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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

Well, if I recall, Pres.Clinton was lambasted for thinking of putting troops in a war against an enemy with no face, no home country, no real foundation outside of its fanatical religious belives. The non-violent approach? We have been dropping bombs on Iraq since the end of the first Gulf War, enforcing the no-fly zone. We launched cruse missles at targets with precision to take out key targets.
These people wont back down. Doesnt matter if you send 10 Tomahawks for 200k Troops, they still hate us. They will continue to hate us, and having 200k troops police the country between warring factions in Iraq doesnt help things at all. These guys are serious, and there will be no end to this. It will keep going and going.
I still have a huge problem with the US invading a country that never attacked us. We went in on an idea, that Ill admit, I took hook line and sinker, and supported what we were doing, but it became obvious that we had zero exit plan, and that we were gunan become a police force.
I dont blame the troops, and dont take this as I dont support them as I do 11000%. I blame the people that put them there.
This whole thread is gunna get out of hand, and I knew it when I posted it, but in the end, our troops are still there, and hearing every day another 1 or 2 were shot, blown up, or whatever does not help boost the morale at home. Its a mess, but its time to get out.
And if you want my honest opinion, that most of those people are animals, and that it took an animal to keep them contained.

I normally don't agree with you but I'm in agreement with you 110%, aside from the Clinton comment lol.

My biggest problem with Iraq is we went in there as their saviors...we there to save them from big bad Saddam(don't get me wrong, he's a piece of **** and should've been shot on the spot) however why are we helping people that really don't want to be helped? Also, I hear ALL THE TIME "why can't they just let us do our thing and be happy we're there". Great...but let's flip the script here. If some country came HERE would any one of us sit here and let their troops do their thing? **** no. It's sooooo easy to sit here in our cushy homes and say what others should do. I'm a Republican but IMO Bush has brought a lot of shame and tainted the party. It pisses me off because I voted for him both times lol.

I support our troops to the fullest extent. Agree with the war or not they're sacrificing more than we'll ever know to even have this simple discussion. God bless them, they're the REAL heroes of our society.

EDIT: Too lazy to fix typos