Comments on: The Biggest Reason To Bring The Troops Home, NOW!

By: Kristie Anderson

Kristie Anderson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:56:16 +0000

Thank God for these young men. Although I do NOT agree with the “war” I fully support these young men and women who daily risk their lives. They must certainly have plenty of forgiveness in their hearts to even be seen with Bush, let alone have their pictures taken with him. He is only trying to make himself look good when in all actuality, HE is the one who has done this to these young people. HE should be charged with war crimes against our own people. I despise George Bush but my hat is off and heart goes out to ALL of our service men and women!! God bless America!! THANK YOU!!

By: Kmuzu

Kmuzu — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:55:37 +0000

They same the criminal always returns to the scene. Here is a perfect example of that .. Bush returning to see the results of his criminal enterprise.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:18:46 +0000

Right on N.T. It is important to note that it is an invasion and occupation. Let’s not forget that our founding fathers were slave owning rich old white men who hated democracy but loved money and power. Oh and were masons too.

By: N. T. Kuhnle

N. T. Kuhnle — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:56:55 +0000

It is not a war. It is an occupation. An extremely important distinction.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:16:36 +0000

well, I don’t quite agree with the “moral” reason to bring them home, some in Iraq and several other countries would disagree….
Sometimes fighting and dying for what you believe is worth it, weather or not Iraq or Afghanistan is worth it will be decided by history.

I think a lot of folks wondered in WW2 if it was worth it, and to this day there are those that feel it wasn’t. Opinions are like butts, everyone has one.

I think posting pictures of wounded vets is tugging at the heartstrings and it only helps the enemies propaganda machine, War should never be taken lightly but once it is started, it should be all or nothing, Iraq is a clusterfu*& only because it wasn’t over quick enough. It took too long and folks without the stomach for success in a PC war, take to the streets and provide ammunition for the enemy….

The Problem with Iraq is not that we went in, it is that we went in and tried to be humane to satisfy the PC Berkely crowd… IF we went in and destroyed everything, killed Sadaam and left Iraq within a month….We would be hearing about how brutal we were and we should have helped them….. Can’t win, as long as those like you only have one goal, complain and whine..

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:49:31 +0000

But doesn’t Jesus say to kill all the Muslims?

By: Jon Holato

Jon Holato — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:22:12 +0000

@ John Swanson – You’re right I do agree that some of those are important questions to ask, we just differ on the timing. However for fear of digressing away from the subject of this post into an Iraq War debate I won’t elaborate on that.

Regarding the second part of your comment I think that war never serves the greater good and should always be avoided at all costs. Humans have been fighting each other for thousands of years and in the big picture not much has been achieved apart from devising more efficient methods of killing one another. That being said, I have the utmost respect for all of the troops fighting abroad and wish them all a safe return home, hopefully sooner than later.

@ Libertys Bell – I couldn’t agree more. If only the founding fathers had incorporated a “purge” clause whereby we could institute an entire new government during times such as these.

By: Libertys Bell

Libertys Bell — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:55:32 +0000

If we had followed the principles that our Constitution is based upon, we would have never went to Iraq in the first place. Yet, most law enforcement agencies claim that anyone who mentions the Constitution is a modern-day radical terrorist. Just think of all the trouble that would be avoided and how strong our nation would be if even a simple majority of Federal and State governments followed the Constitution and the principles upon which the Constitution was founded. Bush and almost every single person in Congress is currently in violation of their oaths of office and derelict in their duty.

By: John Swanson

John Swanson — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:50:41 +0000

These pictures are incredibly gut-wrenching, and would cause any moral person to see the need to carefully evaluate the policies that sent them to Iraq in the first place.

But you say that “it doesn’t matter who stops it or who’s right or wrong we can figure that out later.” I would intensely disagree with that statement. In the midst of this war, the most important thing we can do is to evaluate the “rightness” or “wrongness” of leaving, or fighting in, Iraq. The important questions are: can we succeed? Is success, as we’ve defined it, desirable for the US? For Iraqis? Is the current strategy working? Is the war leading us towards a better world? I assume that you’d probably disagree with me about the answers to these questions, but surely you’d agree that they’re important to ask.

War is hell, and always will be, but it can sometimes (obviously, not always) serve the greater good in the end. It’s important to evaluate whether each war is necessary, just, and wise. But to simply say “I don’t care whether this war is necessary, just or wise–I just don’t want anyone else to be injured or die in it” does a disservice to the reasons these truly great men chose to place their lives on the line in the first place. They joined because they were willing to give the ultimate sacrifice for a cause. This cause may indeed be lost today, and if so, we should leave Iraq now–but we owe it to those soldiers, who have given so much for that cause, to think very carefully about such an action before we take it.