And on to my own...
Where do I start?
Forget all the politics and
for a bit will ya.
1. Lets start WAY back and remember the US uses governments and people how they see fit. BOTH OSAMA and SADDAM were allies of ours at one point. They both stopped being useful got too big for there britches and we severed ties.
2. Osama has been on the terrorist watch list since before "terrorist" was such an over used word. Why didn't we go hunt him down and kill him before? you ask? You ever hear the term keep your freinds close but your ememies closer? He and Saddam were both more useful to us Alive than Dead.
3. Why didn't we "finish the job" the first time we went to Iraq? See above.
4. Why did we go back into Iraq? Saddam was becoming a pain in the ass. plain and simple, NO WMD's (although I think we sure as hell thought he was capable. Do you know how easy it is too make some of this shit?) Not because of oil, (although he was gathering support to put the squeeze on that, remember him crying that the sanctions should be lifted off his poor country? I do.)
5. "The poor soldiers should come home" "suppport our troops, bring them home" and the like.
There are not many soldiers who are asking to go home, I do not see them on the evening news, I do not even see them blogging on my space. Why? Because We know what needs to be done, we know what we got into when we signed up, We know because it says so in the oath "to defend our country from enemies both foreign and domestic". We want to finsh the job.
Sure it sucks, it is hot, it smells, and getting shot at is not all that much fun. BUT I would rather fight them over there then over here.
6. "Terrorists are cruel, they chop off heads and penises and burn flags!"
Yep they are, and I bet you thought that us GI's say a prayer for them everytime we kill one. WAKE UP! We cheer when we blow shit up! It means there is one less bastard that is going to try to shoot me in the back!
They have been chopping off heads and hands and penises for years! It is in their culture. We put people in a box and gas them to death or iject them to death and call in humane! It is just the way they do things. It appals us because we are not used to it. WELL GET USED TO IT and maybe it won't be so shocking. It is already not as shocking as the first time it happend!!!
As for the soldiers killed... I have a few friends that have died over there, it sucks and it makes me mad. Not that they died, but that someone didn't get the fucker that shot them first. Our hands get tied over their because of all the liberal bastards that don't understand war. Give us what we want and the thing would be over in another 2-3 years tops.
.... I digress... If you have specific question, one at a time I will give you MY opinion.
Thanks for listening.
SSG Michael Lemire
2/172 MP
US Army
Deployed Dec 04 to Dec 05
