Originally Posted by willravel

The war in Iraq has no positive effect on your or my daily freedoms. If anything, the existence of this 'war' on 'terror' (which in actuality has nothing to do with the Iraq war) has taken several freedoms from us. When you or I hear someone say that soldiers are fighting for our freedom, they are usually simply repeating something they heard someone else say. Now it is logical on the surface to say that the soldiers are fighting for economic superiority for the United States, therefore they are making it easier for us to be safe in our freedoms. But. In attacking and fighting for resources, we are alienating and angering many, many groups of people who would have otherwise left us alone. We have angered some people so much that they use bombs to try and make us stop. Are they right to do this? No. Do I understand why they do it? Yes. Are we right in going after their resources? No. Theft is wrong. I know that's an oversimplification, but it does ultimatally boil down to theft.