If you were an Iraqi citizen, would you be offended by...

[journalist3072]

The right-wing's "fight 'em over there so we don't have to fight 'em over here" rhetoric?

For some reason, I've been thinking a lot lately about how the right wing loves to say we need to fight the terrorists "over there" so we don't have to fight them "over here."

And it has occurred to me that if I were an Iraqi citizen, I would take serious offense to that premise. Because IMO, it's almost as if the right-wing is saying that the Iraqi citizen's lives are not as valuable as ours; as if they are saying let's rip their country to streds, so no one rips ours to streds again.

Thoughts?

[mrcheerful]

1. It just shows the Iraqis just how stupid some americans are.

After all, the Iraqis know its not terrorists bombing them in Iraq cities, its members of their own religion. The real terrorists are free to strike as they please, when they please and in the time they please, Americas armies are tied up in Iraq.

Edited to clear that its al the same religion, just different sects killing each other.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

2. Hell, yes, I'd be offended - glad you pointed this out.

Of course, the Bush Regime does think the Iraqis are expendable, just like our troops.

[MadMaddie]

3. I agree with you....

I started thinking about it..when the wind storms hit us here in the Northwest....

People actually started panicking..we still have gas stations that are cordoned off because they are out of gas....we still have neighborhoods that have no power....

Well that got me to thinking....if we are panicking of a windstorm...what would it be like if our grocery stores were inabled...and we couldn't go to the 7/11 because we feared going out of our front door might lead to our deaths....What if we are sitting in a mall and something tragic happens...

I think that the Neocons have intentionally or not intentionally made our country far less safe than we ever were before 9/11...with that type of Rhetoric

For every Iraqi family member that has tragically perished there is a son or daughter or other relative that blames the United States and American citizens....for those deaths.

My biggest fear is that they will remind us of that pathetic, statement, "Fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here"!! And the Neocons of course will take no responsibility for the calamity that they have foisted upon our country.....

[pwb]

4. all that is left in iraq are the poor and the criminals

the good people have already left. what a shit sandwich we have to eat thanks to the neocon chickenhawks.

[knowbody0]

5. there are lots of "good" poor people, ya know.

[pwb]

7. your right.,,.i meant they can't leave.

they are stuck in all this mess.

[knowbody0]

8. I know ya did, but for the record-

yada yada yada.

[Kelly Rupert]

6. If I were an Iraqi, I'd have bigger concerns than what

blowhard American politicians say. I'd probably be more concerned with the fighting than I would about some jackass on AM radio talking about it.