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[QUOTE]Originally posted by pennyearned: [QB] Were this or any war we've been engaged in simply about oil or natural resourses, why have we not simply taken over the oil fields of the Middle east and claimed them as our own--so brazen are we. God knows we have the military and the motive to do so. THe fact is our freedom and the fight to preserve it is costly and not popular with many--I don't care. Its not their price and its not their freedom. Many Islams detest our culture and how it denounces their values and constricts the spread and influence of Islam. I don't care for their culture, but I don't bomb their cities and kill their innocent civilians. You can argue that we do that with this or any war. War is not pretty but is sometimes necessary. I do have confidence that "collateral damage" is taken into consideration when battle strategies are devised--something we consider more so than most others. I don't recall Saddam showing much compassion for his own. As far as lies are concerned as cause for our actions? Sept. 11 was real, and what we had done prior to that was minimal. But consider what has happened under previous administrations: The Shaw of Iran was deposed under Carter--a passivist. We showed no support for an ally. Bush Sr. ousted Saddam from Kuwait but couldn't finish the job because of the U.N. Clinton did nothing as a result of the first Trade Center bombing in 1993. The attack against marines in Yemen in 92' The Khobar Towers incident in 1996. The American embossy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. And the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in 2000. So the Cowboy has to do something about it. I have no doubt that had Bush not been president, more 9/11's would have happened on our own soil--perhaps many times over. Whether people believe our actions were perpetuated on lies is immaterial as far as I'm concerned. Since Canada is not threatened by terror--as you say--nor her freedom at risk, I find it abbhorant that you can play armchair quarterback and question our motives when, for us, the risks are real. I will always support action because I have seen what inactivity has bred. America is not liked by many and there are certain things I wish were different. But when I wake every morning, I thank God for the fact that I was born into this country, possess the freedoms for which much blood was shed, and know that dispite the attitudes of others, I live in what I consider to be the greatest country on this planet. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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