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Originally posted by 1browngirl
I'm sorry but why do people always resort to saying "if you dont like it then leave?" the same thing was said when African Americans protested for civil rights back in the day...if you don't like it go back to Africa!" This is my country, we and yes I mean we, have a right to protest the hypocrisy of this war and we have a right to voice our public outrage with the idiot that calls himself president. We don't have to go ANYWHERE!
Firstly: Its all about his father and the Gulf War, its all about oil. Plain and simple...no beating around the bush (pardon the pun.)  There are other countries that have nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction, N. Korea for instance, but are we waging war against them, no.... we're not. Why? Ask yourself that question.
Secondly: Is this part of that so-called war against terroism that he calls himself fighting? Because if I remember correctly, Saddam Hussein was not behind that, Osama Bin Laden was, or have we all forgotten about him because the president certainly seems to forgotten about him. That's the bad guy, remember that. What a joke.  What have we done lately to make the US and the world a safer place, have we captured Bin Laden...can we get back to that.
Thirdly: My mom always used to say "take care of your own backyard before you start messing in someone elses." We have problems here in the US: unemployment, homelessness, education, the economy. Let's trying getting a few things straight here before we run out and try to save the world. He doesn't even care about whats going on here, since it doesn't directly affect him or his family, why should he care.
I cannot wait until 2004, he's had four free years on us, as a country we are in worse shape now than we've been in a decade. If we sit back and allow this man to be re-elected, we deserve everything we get.
Don't get me wrong, I support our troops.... I have family and friends who are fighting and supporting our country but I DO NOT agree with what THAT man is doing in the name of so-called democracy.
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it sounds like your blaming bush for the economy, unemployment and the rest of the problems we have. remember, the economy started going in the tank when clinton was still in office, and instead of trying to fix it, he was out campaigning for democrats in 2000. if anything, blame clinton for playing politics by allowing bush to take over a souring economy for political reasons. also, hes tried to make the economy better, however, who has stood in the way of progress??? education has and is being worked on, and homelessness is just a false issue. there is no way this will ever be solved, and its not a national issue, its a local issue b/c every city is different and will have to deal with that issue differently.
also, bush hasnt forgotten about bin laden at all. lets look at this from a common sense standpoint. its more efficient to wage another war and look for a wanted man than to put all your resources in finding one man. their hunt for him hasnt stopped, its just not all over the news anymore b/c there are other issues that are covered, and honestly, in a world of 6+ billion, you think its going to be easy to find one man?
if you think this is purely about oil, then you are naive. yes, oil is an issue, but think about it, going in there, changing things for the better and not touching any oil is dumb. he starts a war, its all about oil, he doesnt take it, people bitch about gas prices and how he didnt capitalize on the opportunity to take some. iraq is a threat, and here is my question to everyone, do you want to wait until one of your loved ones is dead b/c of iraq to see they are a threat? do you want to take the chance of losing someone you love just to let a dictator do his own thing? thats what happened on 9/11, people thought bin laden could be contained in the middle east, and look what happened, thousands of americans dead b/c he was allowed to do his own thing. i was told by my chapter president one time, he said this is what his dad told him, learn from your mistakes, and never try to make the same mistake twice, i know that applies here. you talk about how bin laden is the bad guy and you think saddam is not. remember, this is a guy who gassed his own people, and will kill his own people for no reason whatsoever, and thats not bad? you think that leaving iraq alone will make the world a safer place, this is what the war is about, trying to make this world and country safer. as far as n korea is concerned, trust me, if the powers in that region cant set them straight, then believe me, theyre next.
not trying to attack or offend anyone, but im racking my brain trying to figure out why my point of view is so hard to understand.
one last note, the economy here always improves after a war, so if someone starts talking about the cost, remember, that is a political issue and the money will come back in the economy after the war, it always does.