[Rollergirl2001]

Originally posted by ASUADPi
But in all technicality it wasn't a viable scenario until 9-11 happened.

War is always a "scenario" but it isn't "viable" until someone makes it viable. 9-11 made going to Afghanistan (spelling issues today) viable. Then President Bush (in his oh so infinate wisdom) decided to make war with Iraq "viable".

My brother and all the other members of the military didn't ask for the latter, but it happened just the same.

I can say with about 95% certaintanty that had 9-11 been "foresable" my brother wouldn't have joined the military. He wants to be a pilot and that's the reason he joined. Obviously I don't know the intimate details of why he joined except for what has been told to me by him or my parents. Yes, he is using his benefits. He doesn't want your sympathy nor would my brother accept it.

As much as he despised going overseas and as much as he hates being there now, he understands that he has a job to do, he just doesn't like it.

But unlike the rest of us who disagree with this war and the way the country is being run he can't just GTFO because that would be AWOL for him.

My brother would rather be home with his family and with his friends than having to worry about his life. Yes, his worry is far less because he is in Kuwait. But until he is safe and sound on US soil, he is still in danger as far as I'm concerned.

That mother has every right to question President Bush. He gave bullshit reasons for pulling us into this war. He gives bullshit responses to the other 1000 men and women who have died.

No one is going to change my mind about this. No one is going to make me agree with this war because I never will.

President Bush needs to stop worrying about people in countries 10,000 miles away and start worrying about his OWN PEOPLE.

He should be worrying about us. Where gas is steadily approaching 3 dollars a gallon for unleaded. Where our education system sucks but yet he made NCLB a law with NO FUNDING behind it (and as a teacher I despise NCLB. It will be leaving more children behind than it is "designed" to do). Where illegal immigration is on the rise (and coming from a state with HIGH illegal immigration, it is a big concern of mine). Where the medicare system is in shambles (come on people, we all have grandparents. My grandparents are on a fixed income they cannot afford to pay more than a 10-20 buck copay for doctors visits or prescriptions). This are things I personally feel he needs to start worryin about instead of taking vacations every other month in his Texas ranch or about a war in Iraq.

Bring our men and women home and start worrying about your own people.

end of my mini rant.

and if you can give me "proof" that Bush is "worrying" about the things I listed, give it to me. I will read it and I will make my own opinion and determination on it. But from where I'm sitting it seems like he hasn't done a damn thing to make Americans lives any easier.

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I agree. I'm sorry for your brother.

I think that the mom had a right to protest. Just becasue you are against the war, doesn't mean you're anti-American. Speaking out against the war IS AMERICAN. We were given rights. One of them is a right to freedom of speech.

We should have not been in Ira after Saddam Hussein has been captured. After Sadam we should have been focusing our bums on capturing Osama bin Laden. I believe that if we were to focus on bin Laden and captur him, then probably the Madrid and London bombings would not have happen.

Bush should worry about things that are more important here: gas prices, NCLB, crime. As a matter of fact, homicides have gone up and my city will pass that mark from last year. In fact, we are almost at that rate right now. Did Bush reinstate ban those weapons that were on the gun control bills? I didn't hear anything.

Bush is hurting the minorities, poor, and middle class people. The only people that Bush care about is the rich people. The minimum wage is horrible, and people who are getting paid by this are suffering. Go to a grocery store or order pizza. Are the prices higher than before? Some people can't afford milk, bread, eggs, and meat all together.

I speak proudly against the war, and if you don't like what I said then I'm sorry, buthe war is just not right, period. Now, if this was WWII, I would suppprt the war. WWII and the current Iraq war are two different stories.