Zhukov said:
You didn't, but if you are correcting yourself, fine.
eek, you're right. I did not say that. Oops. I am correcting myself.
Alright, well I think then it's time you explain your non-support for the war, because it's one thing for a soldier to think, "Gee, I don't want to go to Iraq. Iraq sucks; it's all hot over there and people will be shooting at me. But my buddies are going and I made a promise when I signed my name so I'll go too," but quite another thing for a soldier to think, "Gee, this war is completely illegal, what the President wants us to do is morally wrong and against the law, it's just for oil and to makes his buddies richer, but I guess I'll go and risk my life anyways." What sort of non-support are we talking about here?
I do not support the cause of this war. We were told that Saddam Hussein was making WMDs and that we could not wait any longer to take him out. He was a danger to the world and a danger to us. And we should take him out before it's too late. He reminds us of how vulnerable we were on September 11th.
So our soldiers run in there, without enough troops I might add, and they're able to take Saddam out of there very quickly. Wonderful. But then we find out that there are no WMDs. Then insurgents come into Iraq and start killing our soldiers. In my heart, and it's okay if you do not agree with me, I believe that Bush exaggerated the intelligence. Can I prove it? Probably not. But that is what my gut instinct tells me.
Thus, I do not support our reasons for going in there since they did not exist and were based upon exaggerations laid out by our honorable president. Therefore, I don't appreciate our soldiers getting killed over there for NOTHING. I know Saddam was a horrible dictator and that we are doing the Iraqis some good; however, that is not enough reason for us to go in there.
I have never told a soldier (or Marine) that I don't support the war they are fighting. I keep my mouth shut. However, if one asked me what I thought and I genuinely thought that they would be able to withstand my opposition, I would state it. But I am not out there protesting, putting bumper stickers on my car against this war, or doing anything out in public.
When I read the newspaper and it has articles about another burial at Arlington Cemetery, it upsets me because I care about them. I see the number of soldiers that are dead increasing regularly. This bothers me.
I am part of a group that sends care packages to the troops. I have donated phone cards for them to use. I have sent them Valentines telling them I support them. I have gone to Walter Reed because I chose to go and see the injured soldiers. NOT ONCE did I ever say to them, "Well, that nasty injury was because of a lie."
THAT IS MY SUPPORT
Then, please, paint the conditions that would describe an Iraq you would feel comfortable pulling all our troops out of. Give me your definition of victory (you don't want them to fail, right?) with respect to the situation we are in now.
May I pass on this right now? I don't have the energy to come up with a thoughtful answer.
I don't think the majority of protestors want to see this country destroyed (even if they are unwittingly assisting those who do). I think the majority of the protestors are stupid or ignorant. The stupid are the ones with the "War is not the Answer" bumper stickers, the ignorant are the ones who claim this is an illegal war, or who believe there will be more peace if we left Iraq.
We can agree to disagree. I believe that war is the answer in some circumstances (i.e., Afganistan) and that it is not the answer to the war in Iraq. I guess for those who say this is an illegal war, they are saying that Congress granted the President the right to go to war based upon evidence that did not exist. I would not label it "illegal."
