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Originally posted by yatzr
Okay, so bush never should've went after al-queida since that only endangered people's lives. I can see what you mean with the WAR ON IRAQ....but the war on terror is a little different. Why do you think they are the same...you do know that afghanistan was a productive part of the war on terror right?? I know that terrorism didn't start with 9/11, but do you really think that terrorism in those other countries started with the war on iraq??
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You really need to look at the big picture. Bush needs to look at why people hate America and address those issues, not just blow them up when they do so. That path will never, ever end. He has the chance to rectify it, but his gung-ho attitude won't let him.
To give you and example, Afghanistan was productive. I happen to believe that he didn't handle that in the best way possible either, but it ended reasonably well. However, without any of the crap that America engages in so frequently with regards to international meddling, Afghanistan wouldn't exist. There would've been no problem to solve. But instead of learning from these mistakes, they just blunder on obstinately, exacerbating the problem. In my opinion, we are headed down the path to the third world war right now.
Someone told me to read John McCain's book about courage, I imagine because he wants me to understand why we need to be physically and mentally courageous in these troubled times. If you ask me, moral and ethical courage is just as important as these other two forms. Bush needs to be the bigger man. He must realise the mistakes that he's made and continues to make and force himself to find a way for peace. At the moment he just seems hell-bent on revenge. And as some skinny Indian chap once said, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."