Support Our Troops???

[Guest LadyC]

I do believe that oil is part of the reason we're over there and I believe it's politcally motivated to some extent. However, something good has come from it and that is that the people of Iraq may stand to eventually have a country where they live freely and without fear from a reign of terror.

yep, that's part of that entertainment tonight analogy you were using, right? LOL... this wasn't about oil. and for everyone who thinks it was, then was it also about oil when clinton and his minions were saying we needed to go to war with iraq, remove hussein, and made countless claims about WMD? because they all did that, right through clinton's reign. they only changed their tune when it was bush sending the troops over.

anyway, i still love ya

[ted]

'Smash, I agree with you on the war crimes angle, but this has turned into just another "for or against"

thread.

LadyC has provided alot of answers to questions that are posted in these WOT threads and it seems you still want to brush it off as a bunch of lies. Please open your heart and understand that there are legitimate reasons for us being here. I don't think that any of us here are stupid enough to fall for everything the Gov't tries to feed us. Trust me, I've been here for six months now and have seen enough to justify my being here.

One example? Last week, Taliban supporters blew off six bombs in a school that they decided was guilty of the crime of teaching female students in the classrooms. This happened less than four miles from where I work. I watched them pull eight dead children from the medivac helicopters and cried while I prayed right there next to them. Sure some of my friends saw me, but, well, who cares?

To say that all of this is about some oil soaked greed, well my friend, you are wrong. I have difficulty with people that try to tell me I'm wrong in trying to help prevent things like this. Search your beloved web sites to try and find the story on that boimbing and it's hard to find. Why?, Well, I guess it doesn't make the news unless an American soldier messes up. Any answers to that one? Do you see any bias here? Why would a bombing and killing of eight children not make the news but the beating of a prisoner would?

The rest of the world loves to see us mess up and reports anything that supports their case.

There it is.

I love you brother. Please try to see the whole picture.

In Christ,

t.

[nebula]

River - Well, of course politics is involved! It's the government! And oil is a national interest. Don't tell me you don't have negative feelings of some sort everytime gas prices are hiked! C'mon, be honest!

Ted - Wow!

You go, bro!

(Sniffle! Sniffle!)

[Guest yod]

One example? Last week, Taliban supporters blew off six bombs in a school that they decided was guilty of the crime of teaching female students in the classrooms.

To say that all of this is about some oil soaked greed, well my friend, you are wrong.

Why would a bombing and killing of eight children not make the news but the beating of a prisoner would?

Thanks for that report, Ted...and that is just ONE example on ONE day, right? What happened today???

Oil is collaterral (sp?) for those mega-wealthy individuals who fund wars...but if the Taliban had not given us plenty of excuse we wouldn't be there. Same with Iraq.

Saddam could have come clean about his WMD programs during the CLINTON Administration and the Clinton-ites would not have been demanding regime change. Luckily, we have a President who wasn't afraid to follow through on that.

[Guest daughterofaking]

I agree that there probably not all the soldiers that have abused Iraqis have been caught. However it's very unfair to imply such abuse is widespread. People making accusations should be prepared to produce PROOF!

[Guest idolsmasher]

One example? Last week, Taliban supporters blew off six bombs in a school that they decided was guilty of the crime of teaching female students in the classrooms. This happened less than four miles from where I work. I watched them pull eight dead children from the medivac helicopters and cried while I prayed right there next to them.

Do you still cry for them when it is Americans doing the killing???

[OneAccord]

Ted does, he's got a lot of heart, he really does

[Guest yod]

All of us do.

It is a mistake to ASSUME that we dont' care about the lives of innocent people, Smash. When it comes to dictators, enemy combatants, and brutal terrorists it is BECAUSE we care about the lives of others that those kind of people need to be snuffed to end the misery of those they are intending to harm.

[OneAccord]

Why not just assassinate the guilty ones instead of bombing entire cities and villages of innocent people?

[WayneB]

Ted,

I am sorry for the lack of support from some but know that I as well as most of us appreciate your service to our Nation. I explain to those critics of the war and the military that the war was going to be fought regardless of their views. We had no choice. I just appreciate that we had strong leadership who decided to fight the war on the soil of the aggressors rather than wait for them to come to our cities.

It gives me comfort to know that our troops are in capable hands of leaders like yourself and appreciate that y'all are the vanguard of our liberties. I can sleep restfully at night while men like you are washing sand out of your hair & breakfast eggs and living in less than desirable conditions.

May God Bless you and protect you brother,

Wayne