Post by Petalumadom on Jun 13, 2008 17:26:00 GMT -5
So, what do you think of the war in Iraq?
A few points to consider:
1. The US army & friends took over Iraq, a nation that was considered a super-power in the region, in an extremely short amount of time...
2. This terrified many largely Islamic countries in the region and had a positive effect on the respect many of those nations had for us... (Fear may be a better word than respect)
3. A democratic congress voted for the war...
4. Even now after years and years of occupation casualties are extremely low...
5. You hear a lot of BS about how much we're spending on the war... They tell you hundreds of billions of dollars are going towards the war... money that could be spent here! guess what... The US government spends 4% of GDP on defense... Clinton spent 3% (that was when he was closing many military bases) and in the 70s and 80 it was 7-9%... This is when more than 50% of the taxes the US government collects are transfer payments... That is taking money from you and giving it to someone else... Robin hood basically...
ok, so from this you're thinking I support the war and we should be in there forever right? No... We can go and knock out every dictator in the world... but it's really not our job... the problem with the war is the occupation and was not the war itself... Everyone would love to pull out immediately... But if you think we should pull out immediately no further ado you don't understand war... it's not that simple...
and last of all... the war for oil thing... get real... The Iraqi's and US folks there have given all the drilling rights to Russian and Italian oil companies... We're not getting much out of it...
well... I'm done with my rant... probably has some major problems wit hit... but there are some good facts in there...
A few points to consider:
1. The US army & friends took over Iraq, a nation that was considered a super-power in the region, in an extremely short amount of time...
2. This terrified many largely Islamic countries in the region and had a positive effect on the respect many of those nations had for us... (Fear may be a better word than respect)
3. A democratic congress voted for the war...
4. Even now after years and years of occupation casualties are extremely low...
5. You hear a lot of BS about how much we're spending on the war... They tell you hundreds of billions of dollars are going towards the war... money that could be spent here! guess what... The US government spends 4% of GDP on defense... Clinton spent 3% (that was when he was closing many military bases) and in the 70s and 80 it was 7-9%... This is when more than 50% of the taxes the US government collects are transfer payments... That is taking money from you and giving it to someone else... Robin hood basically...
ok, so from this you're thinking I support the war and we should be in there forever right? No... We can go and knock out every dictator in the world... but it's really not our job... the problem with the war is the occupation and was not the war itself... Everyone would love to pull out immediately... But if you think we should pull out immediately no further ado you don't understand war... it's not that simple...
and last of all... the war for oil thing... get real... The Iraqi's and US folks there have given all the drilling rights to Russian and Italian oil companies... We're not getting much out of it...
well... I'm done with my rant... probably has some major problems wit hit... but there are some good facts in there...