where I said that.

Nowhere in that statement did I make the claim that the two were mutually exclusive. It is possible to be a criminal without being a terrorist. Though the reverse is not true.

Yes.

Apparently you thought wrong.

I do not agree that we are wasting them.

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What do you expect to gain from this war?

Seriously, point out your top 5 gains that we can achieve from this war.

We are going to have to put up bases all over the country and pretty much keep the peace in Iraq for as long as it's around. Do you think people are going to forget about the centuries old feuds they have with the other factions? THERE WILL NEVER BE PEACE IN IRAQ. Quote me on this write it down. The only way to MAYBE achieve peace is to give each faction a separate country short of that you are just extending the time frame from Civil War until the US gives up or declares a second victory.

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Security. If a democracy is in place, it is far less likely that Iraq will cooperate with terrorists. The chances are almost zero. The war is worth it for this reason alone.

It removes a potential enemy from the region.

It creates another potential ally in the region.

It will encourage democratic reforms in other Middle East nations.

It will create a potential market for us economically.

It will demonstrate our sincerity where spreading democracy is concerned.

We didnt have to do that with Germany or Japan. Why do you assume we will have to do that with Iraq?

Black Americans seem to have gotten over that whole slavery thing. And slavery is a lot worse than religious differences. So yeah, I think the Iraqis can get beyond their differences too.

Keep hoping. It would be disasterous for the Democrats if you were wrong.

The Iraqis themselves want a unified government according to every poll I have seen:

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What enemy the Iraqi insurgency? They were no enemy to us.

You think the people of Iraq or going to like us after we are responsible for 600,000+ deaths of their citizens?

Like where?

You mean we are a market for them? Oil.

By torturing our captives?

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They already had a government in place.

Ask any black american if they have forgotten about slavery, or any Jewish person if they have forgotten about the Holocaust.

Keep hoping there will be while our soldiers keep dying trying to make the impossible possible.

I want a bj from J-Lo doesn't mean I'm going to get it.

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So does Iraq.

I dont see them blowing up white people over it. They manage to live civilly with the rest of us. Why will Iraq be different?

They werent conscripted...every single soldier in the military is there because they chose to be.

The Iraqis themselves want a unified government according to every poll I have seen:

The poll proves that they have a desire to get beyond their differences.

(And you wouldnt want a bj from J-Lo...J-Lo gives horrible blow jobs)

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