pan6467

I care when we send thousands over to die, expecting them to pay for their own gear because Halliburton needs the profit.

I care when in all honesty no matter when we withdraw the country is going to be ruled how the Iraqis want NOT how we choose to dictate to them.

I care because we are isolating ourselves from the world and we have no factories here, a severe trade deficit with many countries that dislike us.

I care because eventually the Iraqi people will revolt against us...... not just these so called "insurgents" from other countries.

I care because we are looking at years of massive deficit spendings and a shrinking tax base.

I care because we were lied to about the reasons for this war.

I care because I don't want my children to die overseas in a war I don't believe in.

I care because our partisan politics and the hatreds are leading us to civil war.

I care because we cannot sustain this war for the years the regime in Washington calls for.

I care because that area was the main reason the USSR was driven to bankruptcy and faced its demise and it may very well show to be ours.

I care because we are leaving ourselves open on other fronts.

I care because the cost is not worth the gains.

I could be selfish and naive and say, the war keeps us safe because the terrorists are focused on attacking us in Iraq. But that would be foolish.

I care because no matter how it is sold or how it is spun we are invaders into a culture and a very religious area that our government and people in power have no respect for. We are trying to Christianize them, dictate our beliefs and eventually it will backfire.

To say we are "liberating" or "helping" these people is bull. We are dictating our will against another sovereign nation that did not ask for our help.

At what point do you suggest we leave? If you think we will ever have peace in that region you are sadly fooling yourself.

If you think we will build a model democracy and Christian nation, you are sadly fooling yourself and allowing thousands to die for your pipe dream.

If you think when we pull out there will be this great Iraqi society that feels indebted to us, I truly believe you are sadly mistaken.

In the end, this will be another Vietnam. When we leave, the Iraqis will form the government they want and they will dispise us for our years of control.

You cannot dictate freedom or democracy...... and in the end that is what we are trying to do.

BTW, yes I believe any country can govern themselves better than with an invader dictating their government to them.

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"