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Originally posted by ASUADPi
As for my brother and this war. Maybe some people are in denial about the deal with it, but this war was started all because Bush claimed there were "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. Yet, they have found nothing to prove that there were weapons of any kind. And let's face it, they would have found something, even residual (spelling) chemicals of some kind. In my personal opinion (which of course y'all are welcome to disagree with) Bush started this war as a personal vendetta against Saddam. Need we not forget that Bush senior and Saddam had a tumptulous (sp) history. In fact if I remember my history correctly, Saddam threatened to kill Bush senior. So in my eyes over a 1000 US soldiers have lost their lives for no reason. This war wasn't about Terrorism, it was about personal vengeance. And as for the Terrorism aspect there has been no proof found that Al Quida or Bin Laden were directly "related" to Saddam or Iraq in any way.
So yes I do take in personally. Bush isn't going to pull our troops out of Iraq anytime soon. My brother will be on an 18 month deployment once he leaves for overseas (which is in December). So in my mind I don't expect this "war" to be over before 2007 and I find that completely and utterly pathetic. How many more soldiers need to die before we realize that we need to get out? I don't see this war ending until Bush is out of office. And god knows I hope and I pray that I am wrong on that latter opinion.
I hope and I pray that I am wrong on a lot of things I have seen and don't like about Bush. Because whether I like it or not this man is the president for the next four years. I just hope that things get better than get worse.
Politics are ugly. People have extremely strong opinions about certain matters. We all just need to learn to respect one anothers opinions. Some of my closest friends are Bush supporters and that is fine. I respect their opinions and they respect mine.
I think that people sometimes tend to forget that because we are online and not "directly" in front of the person we are talking to that respect sometimes flies out the window. Again, this is just my opinion.
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I completely understand from whence you speak, although you probably don't believe me.
Politics ARE ugly! One has to develop a tough skin and completely lose one's ego to be successful at it. I tried, and I'll be the first to say that I just don't have what it takes. I'm also not sure that I
completely respect those who can - most especially the operatives, not the candidates.
My sister, ASUADPi, is quite passionate with her views, but tries to be fair. I respect her opinion, and can't help but wonder if I would feel the same, if I were in her shoes.