[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Wally about Iraq Information(political)

[Herb Parsons]

Dave,

Sorry bud, my response had to do with wether or not Iraq was "better off", thus the talk of the rapes murders, etc.

Please, if you want to debate, let's stick to one issue at a time.

If you want to debate our reasons for going to war, it's really a pretty simple discussion. They were outlined in the resolution that authorized the war, which Democrats as well as Republicans signed. I should mention, those who signed it felt that our national interests were at stake.
 

Herb Parsons

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>>> <DCLewis1 at aol.com> 7/13/2007 1:54 PM >>>

Herb,
 
We fought in WWII because our territorial sovereignty was violated, that  was 
the "just cause".  Our nation had been attacked and was tangibly  physically 
at risk.  Our vital interests were clearly defined and at  risk.  We did not 
fight WWII because we were upset about murder, rape,  torture, genocide, etc in 
other  countries.  We understood OUR VITAL  NATIONAL INTERESTS (aka OUR 
territorial sovereignty and OUR national  government).
 
The concern about the levels of murder, rape and torture going on in Iraq  
before the war vice now is interesting.  I think this is classic liberal  
air-head thinking, and absolutely characteristic of everyone who calls  themselves a 
neo-conservative.  From my perspective there is no  operational distinction 
between liberal air-heads and neocons when it comes to  fiscal or foreign 
policy.  Seems to me any reasonable person would  understand immediately that any 
war in Iraq should have been  about OUR VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS, not concerns 
related  to domestic, murder, rape, and torture in Iraq by Iraqis.  Seems to  
me that no reasonable person would  tolerate a  single American life lost 
"improving the life" of any Iraqi -  Axiom: it's up to the Iraqis to take care of 
the Iraqis.  There are  OUR(US) problems and there were THEIR (Iraqi) 
problems, and we should have been  smart enough to know the difference - unless you're 
a neocon.  Now their  problems are our problems - hint: that's not progress 
from the perspective of  OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS, it means we have more 
problems.  
 
OUR VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS - that's what it has to be about.  That's  what 
WWII was about.  That's not what Iraq is about.  
 
My bet is the America electorate has figured out all of the above.
 
Dave



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