Why Did My Friends Die in Iraq?

[Publius1787]

Why Did My Friends Die in Iraq?

Because of neo-conservative misunderstanding of the world and of the application of hard power.

See video below

 

[Publius1787]

That's not just apples compared to oranges.

That's apples compared to tennis rackets.

What the **** are you mumbling about ,Comrade? You agree we should have done nothing about Pearl Harbor because the mainland wasn't attacked? Killing 2700 Americans was not cause to retaliate?

Of course it was. That's why Republicans should have kept their eye on Bin Laden, not let him get away to go live in a villa in Pakistan and not invade Iraq for their oil which went to the Chinese anyway.

BLAM!!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5p-qIq32m8]Democrats before Iraq War started.... - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Publius1787]

Too bad Iraq did not end up with a Constitution that guaranteed equal Rights and Protection for All without Partiality, be they Male or Female, Believer or Non Believer. Without that, Everyone loses. Some are just either too stupid to see that, or were too busy trying to undermine the Bush Administration for Political gain, during War, to give a shit about doing the right thing. You threw it all away, like you do everything else.

Iraq went from a tyrannical dictatorship to a democracy. If it were a stable democracy your criticisms would be unfounded. A stable democracy is better than a tyrannical dictatorship an day of the week. Small steps.

 

[Publius1787]

You really think 5 years is long enough to fix what has been wrong since before WWII?

He's good but, believe it or not, he's not a god.

Baja Democrats - News & events of AZ Democratis, with emphasis on Southern Arizona Democrats

One million Vets wait for care – A National Disgrace

Quit blaming President Obama for everything. Its childish and counter-productive.


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I am not blaming him...I am merely pointing out he has done nothing more for them than any other President - besides lip service.
You are the one that said "especially NOW vets have to fight for crumbs"
I assumed by "now", you meant now.

Republicans kept first responders from health care for 10 years. What makes you think they don't work tirelessly to block anything that would help veterans?

Senate GOP blocks veterans jobs bill - CBS News

Senate GOP Obstructionists Throw Veterans Under The Bus-Vote Down Bill To Help Vets In Need Of Jobs - Forbes

GOP Looks at Cutting Veterans Health Benefits for 2011-12 Session to Fulfill Pledge | Veterans Today

Hogwash, that program was so rife with fraud and abuse for most survivors.

 

[Stephanie]

You really think 5 years is long enough to fix what has been wrong since before WWII?

He's good but, believe it or not, he's not a god.

Baja Democrats - News & events of AZ Democratis, with emphasis on Southern Arizona Democrats

One million Vets wait for care – A National Disgrace

... For example, in 2010 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki announced that three diseases — ischemic heart disease, Parkinson’s disease and b-cell leukemia — would be considered the result of Agent Orange exposure for veterans who served in Vietnam. More than 240,000 claims for those diseases have been filed since that announcement. ...

... the VA spent 4 years and $537 million on a new computer to streamline the claims process. It was less than a resounding success; 97% of veteran’s claims are still filed on paper, and that’s the single biggest reason that stands out for the backlog – they VA is literally being buried in a mountain of paperwork....

That [photo above] the mountain of paperwork at the Winston-Salem NC VA office, the weight of all that paperwork compromised the structural integrity of the building – they were worried the floor would collapse.

Quit blaming President Obama for everything. Its childish and counter-productive.


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But you can blame Bush and act like DEMOCRATS didn't have a hand in sending our troops to war in Iraq... and that isn't childish and counter-productive
stop using our vets for your hate agenda...they are volunteers and know what they are signing up for...Ask your dear Leader Obama why he hasn't taken care of these vets...He can ram a new Government Scam on us called OScamCare in five years and we all resigned ourselves to he is god afterall

 

[rdean]

I am not blaming him...I am merely pointing out he has done nothing more for them than any other President - besides lip service.
You are the one that said "especially NOW vets have to fight for crumbs"
I assumed by "now", you meant now.

Republicans kept first responders from health care for 10 years. What makes you think they don't work tirelessly to block anything that would help veterans?

Senate GOP blocks veterans jobs bill - CBS News

Senate GOP Obstructionists Throw Veterans Under The Bus-Vote Down Bill To Help Vets In Need Of Jobs - Forbes

GOP Looks at Cutting Veterans Health Benefits for 2011-12 Session to Fulfill Pledge | Veterans Today

Hogwash, that program was so rife with fraud and abuse for most survivors.

So these programs were so bad, Republicans offered better ones? Come on. Not even you believe that.

 

[BlackSand]

Why did we invade Iraq?

Even if you're able to forgive bush and his cronies for putting us so deeply in debt that it will take generations to dig us out, the wanton and needless killing and maiming of so many Americans and others is just unforgivable.

Especially since vets ow have to keep fighting for every little crumb they get.

Why did your friends die in Iraq?
Because you were not there helping cover their asses.

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"You Are Lost ... But Not Forgotten.

For all the soldiers who have traveled to fight in foreign lands,
Know the only comfort is to have their friends close at hand.

In the heat of battle it ceases to be an idea we fight for ... Or a flag.
Rather ... We fight for the man on our left ... We fight for the man on our right.

When all the armies retreat and go home ... And all the Empires fall away,
The only things left are memories of those precious moments we stood side by side."

Jack's Speech - Four Feathers (referring to the four feathers of cowardice)

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None of my fellow soldiers died in vain ... But then again, we weren't fighting for political gain.
We weren't fighting for oil, not for freedom, no fighting to strip away rights of people here or there and no Imperialistic desire to rule the Middle East.
We fought for each other ... And the primary mission was not getting home yourself ... But doing all you could to see that the man or woman next to you got home alive.

They were more than my friends ... They were my brothers and sisters in arms.

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[georgephillip]

You all know I'm a 22+ years vet. So, this may come as a surprise - I totally agree with Ron Paul that we have no business involving ourselves in the internal conflicts of other counties. We were wrong to get involved in Vietnam and could've avoided it if only we'd treated Ho Chi Minh correcting during WII. We have no business in Kosovo, Croatia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. We certainly have no business getting involved in Africa - which out Bumbler-in-Chief is getting us into.

I also believe we should stop all foreign military aid. If countries want to obtain our military equipment, let them pay for them out of their own funds.

Spend all that money to defend our own borders and use it to deal with many of the problems we face here in the USA.

Africa and Russia appear to be the golden bulls-eye for those who profit from war and the private debts required to pay for it. Private war profits for defense contractors requires socializing the costs of combat onto the backs of an overwhelming majority of a country's citizens, many of whom do not support war in the first place.

In the US, the citizens are offered a "choice" between elected Republicans OR elected Democrats whose election campaigns and retirements are funded by the 1% of the population most likely to profit materially from War and Debt.

War can be taxed into extinction today in the same way chattel slavery could have been exterminated in the decades between Valley Forge and Cold Harbor.

Why shouldn't those institutions and individuals who amass vast fortunes from War and Debt pay the total cost of supporting those who volunteered to fight the wars?

 

[Pennywise]

We should have never gone into Iraq, but if anyone thinks it's a Bush thing, you are ******* stupid beyond all words.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Too bad Iraq did not end up with a Constitution that guaranteed equal Rights and Protection for All without Partiality, be they Male or Female, Believer or Non Believer. Without that, Everyone loses. Some are just either too stupid to see that, or were too busy trying to undermine the Bush Administration for Political gain, during War, to give a shit about doing the right thing. You threw it all away, like you do everything else.

Iraq went from a tyrannical dictatorship to a democracy. If it were a stable democracy your criticisms would be unfounded. A stable democracy is better than a tyrannical dictatorship an day of the week. Small steps.

It went to an Islamic democracy, which is a perversion of constitutional democracy.

Women were sent to third class status.

The great religious war between Islam's two wings continue.

Iraq wills support Iran over our US interests.

Neo-con intervention was a failure.

 

[Truthmatters]

What do you mean vets have to fight for every crumb?????
Obama has been President for 5 years...he hasn't fixed this???

because you creeps filibuster everything

 

[Truthmatters]

We should have never gone into Iraq, but if anyone thinks it's a Bush thing, you are ******* stupid beyond all words.

dear ******* idiot,

Bush was president and was the decider at the time huh

 

[Truthmatters]

Oh and BTW Cheney fooled him into lying about the intell on Iraq.

they lied to all of us


you liked it I guess

 

[Pennywise]

We should have never gone into Iraq, but if anyone thinks it's a Bush thing, you are ******* stupid beyond all words.

dear ******* idiot,

Bush was president and was the decider at the time huh

Honestly, you are not even remotely intelligent enough to be posting about anything. What a simpleton.

 

[Stephanie]

We should have never gone into Iraq, but if anyone thinks it's a Bush thing, you are ******* stupid beyond all words.

dear ******* idiot,

Bush was president and was the decider at the time huh

Honestly, you are not even remotely intelligent enough to be posting about anything. What a simpleton.

and in her simply world, Obama is now the decider but everything is still bush's and Republicans fault

what a reality to live eh?

 

[Bumberclyde]

Why Did My Friends Die in Iraq?

For Dick Cheney and his oil buddies.

 

[Stephanie]

Why Did My Friends Die in Iraq?

For Dick Cheney and his oil buddies.

not like we haven't heard that before..shocking

 

[Sunshine]

Oh and BTW Cheney fooled him into lying about the intell on Iraq.

they lied to all of us


you liked it I guess

Who forced Congress into believing it?

 

[Sunshine]

Why Did My Friends Die in Iraq?

For Dick Cheney and his oil buddies.

not like we haven't heard that before..shocking

Vastly different than LBJ making millions off Vietnam. LBJ's corpses were drafted. Bush's volunteered. Mucho difference there.

 

[Stephanie]

Oh and BTW Cheney fooled him into lying about the intell on Iraq.

they lied to all of us


you liked it I guess

Who forced Congress into believing it?

it confirms on thing we already knew, the elected idiots Democrats in Congress are all STUPID...they can fall for a lie

it's nice to hear their sheep followers confirm it for a change