The War in Iraq

hi. i would like to say that i support our troops over in Iraq and i hope they come home safe and soon. i support our president's decision to go war because i think saddam needs to be stopped. if we didn't go to war you don't know what saddam might have done to his people or even us. I am only 14 years old and this is my first war that i will remember and hopefully it will be a fast and easy one. i just feel so bad for the soldiers over in Iraq. i cant imagine what they are going through, but i am very proud of them. They are so brave to be over there fighting for people in the US they don't even know. i will pray for their safety and i hope everyone will too. if you don't support the president's decision to go to war please support the troops. they have the toughest job in the world and i am glad that they are doing it and doing it well. I am very glad that president bush is our president and i know he will make the right decisions. God Bless everyone over seas and the president. And God Bless America.
Sincerely,
Kari

Kari, I agree with you completely. Thanks for checkin' out my blog.

Bush is a liar, he's sending our children and killing our youth for the so called war on terroism. The U.S> Admininistarion has no regard for the U.N. and International law. Bush is a PIG!!!!!!!

Listen, jerk (yes, I know, I just committed a logical fallacy. Oh, but so did YOU! It's called an ad hominem fallacy.) You called Bush a pig. You don't want to listen to my argument because I called you a jerk (and I could use a lot STRONGER language to help my claim). It doesn't help my argument at all. LIKEWISE, you calling Bush a pig actually makes me want to read no further.

You have the grand state of viewing the war from the good ol' US of A. You live life, literally, in the lapse of luxury. Most muslims in the Middle East hate Bush. But you know what? They all want to live in the USA. A seeming contradiction. I assure it; it is not. The people of Iraq lived inextricably in real terror and fear. Millions of Iraqis lost their lives, lost their family members, etc. Persecution of Saddam's own people was immense. Have you read about the torture chambers, the prisons, the mass graves, etc? Have you not since heard of what is happening in Iraq? Schools are opening. Soccer fields are being built (that's a big thing in the Middle East), there are over 70 FREE newspapers in Iraq (there were none before Saddam fell), etc.

I will concede that Bush and his administration have not used the best of logic nor the best of reasons to justify this war. But this war is a war of mercy; a war of choice. And, I think, having been someone who has studied the Middle East and having lived there within the past year, that this war could be one of the best things for it. Bush has not helped his cause by isolating himself from other Muslim nations. But that may not be irreversible. If the so called free press of the USA would actually stay in Iraq instead of fleeing as soon as the "battle" was over (oh, gee, I can't get famous for riding on a tank anymore) we might have more accurate press of what is going on beyond continued deaths and opposition. Ask any soldier still in Iraq and most of them would not want to leave without finishing their jobs and most would say that the overwhelming majority of the Iraqi people actually support them being there. In fact, they are sometime heralded as heroes.

As for international law, under whose authority has that been established? And do you know the roots of European, especially French anti-americanism? It started primarily with a French Enlightenment scientist who never visited the New World. He claimed that dogs couldn't bark and birds couldn't sing in the new world. He claimed that once people moved there, they would become infertile. I'm not making this up. He made the claim of the new world being naturally inferior to his own. Thomas Jefferson was so enraged that he brought a moose carcass to his hotel lobby in France to display the arrogance of this scientist. Most European, and especially French, anti-Americanism is based largely on ignorant naivity. They are also pissed because the US has replaced France, Germany, and the UK as the leading world power. It has nothing to do with logic. A lot of it has to do with pride.

I advise you to put some logic in your next "argument". Saying that Bush is a pig doesn't hack it. It makes me want to disregard your opinion completely. If you say something actually constructive, you might get somewhere. In my mind, France should be replaced on the security council with Egypt. France is a bygone; and they hate that. Egypt is Mediterranean, African, Middle Eastern, Arab, Muslim, Christian, Nubian, and Ancient Egyptian. It's much more vital. It's position in the world is so much more important that France.

I would encourage dialogue from you. But I'll promise to not call you any more names if you can do something besides blather.

The Englsih are effete morons. I hate them and their PM Blair. Bush is the only way forward.

I would like to know what's happening in this situation.let me know who is killed or hurt over there

Deweese: Turn on the freakin' TV.