Comment Re:Today, I'm ashamed... (Score 1, Flamebait) 4183
I have to agree. Many shortsighted people in these boards.
No one quite understands that removing Hussein from power is the first step towards a Palestinian state. Hussein has openly funded the efforts of Hamas, the most feared terrorist group in the world (al-Qaeda is a mom & pop shop compared to Hamas), and other Palestinian terrorist groups. Removing that source of funding and forcing Israel into recognizing a Palestinian state by the end of the year is the goal of this war.
Also, removing a dictator who uses the people of his country as sheep is necessary in every country it exists. Sometimes, it can be done economically or diplomatically. In Iraq's case, military force is needed to remove him.
I'm cuban. See the damage a lone man has done to Cuba, which used to be a rich and thriving nation...the Monaco of the West. It's now barely a third world country. One man did that. He destroyed my homeland and made it impossible for me to ever know what it was like. The Cuba of my parents' and grandparents' youths is dead. Think about that...
None of you will ever understand that feeling unless you've lived it. There is no way you can attempt to understand it. The people in eastern Europe who were choked by the grip of Communism understand...it is why they support us. The Iraqis living here in the United States understand, and they support this too.
This is a moral and just war. It is the duty of the United States to defend a single person's freedom to pursue the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And any leader who openly denies their people those basic human rights is a monster who needs to leave power.
War has come, and no one wants it...it's a terrible thing.
But it does not come lightly. We tried for twelve years to get Hussein to concede to international opinion and law, and he did not. Eighteen UN resolutions were passed and ignored. We have no choice. Hussein has brought this on himself. We are not at fault...we are the ones who are right.
No one quite understands that removing Hussein from power is the first step towards a Palestinian state. Hussein has openly funded the efforts of Hamas, the most feared terrorist group in the world (al-Qaeda is a mom & pop shop compared to Hamas), and other Palestinian terrorist groups. Removing that source of funding and forcing Israel into recognizing a Palestinian state by the end of the year is the goal of this war.
Also, removing a dictator who uses the people of his country as sheep is necessary in every country it exists. Sometimes, it can be done economically or diplomatically. In Iraq's case, military force is needed to remove him.
I'm cuban. See the damage a lone man has done to Cuba, which used to be a rich and thriving nation...the Monaco of the West. It's now barely a third world country. One man did that. He destroyed my homeland and made it impossible for me to ever know what it was like. The Cuba of my parents' and grandparents' youths is dead. Think about that...
None of you will ever understand that feeling unless you've lived it. There is no way you can attempt to understand it. The people in eastern Europe who were choked by the grip of Communism understand...it is why they support us. The Iraqis living here in the United States understand, and they support this too.
This is a moral and just war. It is the duty of the United States to defend a single person's freedom to pursue the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And any leader who openly denies their people those basic human rights is a monster who needs to leave power.
War has come, and no one wants it...it's a terrible thing.
But it does not come lightly. We tried for twelve years to get Hussein to concede to international opinion and law, and he did not. Eighteen UN resolutions were passed and ignored. We have no choice. Hussein has brought this on himself. We are not at fault...we are the ones who are right.
