Scott Waddell:
Why are some claiming that the humanitarian reasons for Iraq are outrageous? Saddam was far worse than Milosovich in the Balkans, yet there was very little whining relativly speaking when we went there.
Scott
Mostly it’s due to partisanship. Had this been undertaken during a Democratic administration, I don’t believe that there would be half of the screaming that you presently hear. Also, realize that you are only hearing part of the story through the media. You’re not hearing about schools reopening, hospitals reopening, or the fact that more people now have electricity than ever had it under Sadaam.
There was no outrage against the Balkan operation (also done against the wishes of the UN I might add) because the media portrayed it in a positive light. Our media has an agenda and those on the left and those who belong to the Democratic party who were used to having power now can not abide the fact that
A: 9-11 Happened on the watch of a Republican President.
B: Said Republican President handled crisis with strength and alacrity.
C: GOP has only gained strength and popularity since then.
D: DNC Poster boy (Clinton) will now only have a legacy of jokes that center around oral sex and being #2 to be impeached. (and that’s only if the seditious garbage he pulled with China never gets the attention it deserves.) Also, Clinton will also be remembered as …“That guy who was President before Bush…what was his name?” he will forever kick himself because he wasn’t the man in the chair when 9-11 happened.
So, here we are. Iraq is a quagmire. If you can define a willingness by the majority of the citizens (Shiites) to ignore violence aimed at them in order to postpone elections (the head Shia cleric said yesterday that they will wait and take their revenge at the ballot box, now
that sounds like old school politics!) a quagmire.
Only if you can consider the fact that we have managed to draw many of the Wahabbist Jihadist Al-Qaeda rank and file into a country where we can gradually engage them and destroy them a quagmire.
Only if you consider the fact that other nations in the region (i.e. Libya) see the removal of the Hussein regime as a warning and use the opportunity to begin to grow up and move into the entire community of nations a quagmire.
Finally, the author of the article that started this thread would be wise to stick writing about things he understands. He can claim all the knowledge he wants when it comes to advancing a secularist agenda, writing about and criticizing those who make history rather than having the testicular fortitude to get in the arena and do it himself, or how to put words in the mouths of those who aren’t here to speak for themselves. At that point he would be wise to shut up.
I am a professional soldier, a leader of men. I lead other soldiers their training and well being are my responsibility not that of some hack with a thesaurus and a laptop. Don’t dare attempt to tell me what I and the soldiers I lead are fighting and dying for. We know. We have something that you who stand outside and criticize don’t. We have the sense of being a part of something greater than the individual and knowing that what we do has made a difference. The media’s sole purpose seems to be change minds to achieve a reality, ours is to change reality directly for the better. That is what the author of this article and those of his ilk can never and will never understand.
bviously we have a serious difference of opinion, but I guess that’s why we have this forum. But I’ll respect your opinion, if you’ll respect mine. One more thing, I can’t stand decaf. Merry Christmas
