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I think it is good that you involved yourself in the topic.
Perhaps we can get a new start with your post and keep from just insulting eachother.
Here is my reply...
The middle east was "breeding terrorists" long before the U.S. stepped in and started this war on terrorism.
Yes, but what I was trying to point out is that since terrorism is almost impossible to completely stop, since it is based amongst civilians, a war on terror might actually create more terrorists than it destroys.
As the fight on terror is often placed in cities and around civilians a lot of innocent people will be caught in the crossfire and these people's relatives might start hating America.
We went to war with much of the middle east because we were attacked, blatantly and outright, by one if not more terrorist organizations based in the Middle east. No, I am not trying to give a history lesson, just give you a fact from which I base my feelings.
But is that a fair reaction?
Saddam Hussein has in no way been linked to Al-Queda, and no reports indicated that he was preparing to wage war against any other countries.
Before 9/11 USA showed little interest in removing Saddam Hussein...apart from Bush, who had very personal interests in removing Hussein from power.
Something else to realize, America has always been considered a pretty safe country, safe in that "terrorists" would never hit us. Other countrys have their share of bombings and attacks every year, we did not make it any worse, we simply brought the worlds attention to it.
I don't believe that is true.
By waging war on terrorism they will become desperate, and thus want to strike back while they can.
Saddam could not have physically harmed America, no.... But he could have politically and economically destroyed America if he had been allowed to take over Saudi Arabia years ago. More recently he could have easily Destroyed much of the worlds oil source, let alone forcefully taken most of the middle east, with the bombs and weapons he had in his posession.
The situation was very different then.
A war against Iraq would have been justified, and we could have removed Saddam Hussein from power with a stable coalition and support of the UN.
As I have pointed out earlier, this makes an ethical dilemma.
In the same way as you and I can't take the law into our own hands and kill a criminal, coutries have to follow international laws.
Since USA has shown little respect for these laws there is a risk that they will become worthless...and I don't think anyone would want a lawless world, right?
The same bombs and Weapons he refused to admit he had and were violations of the UN treaty. Those Weapons, along with other things led the U.S. to attack Iraq and remove him from power. NOT because Bush felt like it, not because America wanted more blood for the attack in 2001.
First of all, no such weapons have been found.
Until they are we must consider the fact that Saddam might have been honest when saying that they were destroyed.
But sure, Saddam Hussein didn't follow the UN regulations...
USA on the other hand doesn't follow the regulations either. The way you made up the term "non-combatant" to deprive the captives from the Afghanistan war from their human rights would have never been tolerated if another country than America did it.
Not every American wants this war to continue, but we will stand by our values and feelings because we are free to do so without fear we will be hurt or killed for feeling differently from our leader. We want that for Iraq, at least I do, and while, yes, lives will be lost to get that country the freedom it deserves, lives were lost gaining America its freedom too. People will die, its a war, thats what happens. I have friends and family over seas that are fighting this war. Do I want them to die? NO. But I understand why we are fighting.
Well, now that the war has been initiated I agree that it must continue, and if the coalition forces manage to secure the grounds for a stable democracy I will be delighted to admit that I was wrong.
But the situation in Iraq is handled in a very poor manner from my view, and that is what I'm critizising. And I also think it is important that the Americans who supports the war must understand that just because America CAN behave pretty much as you want, doesn't make it right.
Maybe what I just said does't make all of you very happy to read, Maybe it wasnt exactly on topic, but it was close. Maybe some of you out there are going to read through and pick it apart and twist the words around, and maybe some of you will stop reading before you get to this part because you really don't care what I think. BUT for those of you who do get this far, thank you for reading all of it without pre-judging my response.
I hope I didn't twist your words, and that you didn't find my answers as arrogant and horrible as many others surely will
