Why the hell are we wasting our defenses on Iraq?

[Must_B_Free]

We are in a serious time of turmoil. Can anyone argue that we should keep wasting bullets, money and troops in Iraq, when there are very serious matters of National Security that we may need those resources for in the future?

Iran and N Korea would be no cake walk like Iraq. If we wasted 200 billion on Iraq, what about the real threats?

[Columbia]

1. Iraq is a cake walk?

The only reason why we invaded Iraq is because we have been at war with them since 1991 slowly depleting their military materiel through air strikes and sanctions.

Not so with Iran and N. Korea. They are much better equipped and would be far more difficult to fight in a war. It just isn't going to happen. The American public doesn't like losing 1,000 troops, how would they take 100,000 in war against Iran or N. Korea?

[salin]

2. I would love to agree with you

but my belief in the "logic/reasoning" capabilities of the US public has continued to be challenged over the past several years. The gullability combined with the manipulative methods used by the administration to persuade the public to support the near unsupportable... continues to astound me.

[Must_B_Free]

6. relative cakewalk - the nation was almost defenseless

remember we walked right into bhagdad and said - "Where is all the fighting". Then we shrugged and said "Oh well, the plan was to drop these bombs and deomnstrate Shock and Awe, I guess we'll go ahead and do it anyway"

[Columbia]

8. Ok

That's because the 3rd Infantry Division bypassed most of the cities where the Fedeyeen were waiting for them. They drove through the desert around the cities and left the Marines to fight. This is exactly what happened in An Nasiriyah.

[DulceDecorum]

3. Is George Bush insane?

http://www.unknownnews.net/insanity.html

Now that you have digested at least some of this, consider Bush's actions for the past several months. Without even needing to invoke a conspiracy theory, his behavior suddenly makes sense — in a bizarro world way. Thus you have his constant use of the words "evildoers" and his passage of judgment on other nations as "evil," his obsession with attacking Iraq and, if he had his way, also Iran (the modern-day counterparts to "Persia" — at least close enough for government work!), his willingness to use nuclear weaponry (after all, Armageddon is part of the plan), his creation of a shadow government, his seemingly inexplicable refusal to make any effort to restrain Sharon, his surrounding himself with fundies, regardless of their qualifications (only the "pure" can participate in the "glory" of the final hours!), his determination to knock down the wall between church and state, his encouragement of Ashcroft's prayer meetings in the Justice Building, etc.
http://www.unknownnews.net/cdd040302.html

[jimshoes]

4. If these thoughts have been swimming through the head

our inglorious chimperor, then I fear for us all. If any person thinks they have been chosen to bring on Armeggedon they ought to be sitting amid thickly padded walls and far away from the nuclear codes of the largest weapons cache in existance.

Does this man think that a post nuclear world is worth the price? Is the world so small that it cannot accomodate all 6 billion of us if we put forth the effort to make it so?

Has he and his minions stolen all there is to steal and the only way to avoid the backlash is to snuff most of the worlds population?

Is there an insane lunatic in control of our government?
Some days I get so down. Sorry for the rant

[jimshoes]

delete

dupe

[21winner]

7. Once was enough.

[21winner]

5. Not me.

I think the armed services will remove Bush soon. They can and should do it. They defend the constitution not bunnypants.