BOB -
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The Right Thing To Do &
You break it, you bought it." (Your Quotes)
*An interesting choice of words there Bob!!
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Your Second Quote:
That's what the United States is up against in Iraq. We invaded their land, smashed their country, and took over every aspect of their government and economy.
*One question here Bob - If this is indeed what we did (?), why did we find it necessary do you think? Terrorism perhaps, Hussein's ambition and lust toward his neighbors, maybe?" The deaths of our own people, possibly?
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Your Last Quote Bob:
We broke it, now we have to pay to fix it.
* "WHY BOB?" Did we openly promote terrorism? Did Iraq pay for the destruction in Kuwait in 1991? Did we us WMD against an adversary, and threaten to use the same against us (USA)! Did we murder, kill and maim in the name of power and fortune!
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I heard on the news this evening where Saddam still has some $3 Billion Plus stashed away for his old age! How much money do our troopers being ambushed daily have tucked away for their old age, which incidentally will never come for many!
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Noble sentiments indeed Bob, especially when dealing with rational people! "Is blowing up UN facilities rational? Is shooting peacekeepers in the back rational? Is expecting those who already spilled their blood to liberate this nation, to again dig deep and suffer more, rational?
The bottom line here Bob, is that Hussein and his followers were not the victims, and many Iraqis went along for the hayride!
Did these people shed a tear for their fellow Middle-Easterners in Kuwait, for the babies tossed to their deaths from incubators, or the women raped and murdered?
Had we not stopped Hussein, would he have stopped with Kuwait and even Saudi Arabia in 1991 or 2003? "Would Hitler have?"
Yes Bob, I feel badly for any human suffering, but if Iraq is to be rebuilt, it should be their oil revenues that accomplish this goal! At the very least, any money expended by us there, should only be a loan!
The blood spilled by American and Coalition forces in Gulf Wars I and II, and even now as we speak, were not loans, they were gifts of liberty! And although the bodies of our gallant servicemen may have been returned home, their blood will forever saturate the sands of the Middle East!!
VERITAS