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Originally Posted by alpha phi
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
In the world I live in, when confronted with an enemy who wants to kill you, you either fight or die. I choose to fight. I don't trivialize the issue, to the contrary, you might say I take the issue too seriously because I beleive inaction will lead to more death when confronted with an enemy at war with you
sounds like an insurgents point of view?
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No, it sounds like a HUMAN point of view. One I happen to agree with. When you boil things down, the arguments used by the insurgents and us are pretty much the same thing. the fight fo freedom, they attacked us, etc. etc.
Let's face it here, this is a situation in which there are no good guys or bad guys. We invaded them. Plain and simple. Not the move of a good guy. They blow up inocent women and children with reckless abandon in their attempts to blow us up. We kill civilians fighting while shooting at them (That it is not intentional is the only redeeming factor, and that is no comfort to the family of those killed, or the poor guy who has to live with what happened). No one here has the moral high ground as far as I can see.
I don't agree with reasons for this war as put out to us, but the simple truth is, we are there. So maybe, instead of pressing blame on this person or that party, we can all buck down, and try to get our men and woman out of there in one piece and leave behind a more stable country then found. I don't care if it's democradic or not, just as long as they no longer try to blow us or themselves up anymore.