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You guys are really something else. It's funny how right after 9/11 we were all willing to make sacrifices to ensure the safety of this country. Now, a few year later, we're arguing about who got the contract to rebuild Iraq or whether GWB should have invaded Iraq. I think you're all being short sighted.
The big picture here is that Saddam Hussein harbored and sponsored terrorist, and that made him a threat to America. The world, especially Iraq, is better off without him.
WMD?
Maybe they existed, maybe not, I don't really care. GWB did what he pledged to do after 9/11, strike pre-emptively to ensure homeland safety.
As far as the contract with Haliburton that seems popular on this thread:
Do I here griping that the contract was not awarded competitively? Well guess what, government never does anything efficiently. It's funny that you guys want a competitive, free market result here but that some of you argue against free markets and capitalism in other areas.
That's why we need smaller government. You liberals in here complaining about Haliburton on this thread don't have a leg to stand on. Do you think Democrats award contracts any differently? Let's be serious. Republicans and Democrats are basically the same party. They both have political favors to repay and palms to grease.
And what about the best interest of the Iraqis? What about your compassion and all the rest of those feelings that are so important? Aren't you all happy that Saddam Hussein isn't killing Iraqis any more? What price do you put on human suffering? James T Kirk, please name me one "murdering prick" that is worse than Saddam.
I'm just glad that GWB has the strength to stay the course and do unpopular things in order to keep the pledge that he made to Americans after 9/11. We live in such a fickle world and popular opinion can change in a day. Even if I disagree with some of the things GWB has done, I respect a man that says he's going to do something and has the balls to see it through even when half of America has lost interest in the cause.
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Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man’s values, it has to be earned.
It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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