Reply #9: Your attempt at defending this is pretty weak, but at least you have

[TheWatcher]

conviction.

It deserves a response. Point by Point.

A. If the President hadn't LIED to get us to go to war and actually told the truth, gone through truthful reasons why the war was in fact inevitable (I believe it was) then I may have supported it.


How exactly was this war inevitable? How was Iraq a threat? They had no weapons, they did not attack us, they had nothing to do with 9/11, and exactly HOW were they going to start an "inevitable war" with us. Do explain. This should be fascinating. What reasons did they have that were reasonable to you?



B. If the congress hadn't LIED about a free war "we'll pay for it from the oil they sell" I might have supported it.

This statement alone is baffling. You would have been willing to support something that is destrying our economy that was comlpetely unnecessary? The economic costs of this have already been devastating, and THEY AREN'T DONE. The TRUE COST of this war isn't even known, and will not be known for some time.

C. If the President hadn't LIED about the time frame for the war I might have supported it.

What has the time frame for an unecessary war got to do with anything. ?NO time frame for this was justifiable. It should not have been done in the first place.

D. If the President hadn't LIED about it being part of the "war on terror" I might have supported it.

For what reason? What WOULD have been a justification?

I had to give up after this, sorry. There simply isn't a defense for something that should not have been done in the first place. I defy anyone to come up with something reasonable that suggests we had no other chice than to do this. You can't.


"We will see more of this coming in the next 3 years. All the president needs to do is scare up some more troops.

How? Recruitment is at an all time low. And with the way things are going, you would actually WANT to send more troops into this unecessary meat grinder?

You actually seem to think this is a winnable situation.

Simple question.

HOW?