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Originally posted by allsmiles_22
Instead of continuing the mission of getting Osama who devised a plan for his followers to come into the US, take OUR PLANES, use those planes as bombs against OUR BUILDINGS and successfully kill thousands of OUR PEOPLE, he decides to use the lives of our loved ones to settle a personal vendetta with Saddam because he hasn't done anything to US (proven from your facts above). If that's not EVIL, I don't know what is? While the US being big brother is a whole different topic, the fact is we could have addressed Saddam AFTER we took care of our own enemies.
So we capture Saddam and we give relief to Iraq. What relief has the US gotten from capturing Saddam? Note that the downfall of the economy was due to 9/11 and not the war in Iraq. What justice have we gotten for the pain and suffering from 9/11? Tax cuts??? Sorry, but more money in my portfolio doesn't erase the memories of all those people who died when those buildings collapsed. I would need for my President to capture the terrorist(s) who afflicted my country directly and maybe then he could get my respect. As conservative as I am, I'll leave the loving of the old, republican, rich white man with power to you sista. *that just sounds so nasty*
Setting aside that he's a Bush and political affiliations, the fact is he failed as our President. In his own words from (http://www.indystar.com/library/fact...pt11/bush.html)
"The search is under way for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed the full resources for our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and bring them to justice."
"Americans are asking, "How will we fight and win this war?... Now this war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion."
At the time who would have ever thought we'd be right back in Iraq?
"I have called our military into action, to hunt down the members of the al Qaeda organization who murdered innocent Americans...I am so proud of our military. Our military is pursuing its mission... We are deliberately and systematically hunting down these murderers, and we will bring them to justice."
He hasn't followed through on any of these statements. Bush is now in high spirits and in high regards with the American people as he was when he got elected. I just pray to God that history doesn't repeat itself and Osama doesn't do anything to bring the focus back to his agenda with the US while we are celebrating our "great victory".
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I'm not sure how many of u realize this...but even if/when we find the WMD's....even if/when we find Bin Laden....there will still be a war on terror! It is multifaceted! Killing ONE person or finding SOME WMD's will not be the end all be all. No one wants to hear or accept this....but this will be an ongoing war FOREVER. We strike them...they strike us....Just the way its gonna be. You cannot kill an ideology. There are people that will KEEP coming at the US because they HATE what we believe and what we stand for...they believe they are fulfilling their God's commands when they kill us...they die for what they believe in...this IS a holy war.
Thats why when people just want to "argue" and "debate" what/who we have found and how evil Bush is...I think its getting caught up in the small part of a larger situation. This war will be here for our children to fight...all we can do is try to protect ourselves as best we can...
And if that means ridding the world of people who like to make lil video tapes saying "death to americans" and "kill the infidel" ..we gotta do what we gotta do
Would have been nice if Clinton had gotten BIn Laden when he had the chance....but i guess him and MOnica were busy.