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Originally Posted by Clint
I hate to sound crude but things have gone so far that what the people of Iraq want, or for that matter, what the people of the US want doesn’t matter anymore.
Iraq must become a stronghold for freedom in that part of the world. It doesn’t matter if there were WMD or not. It doesn’t matter if they pump oil or hot air.
There are hundreds of thousands of Islamic extremists in that part of the world that are committed to seeing us dead. They want us dead because of our way of life for sure but more than that, they want us dead because we are not Muslim (Atheists, Pantheists and Agnostics included). Not all Muslims want to kill off all other beliefs or non beliefs. There are just so many of them in that part of the world that do, that they can no longer be ignored. Let 9-11 testify to that fact. We did not start this war.
Iraq is as strategically important today as it has been since it was in the heart of ancient Babylon. It is where we must be. It is a beachhead we must hold. If we don’t we will be fighting those who want to murder us in our own streets.
The extremists interpret Mohammad’s teachings to be that we are their greatest enemy but that they must deal with the nearest enemy first. In Iraq we are their nearest enemy and their greatest enemy. By following their theology they will be more likely to fight us in Iraq than here. I can’t remember the Yale professor’s name who said that Iraq has become like flypaper, drawing in and capturing the terrorists.
Those who want to murder us don’t care if we are kind to them or not. They don’t care if we give them gifts, feed their children or pave their streets. They simply want us dead or converted to Islam. We must understand that what they understand is overwhelming power.
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We've invaded Iraq, we've cost the lives of thousands of people, and yet terrorism is still a large threat. Iraq was not going to harm us and had no intention of harming us. We don't have to invade innocent countries to stop the people who want to murder us on our own streets, as you put it. There's no justification for what we did, what, did we go over there because Saddam wasn't agreeing with UN sanctions and resolutions? We give Israel the weapons and money to violate UN resolutions, and they have.