Okay, I\'m with Shockey in the fact that I have been avoiding this forum for a while. I check in from time to time to read, but have decided to keep my views to myself.
Although I understand why people are against war for any reason, I must say I disagree. I think, if the US has any sense, that we will prevail and we will do it as best we can without many casualties to the Citizens of Iraq. I know some are going to happen and I feel regret over that, but something has to be done. I feel that Iraq has been hiding arms, the scuds shot just yesterday are proof of that, and if they do have Biological warfare available to them, then the entire world, not just America, is in harms way. If any of those things get out of hand, we could be looking at a widespread global destruction through airbourne viruses. This is not a laughing matter nor is it "Cool". I believe they are going to go in and take the objective of getting rid of the regime. Then piecing Iraq back together with a democracy where the people can and will have rights to vote and live life to the fullest.
If there is any other objective behind this, then I seriously hope those things are brought to the forefront and taken care of immediatly. I believe the Bush administration won\'t do more than what they have described. If they do, the entire world is watching and I do not want to see what would happen in the unlikely event that we take things too far.
As far as the French and the rest of the world who are against us... that is their opinion. Though people up top may say that this will seriously hurt future relations, I still believe that if one of those countries that despise us were to get into trouble, we would be there to help them out. I also believe that if something were to deriously cripple the US that they would return the favor as well. I know people in here have stated that they "Hate the French" I am sorry to see that. Yes, they helped us train for fighting against the British, but they didn\'t have to. No, helping us train did not win or lose the war for us, but the biggest boost came when the French Navy occupied the waters in the Atlantic Ocean allowing us to trp the British in between the American Colonists and the French. They were pinned in at that point and therefore they were unable to break free to win. Had they not been there, we may have still won, but it would\'ve taken much longer than it did, or quite possibly Tony Blair could very well be our Supreme leader at this very moment.... or for that matter maybe one of Hitler\'s relatives.
Now, We retruned the favor in WWII and freed the french from the German occupation. We did a job and helped out our allies. We would do it again if we had to. That is just the way we are. I still believe regardless of what the french think of us, we are still going to be there for them, and I believe that if the occasion ever were to arise they would be there for us in time of major crises.
I guess what it comes down to is, people have their opinions. I believe that Bush is correct and I believe that we are doing what needs to be done. I hope that I am on the side that is right and based on very well recorded intelligence. If we happen to be wrong, I hate to see what could possibly hppen. This is not a game and there is no resetting the system and restarting the game.
I hope that once this is over that we rebuild Iraq and hand over the government back to the Iraqi people and we leave them in better overall shape then they ever were. No matter what the cost to our country.
Brad
