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Originally Posted by powerclown
Much more complicated. The military also fights for a free press (unfortunately, at the moment) civil rights, due process of the law, small business owners and entrepreneurs, artists, universities, unions, Noam Chomsky...they fight to maintain everything that is American. It ain't all bad here. Without them, we'd just be another Canadian province. Imagine that horror.
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The free press, civil rights, mall business owners, artists, universities, unionts et all are not located in Iraq. Foriegn oil is in Iraq. Without the military a hell of a lot less people would be dead, but I'm not suggesting that there shouldn't be a military. There should be a strong domestic military that defends the citizens of the US and the our Constitution. There should be a strong intelligence community that works with our allies in order to smoke out potential enemies, gather real evidence, and then better defend our nation and our allies. Everyone, even the most deluded troops in Iraq, know that Iraq's government did not warrent invsasion. Instead of defending freeom and protecting the peace, our soldiers dig a deep hole in a place we don't belong.
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Originally Posted by djtestudo
I believe in that as what the army should be.
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Originally Posted by djtestudo
I also believe that Iraq is a part of defending the country.
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No, you *think* Iraq is a part of defending the counrty, and you're wrong. Belief suggests opinion, this is a case of fact or fiction.
I've already established time and time again how Iraq was not a danger to you or me, or any other american, or any of our allies even. I've already explained how Saddam's power had dwindled to almost nothing. If we invaded South Africa or Brazil tomorrow, it would not safeguard freedom or justice or anything else for that matter. It would just be another in a long, long line of stupid military decisions carried out by idiots who couldn't look past their own self interest. There is nothing as ignorant as pure selfishness, and the current administration fits well into that.