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Originally Posted by Willravel
You have to actually support these assertions, though.
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No, I don't. If I think someone or something is a threat, I will act and answer questions later. I have no problem with being held accountable for my actions. But I don't have an obligation to wait until there is 100% certainty. My "support" may never pass your test and it may be unwise for me to wait for it. In the case of the Iraq war, we had imperfect information. Everyone knew the information was imperfect. Bush made his case. People knew Bush was a "hawk". He got the needed support, and he acted. If you never supported the war, I doubt there would be any "support" that could change your view at this point. Given the the imperfect information, and trying to interpret someone's intent we will never know what might have been. To me the threat is gone. To you the threat was never there. I can clearly see why this Iraq question never can be resolved.
A fundamental question for the future is how do we elect people who share our views on how we would individually respond to a real or perceived threat. I voted for Bush, we are in sync in that regard. Democrats voted for people who supported and did not support the war at the same time. Democrats voted for people who failed to do their due diligence before voting to commit our military to war. Democrats voted for people who continually funded the war, etc.,etc. It seems when I point this out, Democrats get offended, I don't understand why.