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Originally Posted by Ramega
Freedom isn't free. We have paid for Iraqi freedom and increased world security with American lives, just like we have done numerous times in the past. 1,000 dead Americans looks like a scary number to this generation because we didn't have a WWI, WWII, Korea, or Vietnam to offer perspective. There are <i>74,000</i> American troops buried in France alone.
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freedom may not be free, but it's meaningless if it's not earned. the iraqi's havent' earned it themselves. as soon as we leave, things could change. or when they have elections they could elect a hardcore islamic leader. if they as a whole don't want democracy (which in my opinion, isn't the only govt. system where people can be "free"), then we can't give it to them. our forcing our ways on them after getting rid of saddam doesn't make them free, it just means that they have foriegners calling the shots.