stuzzy

Complacency is too dangerous. Rants can be a good thing when they come from someone who's at least willing to listen to an opposing view. Agreeing to disagree is very cool, in my book.

The military isn't inherently evil. It is my personal experience that those in command of the armed forces are good people who are sometimes forced to make a lot of unpopular decisions in support of the greater good.

If someone can supply evidence that Iraq is not going to be better off in the long term, I'd like to see it. I cite post WW2 Germany and Japan as points of reference. In both cases, it took extreme military action - magnitudes greater than what we've done in Iraq - to end the murder and tyranny, and the long term result is that Germany and Japan are significant economic powers

I do think people were lied to to gather support for the invasion of Iraq. I believe Bush is one of those victims. Bush had his own agenda in that Saddam should have been ousted during his father's presidency, and he needed a reason to finish the job.

I think the biggest culprits behind the deception are the ones who are now making the big profits from government reconstruction contracts. Bush was convinced by those guys (yeah, I'll come out and say it - Dick Cheney and Halliburton) to go forward with the attack.



[Edited on May 13, 2005 12:08AM]