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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
We are to blame for invading and crippling the social structure that kept this violence at bay. It is our war, our responsibility and we are to blame.
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After Sadaam was removed from power, two options existed for the Iraqi people. They could have accepted his removal, came togeter, institue a new government, and move forward peacfully. We would have "redeployed". Or, they could respond the way they have. I understand that most Iraqi people are good, honest, hard working people who want the same for their families as I want for mine, but the other element has been the cause of the violence and the current state of affairs. We need to do our job to get the mess under control, hence more troops.
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Who in Iraq vowed to kill you, your family and friends?
Flimsy rhetoric finds no purchase here. Sorry. Save it for the water cooler. 
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I could give a long list of terrorists attacks against Americans, and acts and statements made by Sadaam. But I don't think it would help. Somehow I think many believe it was all our fault anyway.
I am close friends with a lady who lived in Isreal when Sadaam was lobbing missles into Isreal, her mother still lives in Isreal. That was and is a big threat to someone I care about. That is not flimsy rhetoric to me.