Through the Years ....: Iraq War: Drafting the Dead

Thursday, June 2, 2005

Iraq War: Drafting the Dead

3 comments:

Joseph Ruger said...: Personally, I've decided to openly state my bias of Bush supporters in the small expat community of Tainan, Taiwan, where I have lived for 17 years. I've posted ads to participate in a kiteboarding club and stated that Bush supporters are not welcome to join. I've received a bit of hate mail from some who won't identify themselves, which doesn't surprise me. If there is anything I can do for you or your family, please don't hesitate to contact me.
cheers
Joe Ruger
joseph@tainan.com; June 3, 2005 at 8:18 AM
Theresa Miller said...: I agree with most everything in this article except the line about the attack on Afghanistan being legitimate. The biggest problem I have with that line of thinking is that we are not dealing with a "legitimate government" when we talk about al-Qaeda. How can we hold the majority of people in a country responsible for attacks perpetrated by a small group of people who don't even call that place home? Are we going to bomb Germany, Italy, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia? Al-Qaeda has infiltrated these countries as well as a host of others.

There is no reason to believe that the international community would not have responded to our call for help in the days immediately following September 11th. I believe they would have lent a hand in helping us track down these terrorists and bringing them to justice in front of the International Criminal Court. If only cooler heads had prevailed and been given time to map out a plan of strategic and surgical strikes aimed at eliminating these terrorist cells. Instead we lashed out in blind rage and revenge and indiscriminately bombed "suspected" targets and killed thousands of innocent people in order to help us feel like we were in control again.

So what did we accomplish? Three and half years later, after dropping thousands of pounds of bombs and killing even more Afghanis than Americans who were killed on September 11th, Bin Laden is still at-large, the al-Qaeda network is still operating in a host of countries, the Taliban is making a comeback, the drug trade is flourishing and Afghanistan still lies in ruin. I don't feel better or safer.; June 3, 2005 at 9:50 AM
Lietta Ruger said...: Theresa, I think you are right on the money in your observations. I also hoped our country would not act rashly and hurry into Afghanistan, but also knew in my heart we would as reactionary reaction to 911. BUT IRAQ !! Not even and when the drums of war sounded using the word Iraq = Saddam = Terror, I knew this administration was capitalizing on the grief, shock, and normal human reactions to further an agenda of their making. When Congress gave a reluctant endorsement, my heart knew our country had lost it's way....; June 4, 2005 at 7:13 AM

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