Reply #81: My post

[BobDCousy2004]

This is a war. Though soldiers do their best, they cannot prevent innocents from dying. If some civilians were to die for a greater cause of peace later on, wouldn't the sacrifice be worth it. If Saddam was in power, people would still suffer, and it would only be the innocents suffering.
I agree that the anti-war movement against Vietnam helped get our soldiers out of Vietnam. The soldiers were most likely in an un-winnable situation, where everyone was against them. However, getting our soldiers out of Vietnam caused horrific crimes against humanity by the Viet Cong on the South Vietnamese. If we get our soldiers out of Iraq now, chaos will reign in Iraq. The results of that would be far worse than if we were to keep our soldiers in. Kerry himself understands the consequences of getting our soldiers out now.
I would probably disagree with you with the whole Vietnam-Iraq parallel-quagmire thing. The situation we have in Iraq is very different than the one we had in Vietnam. In Iraq, the silent majority is actually accepting the soldiers, and the resisters leading the Fajullah attacks are well in the minority of Iraq. I do believe that Iraq can and will become a democratic society, and hopefully this will set an example for the rest of the Arabic world.
I agree that Saudi Arabia should not be our friends, and I think Saudi Arabia is more of an enemy than a friend. I believe that they are probably at least indifferent to the 9-11 terror attacks. However, I believe we can't piss them off. Saudi Arabia is the world's leading oil producer, and they produce more oil than the rest of the OPEC countries combined. However, if we rely on our own wells more, maybe the US can take a tougher stance on Saudi Arabia for their human rights issue as well as the issue with terrorism.
In my views of the whole Palestinian-Israeli conflict, I believe that both sides are at fault. Israel is not helping with the whole wall thing and everything, but Palestine needs to stop with the whole suicide bombing. Arafat and Sharon, I believe, are not being part of
the solution. Anyway, Israel might be more likely to achieve peace with its neighbors by not forming a Palestinian state, but giving the lands to its neighbors. Gaza to Egypt, West Bank to Jordan, and Golan Heights to Syria. This will not only help Israel achieve peace, but it will help the citizens there to be placed under an established government to help repair the damage done to the country and set up infrastructure immediately.

I hope you consider these ideas seriously, and if you do want to debate, I'll be happy to discuss these ideas with you. Please no comments about where the WMD's are, I have no idea, and that is not important now that we are in Iraq. Send your email-comments to [email protected]