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Originally posted by enlightenment06
and why are the soldiers dying in Iraq? Because Saddam Hussein had WMD's? Which we really have no clue if they really exist. How can you justify that to a dead soldier's family? Every day more soldiers are getting killed, and why? Because Bush doesn't want to turn control over to the U.N., because the U.S. has to be the "top dog."
Look, I'm from NYC, and we have alot of roaches in NYC. When there's a problem with roaches, everyone knows you can't solve the problem by trying to kill them all, it just doesn't work. You think they're gone and they're not. What you have to do is figure out where the roaches are coming from and then alleviate the problem that way. Using our troops to run around the world shooting people isn't going to make anyone safer. Violence begets more violence.
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The UN had its shot.. it had several shots. Each time the UN blew it. The UN ignored violations of its own law, slapping Iraq on the wrist each time. When Bush and company perceived this nation to be a threat (and who wouldn't with their past aggressive history?), they did the right thing in going in to take care of business. Did it save lives? Was it a good idea? Ask the thousands of Iraqis dancing in the streets this morning.
I don't think you can bribe roaches or promise them a more comfortable lifestyle. I don't think roaches really care about these things. Nice analogy, but that really won't fly. I don't think it was ever the United States' policy to "kill 'em all". They're just handing Iraq back to the people that inhabit it and making it a country that can really contribute in the region and in the global community.
I think it's the tendancy of both sides of the argument to oversimplify the situation and base their arguments on false pretenses and suppositions. As civilians, we really don't know what the folks in charge know. Some of us still have some trust in the government. To this point they haven't been proven to be conclusively wrong in this area. In fact there is quite a body of evidence in Iraq to suggest that there were weapons at some point. To believe that someone like Saddam would have secretly destroyed them is laughable.
In the end, I think our presence there will be well justified.
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